Your impact
The purpose of this role is to provide technical skills and expertise in multi-disciplinary ecological sectors to primarily support infrastructure projects, including linear water, transportation (bridges, culvert, highways), water treatment and wastewater treatment plants at the Environmental Assessment (EA) stage, pre-design, detailed design and construction phases. The following tasks, but not limited to, are a likely requirement of the position:
- Environmental Impact Studies/Natural Heritage Evaluations
- Species at Risk (SAR) assessment and mitigation
- Permitting under theEndangered Species Act (ESA)
- Fisheries Assessment and backpack electrofishing
- Fisheries Act Authorizations (FAA) andSpecies at Risk Act (SARA)permitting with DFO
- Ecological Land Classification (ELC) and arborist surveys
- Tree Inventory and Preservation/Protection Plans
- Ecosystem compensation plans
- Wildlife surveys including breeding birds, herptiles, Significant Wildlife Habitat (SWH) assessment
- Environmental monitoring during construction
- Work closely with the Ecology Lead, internal Project Managers (PM’s), design leads, cross business groups and planners
- Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) and Environmental Construction Specifications
- Environmental design support, mitigation and environmental notes
