Marine Biologist - Burnaby, Canada - Ausenco

Ausenco

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Burnaby, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Marine Biologist

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AUS000823

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About You and the Role

You have strong marine technical skills and experience working collaboratively on interdisciplinary teams, mentoring staff, navigating regulatory processes, and producing documents.

You're committed to delivering high-quality work to Ausenco's existing clients as well as pursuing new opportunities.

You're looking for a chance to grow your career with a company that shares your values and is strongly entrepreneurial.

Your Responsibilities
In your role, you will have the opportunity to take on a wide variety of tasks

Some examples are:

Providing technical and regulatory expertise (provincial, territorial, and federal) for projects that interact with marine environments.
Leading components of regulatory submissions related to the marine environment, including delegation of inputs, coordination of work streams, and authoring and/or overseeing the drafting of technical content.
Liaising with clients, regulatory agencies, and Indigenous peoples, including (but not limited to) preparing technical content for presentations, delivering technical information during meetings/presentations, responding to questions, and advising clients on path forward.
Leading or coordinating components of environmental assessments, information requests, etc. as they relate to the marine environment.
Designing and leading marine studies and preparing technical reports.
Providing mentoring/leadership for junior and intermediate staff, including constructive feedback.
Being a champion for safety and quality, every day.
Developing scopes of work and budgets for workplans and proposals related to marine components (e.g., baseline conditions fieldwork, aquatic effects assessments, and associated permitting).
Marketing Ausenco's full range of services to existing and potential clients through your work and participation in workshops, conferences, and other business development opportunities.

You are solutions-oriented and have the following skills:

A university degree in biology or a related field.
A professional designation (e.g., R.P.Bio or P.Biol.) or eligibility for a designation.
5 to 10 years of progressive experience in marine biology.
Experience leading and conducting marine biology and/or ocean science programs.
Experience working with federal regulators on permits and authorizations.
Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to communicate complex ideas to audiences with varying levels of scientific literacy, including clients, regulators, community members and other interested stakeholders.
Ability to think independently and strategically, maintain a positive attitude, be selfmotivated and employ a strong work initiative.
Ability to adapt to a dynamic and fastpaced work environment.
Available to travel as required and sometimes on short notice for projects and other engagements (anticipated travel <10% of time).

Bonus Points
The following attributes may give you a competitive edge:

A master's degree in a relevant field.
SCUBA experience or commercial dive certification.
Experience collaborating with Indigenous peoples.
Experience with offsetting and habitat compensation in the marine environment.
Proficiency in R and/or other advanced statistical packages.

Working for Ausenco means you won't settle for the status quo - you'll be part of a forward-thinking, culturally diverse organisation.

We expect our people to deliver outstanding results and will give you the licence to find a better way forward for your clients and stakeholders.

In addition to a competitive remuneration package, we provide employees with a wide range of growth opportunities and training programs to build your skills and pursue your career path.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce As a global company we embrace and encourage diversity in its fullest sense - gender, age, experience, nationality, colour, language, religion, location, disability, education, skills, working styles and time availability.

Our work environments are based on mutual trust and respect for the rights and opportunities of every individual.

Primary Location:
CA-BC-Burnaby

Job Posting:
May 10, 2023