Aquatics Specialist – Calgary

Hatfield Consultants; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Aquatics Specialist in Calgary! This permanent full-time role offers the chance to lead impactful environmental assessments and field surveys across Alberta and beyond. You'll work with a dedicated team to monitor aquatic ecosystems, ensuring compliance with environmental legislation while contributing to meaningful projects that protect our natural resources. Embrace a collaborative work culture that values diversity and inclusion, and enjoy flexible working arrangements along with competitive benefits. If you are passionate about making a difference in the aquatic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Friendly work culture

Hybrid working arrangements

Biweekly Earned Days Off

Matching group retirement plan

Competitive vacation and special leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in fisheries and aquatic resources monitoring.
• Undergraduate degree or higher in a relevant field required.

Responsibilities

• Lead field programs for fisheries and aquatic ecosystem health assessments.
• Compile and interpret environmental data and prepare technical documents.

Skills

Fisheries Monitoring

Aquatic Resources Assessment

Environmental Legislation Knowledge

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Relevant Field

Professional Designation (e.g., P.Biol, RPBio)

Tools

Excel

R Programming Language

Job description

Hatfield has been proudly serving our clients and our community for over 50 years. We have been recognized as one of Canada’s Top SME Employers in 2024. With 250 team members and growing, Hatfield provides high-quality environmental and social services for private and public sector clients around the world. When you join Hatfield, you choose a career that makes a difference in the lives of all those who share our planet.

Hatfield is seeking a permanent full-time Aquatics Specialist to join our Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (EMA) group, based out of our Calgary office. The successful candidate will have a passion for the freshwater aquatic environment, possess technical expertise and experience in fisheries and aquatic resources monitoring and assessment, an understanding of environmental legislation, and a desire to lead field surveys within Alberta, British Columbia, and northern Canada.

Responsibilities

• Implementing aquatic baseline characterization and impact assessments, environmental effects monitoring, habitat assessment and quantification, and habitat offsetting and restoration planning in support of environmental assessment, monitoring, protection, and permitting projects.
• Leading field programs to assess fisheries and aquatic ecosystem health and integrity, including fish and fish habitat baseline surveys, mark-recapture surveys, species-at-risk assessments, and effectiveness monitoring of restoration/offsetting projects.
• Compiling, managing, and interpreting environmental data, and preparing technical documents and study designs.
• Providing technical assistance on proposal development, project scheduling, and budget management activities.
• Assisting the management of freshwater fisheries and aquatics components of projects in conformance with local, provincial, and federal environmental laws and regulations.

Education and Experience

• Undergraduate degree or higher in a relevant field of study.
• Minimum of five years of relevant experience.
• Relevant professional designation (e.g., P.Biol, RPBio) or eligibility to apply.
• Working knowledge of federal and provincial environmental legislation.
• Technical expertise leading aquatic field surveys.
• A valid Canadian driver’s license and experience driving a pickup truck.

Other Assets/Skills

• Working in a dynamic consulting environment and within large multi-disciplinary teams.
• Field experience in PIT tagging, snorkel surveys, redd surveys, index netting, electrofishing, and passive entrapment capture techniques.
• Experience with salmonids.
• Analytical skills applicable to management and statistical analysis of environmental data, including familiarity with Excel and R programming language.
• Project management skills, including concise verbal and written communication, budget tracking, and proposal development.

What's In It For You?

• Friendly and down-to-earth work culture
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• Biweekly Earned Days Off program
• Matching group retirement plan
• Competitive vacation and special leave

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

Hatfield is committed to employment equity and workplace diversity. We strive for equity, inclusiveness, and diversity, irrespective of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or disability.

Hatfield acknowledges that our offices are located on the traditional and unceded territories of Indigenous Peoples. We also recognize and acknowledge the rights, cultures, interests, and aspirations of the many other Indigenous Peoples who have lived since time immemorial in the places we live and work. Hatfield is committed to building an inclusive workforce that is representative of the populations we serve, and to provide and support career opportunities for Indigenous Peoples. We warmly invite all Indigenous Peoples to apply.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV in confidence through the online form or email: [e-mail]. Please indicate “Aquatics Specialist – Calgary” in your subject line. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We invite applicants of all levels to submit their candidacy for this role. Please be advised that in the course of our assessment of your qualifications, we retain the right to adjust the seniority classification of the position accordingly.