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Hatfield is recognized as one of BC’s Top Employers as well as Canada’s Top Small and Medium Employers for 2022. With close to 50 years of environmental consulting experience, our work culture focuses on scientific excellence, professional development, a fun and inclusive environment, and providing flexible work arrangements including hybrid work options and a biweekly earned days off program. In addition, we have a flat organizational structure, and a friendly, accessible, and down-to-earth management team that truly cares about employee career progression.
We are seeking an Environmental Technician Co-op student to become part of our dynamic team in Calgary, Alberta, for a full-time 8-month term in 2023. This position would involve a combination of office and fieldwork. The position will be based out of the Calgary office executing fieldwork primarily in southern Alberta, with support for Northern Alberta and British Columbia field programs as required. The ideal candidate will provide field and technical support for programs that assess and monitor aquatic and terrestrial environments. The successful candidate will support a variety of fisheries and aquatic assessment, water resources, wildlife, and infrastructure monitoring programs, including carrying out data collection and assessment programs in the field, entering and analyzing data, supporting with the writing of reports, and assisting in other environmental projects as assigned.
Responsibilities:
- Compliance with Hatfield’s Health and Safety Management Plan, the law, and client health and safety protocols.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to collect data to assess potential project-related impacts on environmental resources and values. This will include providing support for a variety of environmental monitoring and assessment programs in aquatic and terrestrial environments (e.g., water quality and aquatic ecology, fish and fish habitat, hydrology, hydrogeology, wildlife, and construction monitoring).
- Participate in environmental field investigation and monitoring programs under the supervision of experienced Hatfield staff.
- Ensure equipment is maintained and calibrated to meet operational and field requirements.
- Support on-going data management and reporting functions.
- Pursuing a technical diploma, B.Sc., or M.Sc. in the environmental sciences. Some prior formal training (e.g., coursework) in environmental science is considered an asset.
- Experience related to environmental fieldwork and data collection is desirable but not required.
- Appropriate qualifications for work in Alberta and a valid Canadian driver’s license.
- Comfortable using equipment and technology with a desire to learn how to operate a variety of environmental monitoring systems such as water quality meters, dataloggers, and software packages.
- Ability to work in teams of technicians with varying levels of experience and maintain a positive attitude.
- Ability and interest to undertake extensive fieldwork, in a range of weather conditions, including working in remote locations and on programs that may require camp stays over multiple days.
- Ability to work in a dynamic consulting environment that requires flexibility and the willingness to work overtime in support of field programs.
- Good communication skills.
- Attention to detail and an understanding of the importance of adherence to field standard operating procedures and good data collection.
Reply in confidence with a cover letter and resume describing your experience through the online form or email at (no phone calls please). Please include “Environmental Technician Co-op Calgary” in your email subject line. Salary expectations are also appreciated and may be included in your cover letter. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.
