Senior Terrain & Soils Specialist – Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM)

SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Vacation

Wellness initiatives

Professional growth opportunities

Job summary

SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd. is seeking a Senior Terrain & Soils Specialist with strong TEM experience to join our BC team and lead TEM projects across baseline and environmental assessment work.

You will interpret terrain from imagery, conduct field soil data collection, mentor staff and provide senior technical review of TEM products. The role offers opportunities to expand TEM services, collaborate with ecologists and project managers, and contribute to proposals and business development in

Qualifications

• TEM mapping experience through desktop and field surveys.
• Experience mapping surficial materials, terrain/geomorphology and terrain stability.
• Knowledge of BC terrain classification systems and TEM standards.
• Soil description/classification using Canadian Soil Classification methods.
• Experience with LiDAR terrain products and high-resolution imagery.
• Proficiency in ESRI mapping suite with QA/QC and 3D mapping.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and oversight for TEM, soils, and terrain classification.
• Complete and review terrain, surficial geology, soils, and ecosystem mapping deliverables.
• Support planning, fieldwork, mapping, analysis and reporting.
• Mentor junior staff and provide technical guidance.
• Contribute to TEM proposals, scopes of work and business development.
• Grow TEM capabilities and client relationships in British Columbia.

Skills

Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping TEM

Field experience

Mentoring staff

Communication skills

Education

Professional designation (P.Geo or P.Ag)

Tools

ESRI GIS

LiDAR interpretation

Job description

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), a 1000+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen. As our new Senior Terrain & Soils Specialist – Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM), you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal. Role: SLR is seeking a Senior Terrain & Soils Specialist with strong Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM) experience to join our growing team in British Columbia. This role will provide technical support and oversight on baseline and environmental assessment projects while helping to build and expand SLR's internal TEM capabilities. The ideal candidate is a terrain and soils professional with extensive experience in British Columbia terrestrial ecosystem mapping programs who can confidently interpret terrain from imagery, collect and interpret field soils and terrain data, mentor junior staff, and provide senior technical review of TEM, bioterrain, and terrain mapping products for baseline and environmental assessment projects. Our current work includes baseline and environmental assessment projects, with opportunities to expand our TEM services into First Nations and government work. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional proficient in TEM who wants to combine technical expertise, fieldwork, mentoring and project execution. We are also open to considering a strong Intermediate-level candidate with solid TEM experience who is looking to develop toward a senior technical role.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support, oversight and review for projects involving Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM), soils characterization, and terrain classification.
• Complete and review terrain, surficial geology, soils, and ecosystem mapping and associated technical deliverables.
• Support projects through planning, fieldwork, office-based mapping, analysis and reporting.
• Participate in field programs and provide technical direction to field staff.
• Provide mentoring, training and technical guidance to junior and intermediate staff.
• Contribute technical expertise to mining, environmental assessment and other natural resource projects.
• Work collaboratively with ecologists, environmental professionals, project managers and other technical specialists.
• Support the development of SLR's internal baseline assessment processes (including TEM), tools and technical capabilities.
• Contribute to proposals, scopes of work and business development opportunities.
• Build strong working relationships with clients, project teams and colleagues.
• Help grow and develop SLR's TEM practice in British Columbia.

Qualifications/Education/Memberships

• Demonstrated professional experience in Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping (TEM), through both desktop mapping and field surveys.
• Demonstrated experience mapping surficial materials, terrain/geomorphology, geomorphic processes, and terrain stability using provincial standards and methodologies.
• Working knowledge of BC terrain classification systems, terrain ecosystem mapping standards, and provincial ecosystem classification frameworks.
• Experience describing and classifying soils using Canadian System of Soil Classification methodologies.
• Strong understanding of soil-forming processes, soil morphology, drainage, texture, coarse fragment content, and soil interpretation for environmental applications.
• Experience using LiDAR-derived terrain products, hillshades, slope models, and high-resolution imagery to support terrain delineation and interpretation.
• Proficiency in ESRI mapping suite, including editing, attribution, QA/QC, geodatabase management, and experience with 3D mapping interfaces.
• A background in soils, surficial geology, terrain science or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of documented terrain and soils field experience, including terrain polygon verification, soil descriptions, and ecosystem plot sampling.
• Experience conducting helicopter-supported, remote-access, and multispecialty field programs is considered an asset.
• Experience leading TEM projects through all phases including proposal development, desktop terrain interpretation, field verification, QA/QC, final mapping, reporting, and client interaction is an asset.
• Experience mentoring, training or providing technical direction to field staff is an asset.
• Experience working on mining, environmental assessment, natural resource or related projects is an asset.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Willingness and ability to participate in field programs and travel to project sites as required.
• A professional designation or eligibility for professional designation within 6 months of hiring as P.Geo. or P.Ag. is required.

Benefits and Compensation

• Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives.
• The salary range for this position is $100,000-$115,000. Final agreed-upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
• Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
• The opportunity to work on technically challenging projects across British Columbia.
• The opportunity to help build and grow SLR's TEM capabilities.
• A collaborative, multidisciplinary work environment with opportunities to mentor and develop other professionals.

Working @ SLR With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

We’re Making Sustainability Happen. We don’t have all the answers to the complex sustainability challenges faced by humanity today. But we’re working on it. We are a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries around the world. When you join SLR, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space. We know sustainability starts from within. And no matter how good we are today, we can always do better. We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.

SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.

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