Team Leader – Ecology & Biodiversity (Pacific Region)

SLR Consulting; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Vacation package

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

SLR Consulting, based in Kelowna, is seeking a Team Leader for Ecology & Biodiversity to oversee a dynamic team in the Canadian Pacific Regional Practice. This role demands a professional with over 10 years of experience in environmental consulting, exceptional leadership capabilities, and strong project management skills.

The ideal candidate will contribute to business development, manage multidisciplinary projects, and ensure the team’s performance aligns with SLR’s key strategic goals.

With a competitive salary range from $90,000 to $135,000, this full-time position emphasizes career growth through mentoring and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience as an Ecologist in the environmental consulting industry.
• Accreditation as a Registered Professional Biologist through the College of Applied Biologists of BC is required.
• Excellent technical writing, reporting, and research skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage team performance and balancing work requirements.
• Contribute to business development and prepare project proposals.
• Oversee technical reports and regulatory submissions.

Skills

Team Leadership

Project Management

Communication Skills

Client Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Ecology, or Natural Sciences

Master’s degree (M.Sc.)

Job description

We are SLR Consulting (Americas), a 1500+ team of advisory, environmental, engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada, the United States, and LATAM. 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 Team Leader – Ecology & Biodiversity (Pacific Region), you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Role

The Team Leader is the accountable leader for a defined team within SLR’s Canadian Pacific Regional Practice Area (typically responsible for 5 or more team members), providing leadership and operational oversight. The Team Leader supports resourcing, delivery quality, commercial performance and people development in alignment with the Practice Area strategy. They partner with other regional Team Leaders, Practice Manager, and Practice Leader to translate strategy into execution, leading team performance and building a cohesive, capable, and engaged team.

Bringing experience in a consulting environment, the Team Leader demonstrates ability to work with people, manage resources and work within a team to deliver shared goals, including technical, commercial, and cultural. Success in the role is underpinned by strong skills in communication, collaboration, and project delivery. Reporting to the Practice Manager, the Team Leader is a key member of the Business Unit and regional leadership team, contributing to the overall success and direction of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Manages the team as the first point of contact for all resourcing requirements, issues, and opportunities.
• Sets clear expectations and leads by example, modeling and promoting SLR’s cultural principles.
• Supports the Practice Manager and Practice Leader on the delivery of strategic actions to grow the Practice’s market position and capability.
• Manages performance proactively, addressing issues promptly and constructively with the support of the Practice Manager/Practice Leader.
• Manages resourcing and capacity planning for the team and collaborates with other Team Leaders and the Practice Manager to balance work where necessary.
• Coaches, mentors, and develops team members. Oversees the development of personal development plans and training plans covering consulting and technical skills.
• Supports recruitment efforts and ensures timely onboarding with clarity on systems, processes and standards.
• Builds and maintains key client relationships and executes priority handling of technical work for these clients in the Practice Area.
• Contributes to business development, including preparing proposals, presentations, and bids, and supporting market growth initiatives.
• Manages multidisciplinary projects, including scope development, budgeting, scheduling, resourcing, and quality assurance throughout project delivery.
• Develops and oversees technical reports and regulatory submissions, ensuring alignment with provincial and federal environmental legislation (e.g., Fisheries Act, Species at Risk Act, Impact Assessment Act).
• Fosters a positive culture across the Practice Area to protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of the team, ensuring risks are appropriately identified and managed in line with SLR’s Key Safety Principles.

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.

Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:

• Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives.
• The salary range for this position is $90,000 - $135,000. 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.

Qualifications/Education/Memberships

• Professional experience (10+ years) as an Ecologist in the environmental consulting industry.
• Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.), in Biology, Ecology, or Natural Sciences; a Master’s degree (M.Sc.) is considered an asset.
• Accreditation as a Registered Professional Biologist through the College of Applied Biologists of BC.
• Experience and ability to work with people within a technical consulting or professional services environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with experience engaging internal staff, clients, contractors, Indigenous members, and regulators.
• Ability to engage, develop, and retain team members.
• Experience supporting environmental assessment, baseline evaluation, monitoring, and oversight of large multidisciplinary projects.
• Excellent technical writing, reporting, and research skills, including experience conducting technical reviews.
• Demonstrated project coordination and management skills, including project planning, schedule and budget preparation, project implementation, and the ability to produce deliverables on time.

This job posting is for an existing vacancy in British Columbia. Locations include Greater Vancouver, Kamloops, or Kelowna. Other locations will be considered.

Artificial intelligence is not being used to screen, assess, or select applicants.

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.