Consultant, Aquatic Scientist Full Time NEW

If you’re looking for a role where meaningful fieldwork, scientific rigor, and multidisciplinary collaboration intersect, ERM invites you to bring your skills to a global team driving real‑world environmental impact.

Why This Role Matters

As a Consultant, Aquatic Scientist at ERM, you’ll contribute to high‑visibility environmental projects across Western Canada—projects that shape regulatory decisions, support sustainable development, and protect critical freshwater and marine ecosystems. Your expertise will directly inform aquatic baseline programs, monitoring studies, and impact assessments for clients seeking responsible environmental stewardship.

You will be part of our Integrated Water Services team, collaborating closely with toxicologists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists, geochemists, fisheries biologists, and specialists across ERM’s global network. This is a full‑time opportunity designed for someone who enjoys fieldwork, thrives in independent environments, and is motivated to grow their technical and consulting career.

What Your Impact Is

• Advance high‑quality aquatic science through rigorous field programs, data analysis, and technical reporting.

• Provide critical insights into water quality, sediment quality, and aquatic community composition.

• Support environmental permitting, baseline assessments, impact evaluations, and long‑term monitoring programs.

• Strengthen data integrity and scientific defensibility through diligent QA/QC and methodological consistency.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• MSc in Aquatic Biology or a related discipline.

• 2+ years of consulting experience planning, managing, and executing aquatic field programs (freshwater and/or marine), including work in remote settings.

• Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network Field Technician and recent experience.

• Experience collecting environmental samples, including water and sediment quality, plankton, and benthic invertebrates.

• Strong data management, statistical analysis, and graphing skills using R.

• Experience with field and data QA/QC processes.

• Excellent technical writing, communication, and time‑management skills.

• Knowledge of Federal, Provincial, and Territorial environmental regulations, guidance, and guidelines.

• Ability to prioritize work in a fast‑paced consulting environment and meet critical deadlines.

• Willingness and ability to complete physically demanding work and travel and work in remote locations, varying weather conditions, and difficult terrain.

• Strong commitment to Health & Safety protocols.

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.

• Driver’s License Required: This position requires a valid driver’s license and/or the ability to operate a company vehicle due to the nature of job duties, which include frequent travel to various client locations across a large geographical area.

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred

• Prior experience in environmental consulting, government roles, or the mining sector.

• Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network Project Manager considered an asset.

• Swiftwater Rescue Technician (SRT-1).

• Marine experience (fieldwork or analytical) considered an asset.

• Boating experience.

• Field experience in hydrology, hydrogeology, fisheries, or a related discipline.

• Professional registration (e.g., R.P.Bio) or eligibility.

• Bilingual abilities (English and French/Spanish).

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement freshwater and/or marine aquatic field programs, including remote deployments.

• Compile, manage, and analyze water quality, sediment quality, and biological community data (benthic macroinvertebrates, zooplankton, phytoplankton, periphyton).

• Prepare technical reports or report sections for baseline studies, environmental monitoring programs, permitting submissions, and impact assessments.

• Contribute to efficient, accurate data management and field documentation.

For the Consultant, Aquatic Scientist position, the anticipated annual base pay is $73,161–$94,217 (CAD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible).

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees.