Junior Biologist Jobs

FORT ST. JOHN

WSP has an opportunity for a Junior Biologist to join our Ecology and Environmental Impact Assessment team, located in our Fort St. John, BC office. Reporting to the Ecology / EIA Interior and Yukon Team Lead, you will participate in multidisciplinary projects in a variety of sectors with a wide range of complexity.

A day in the life...

• Promoting health and safety in the workplace;
• Preparing or supporting the development of technical reports, permitting applications, environmental impact assessments, and other associated documents;
• Delivering high quality data on time and within budget, drawing upon technical and scientific knowledge, training, and experience;
• Involvement in field studies and frequent travel away from your home location will be required.
• Working within a team environment and communicating effectively with all levels of staff; and
• Implementing project/study work plans with a focus on aquatic habitats and fish and fish habitat assessments;
• Executing site-specific field data collection for the Ecology / EIA group across various regions of BC;
• Performing background research and analysis for Project Managers;
• Entering, verifying, and analyzing data to support senior biologists;
• Supporting various environmental baseline surveys and/or assessments (water quality, habitat, and aquatic resources);

What you'll bring to WSP...

• Experience in field assessments and data collection requirements for ecological sciences;
• Demonstrated field skills and ability to manage complex programs involving substantial ecological data; and
• Willingness to work in the field, occasionally in remote locations and outside standard office hours;
• Ability to work independently but also thrive in an atmosphere that requires cooperation and teamwork to provide quality, solution-oriented consulting services;
• A valid Class-5 or higher driver’s licence.
• Demonstrated ability to write detailed technical reports and communicate effectively with clients and colleagues;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• A diploma, undergraduate or graduate degree in Environmental Science, Biology, Ecology, Ecological Restoration or other relevant natural resource management related field;
• Specialization in either aquatics or fisheries;
• Knowledge of federal and provincial legislation;
• A desire to work in an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace with a positive culture that celebrates innovation and learning;
• Strong commitment to health and safety;
• 1-3 years of experience working as an applied biologist;
• Registered (or eligible) as a Registered Professional Biologist (RPBio) or BIT (Biologist in Training) in B.C. with the College of Applied Biology within six months of employment;
• Experience with environmental assessment, effects monitoring programs, and/or special research studies in applied ecology;
• Experience with project management;
• Electrofishing certification is an asset;

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We value our people and our reputation
• We foster collaboration in everything we do

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe and the growing list of our clients including vaccination status as part of their mandated health and safety requirements to work with them, you will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to WSP as a condition of employment. You may also be required to undergo additional immunization to maintain a fully vaccinated status against COVID-19 whenever local Public Health Authorities recommend additional immunization.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

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