Biologist / Ecologist

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Arcadis is seeking an Intermediate Biologist to join our Ecological Services team in BC (Vancouver). The successful candidate will carry out desktop reviews and collect terrestrial and aquatic field data for ecological projects.

As a Biologist with Arcadis, you'll soon discover you can make a difference in our company by collaborating with staff and contributing to an interesting array of projects. You will be a key member supporting strong technical communities within Arcadis.

As a Biologist, you will apply your technical knowledge to provide high quality deliverables to support planning and permitting for a variety of projects. You will be an important member of the Ecological Services team interacting with other biologists and ecologists, environmental specialists, planners, engineers, senior technical experts and project/program managers as part of an interdisciplinary team.

You will be responsible for completing flora and fauna surveys, terrestrial and aquatic habitat delineation and assessments, and other environmental surveys. This role will require the ability to travel, including overnight travel, which will be primarily during the field season.

You will be tasked with preparing technical reports, work plans, and other environmental documents to support environmental permitting, and you will lead the preparation of regulatory permit applications (e.g., DFO permits, Species at Risk Permits).

Additional tasks may include stakeholder engagement and indigenous consultation as well as liaison with government agencies.

Bachelor’s degree in biology, ecology, or similar environmental discipline

• Master’s degree is a plus
• 5+ years of experience conducting surveys including flora/fauna surveys, terrestrial and/or aquatic habitat assessments, as well as the completion of associated reporting
• Experience with regulatory compliance
• Registered Professional Biologist or similar registration, or eligibility for registration.

Previous experience in the planning, permitting, and/or compliance with provincial or federal acts and regulations in support of oil and gas, mining, construction, infrastructure development and/or environmental protection projects.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

The salary range for this position is $64,800 - $97,200. Environment-NA