Top Benefits
About the role
Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.
Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.
Your Opportunity
Stantec is seeking a highly motivated, personable, organized Senior Vegetation Ecologist in either our Regina or Saskatoon office to perform program development and execution for a wide variety of projects within various development sectors such as oil and gas, mining, and transportation within the vegetation ecology and wetland disciplines. As a senior member of the team, you will apply your expertise to develop and effectively execute work plans and budgets, write and quality review plans, reports, and proposals, and support technical innovation and development of the team. You will work independently and/ or supervise field and project teams at a discipline level to move projects toward closure in the most cost-effective manner. In this role, the junior and intermediate staff will look to you for mentorship and leadership.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead and conduct wetland assessments, ecological land classification (ELC) surveys, and vegetation inventories with a focus species of conservation concern that include species at risk and weeds.
- Conduct biophysical field surveys in accordance with provincial species detection protocols (e.g., vascular plant).
- Environmental assessments for municipal, provincial, and federal regulators in multiple sectors, including oil and gas, mining, land development, transportation, renewable energy.
- Work on a variety of natural resource planning projects, including natural area inventories and biophysical assessments.
- Ensure Quality Assurance and Quality Control procedures are adhered to and participate in QA/QC reviews of deliverables.
- Desktop mapping of wetlands and vegetation communities.
- Interact directly with internal and external clients and contribute to developing excellent relationships with clients, regulators, and stakeholders.
- Lead and direct field assessments as required.
- Train junior and intermediate staff in field and reporting requirements to meet project and regulatory requirements.
- Identify scope and budget for proposal submissions.
- Attend client meetings and participate in regulatory strategy development for projects.
- Participate in Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work.
- Execute specific technical tasks or requirements for medium to large projects.
- Effectively support junior and intermediate staff as a mentor and leader.
- Work proactively to further the technical needs of the team.
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
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About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.
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Top Benefits
About the role
Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.
Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.
Your Opportunity
Stantec is seeking a highly motivated, personable, organized Senior Vegetation Ecologist in either our Regina or Saskatoon office to perform program development and execution for a wide variety of projects within various development sectors such as oil and gas, mining, and transportation within the vegetation ecology and wetland disciplines. As a senior member of the team, you will apply your expertise to develop and effectively execute work plans and budgets, write and quality review plans, reports, and proposals, and support technical innovation and development of the team. You will work independently and/ or supervise field and project teams at a discipline level to move projects toward closure in the most cost-effective manner. In this role, the junior and intermediate staff will look to you for mentorship and leadership.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead and conduct wetland assessments, ecological land classification (ELC) surveys, and vegetation inventories with a focus species of conservation concern that include species at risk and weeds.
- Conduct biophysical field surveys in accordance with provincial species detection protocols (e.g., vascular plant).
- Environmental assessments for municipal, provincial, and federal regulators in multiple sectors, including oil and gas, mining, land development, transportation, renewable energy.
- Work on a variety of natural resource planning projects, including natural area inventories and biophysical assessments.
- Ensure Quality Assurance and Quality Control procedures are adhered to and participate in QA/QC reviews of deliverables.
- Desktop mapping of wetlands and vegetation communities.
- Interact directly with internal and external clients and contribute to developing excellent relationships with clients, regulators, and stakeholders.
- Lead and direct field assessments as required.
- Train junior and intermediate staff in field and reporting requirements to meet project and regulatory requirements.
- Identify scope and budget for proposal submissions.
- Attend client meetings and participate in regulatory strategy development for projects.
- Participate in Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work.
- Execute specific technical tasks or requirements for medium to large projects.
- Effectively support junior and intermediate staff as a mentor and leader.
- Work proactively to further the technical needs of the team.
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Not the right fit? Search for Vegetation Ecologist jobs in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.