Archaeologist Field Technician -- Western jobs at Jacobs in Canada, Burnaby

Based throughout Western Canada, this position may have the opportunity to be fulltime based on workload or skillset and will begin in the spring. You’ll have the opportunity to work as part of multi-disciplinary project teams associated with our Western Canada Offices and projects to contribute directly to the environmental planning, permitting, and construction support efforts of government and privately-owned infrastructure projects. As an, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading field crews for multiple survey scopes, including data collection efforts, managing multi-person crews of various experience and scope, liaising with client field contacts, assisting with the development of methodology, and some technical writing. While field-based wildlife studies will comprise the majority of work, the Intermediate Wildlife Field Biologist could also be required to support other biophysical disciplines as needed.

Primary Job Responsibilities

· Working with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver projects within agreed timeframes and budgets and to exceed our clients’ expectations.

· Work as part of a team being involved in a variety of projects including model build and verification, using existing or new models to understand system performance, and using the model to help the design of system improvements and enhancements to the Wastewater Network ensuring technical excellence and best practice to specification.

· Undertake the development of modelled engineering solutions to mitigate the effects of development, solve sewer flooding, and address unsatisfactory overflows.

· Deliver projects to right quality with the technical guidance and support from senior staff.

· Provide assistance to graduate members of the team on software and basic modelling related queries.

· Plan and review asset and flow surveys and field investigations.

· Plan, programme, co-ordinate and write reports for specific projects.

· Driving health and safety in all aspects of our projects.

· Communicating and liaising effectively with colleagues, contractors and client. Asking for support at he right time and raising queries in a timely manner.

· Support the management and Project Manager to ensure the successful delivery of robustly defined technical solutions.

When it comes to environmental consulting, we’re helping our clients protect our world’s natural resources. As an Archaeological Field Technician, you will provide technical support on various projects throughout British Columbia.