Wildlife Biologist

Klohn Crippen Berger Consultoria Ltda; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid home-office

Competitive wages

Vacation policy aligned to experience

Volunteer time

Professional registration support

RRSP options

Flexible health benefits

Job summary

Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd. (KCB) seeks an Intermediate Wildlife Biologist to join our environmental services team. The role blends fieldwork with technical writing, data collection, and support for environmental impact assessments and mitigation strategies.

You will work with a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to business development and client relations while expanding technical excellence. Ideal candidates will have experience in wildlife inventories, bird surveys, and Species at Risk,

Qualifications

• Degree in Biology/Environmental Science is required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar consulting environment.
• Eligible to register with a professional organization (e.g. ASPB).

Responsibilities

• Conduct wildlife inventories and terrestrial ecosystem assessments.
• Prepare technical reports and contribute to environmental impact assessments.
• Develop mitigation strategies and support pre-construction mitigation.
• Support business development, client relations, and project leadership.
• Lead field programs and mentor junior staff.

Skills

Wildlife inventories

Bird identification

Regulatory knowledge

Field team leadership

Technical writing

Client relations

Team building

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biology/Environmental Science

Job description

Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd. (KCB) is seeking an Intermediate Wildlife Biologist to support the growing environmental services team. This role will give you the opportunity to have a combination of fieldwork and technical writing; apply your experience with biophysical baseline field programs and data collection, environmental effects assessments, mitigation strategy development, and environmental impact assessments. The work will involve a strong commitment to business development, client relations, team building, and expanding technical excellence.

We value your:

• Experience and knowledge in various market sectors including mining, water resources, oil sands, hydroelectric or other electricity generation, transportation, and municipal infrastructure.
• Understanding of design project workflows and consulting business practices.
• Experience conducting wildlife inventories and terrestrial ecosystem assessment.
• Experience with bird identification and knowledge of bird survey protocols (e.g., raptors, songbirds, waterfowl).
• Experience with other wildlife survey protocols and identification (e.g., amphibians, snake hibernacula, and Species at Risk).
• Experience conducting pre-construction wildlife sweeps, wildlife mitigation/relocation, and reporting.
• Working knowledge of Municipal, Provincial and Federal environmental legislation and regulatory permitting processes.
• Experience leading field teams and planning field programs.
• Proven ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team of professionals.
• Experience supporting training of junior staff.
• Strong initiative, innovation and commitment to technical excellence as well as your enthusiasm and drive toward long-term success.
• Strong interpersonal skills, excellent verbal and written English communication skills (other languages are an asset e.g. Spanish).
• Demonstrated capable report writing skills.
• Willingness and availability to travel within Canada and internationally, and to work flexible hours and extended shifts as project requirements dictate.

We respect the knowledge and experience you have gained to date and are willing to help you build on it. We do however request the following minimum qualifications:

• A degree in Biology/Environmental Science
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar consulting environment
• Eligible to register with a professional organization (e.g. ASPB)

Along with continued career development, KCB offers:

• Hybrid home-office work opportunities.
• Competitive wages.
• Vacation policy that aligns to your experience.
• Paid volunteer time, overtime, and sick days.
• Professional registration support.
• Retirement planning and flexibility through group RRSP options.
• Flexible health benefits, including social and mental well-being initiatives.
• Commitment to global Environmental, Social, and Governance standards.

About Us:

Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd. (KCB) is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm with five major business units providing engineering and environmental services in the mining, hydropower, transportation, ports, infrastructure, geotechnical, oil & gas, environmental, and water resources sectors. We offer a full range of services from our offices in North America, Australia, South America, and Europe.

From our offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon and York (UK), our Alberta Group works on challenging projects in the Water, Power and Transportation, Oil Sands, Mining, and Oil and Gas market sectors.

KCB is a platinum member of Canada’s Best Managed companies. We are committed to employment equity and encourage applications from all qualified career seekers. We offer professional career development tracks and salaries commensurate with experience and an attractive benefits package.

Are you up to the challenge?

We thank all candidates for applying, however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.