Job Description

WHO IS ECOFISH LOOKING FOR? We are looking for a dedicated and hard-working Senior Water Resources Engineer to join our growing team! We will provide an opportunity to join a team of experienced and skilled professionals who thrive on innovation, collaboration, and integrity. While working alongside Ecofish experts in your field, we will support your career goals by providing great opportunities for growth and advancement through mentorship, training, and other professional development opportunities.
The location of this job is flexible, based out of one of our 11 office locations in Western Canada.
WHY ECOFISH? The environment needs our help, and we are up to the challenge. At Ecofish, we have made the environment our life\xe2\x80\x99s work, as reflected by our mission: Creating and implementing innovative environmental designs and practices to create solutions that assist and support industry and government, deliver green, sustainable developments.
To achieve our mission, our team is the embodiment of our values:

• Science based: We characterize, hypothesize, predict and test \xe2\x80\x93 to be accurate and assure
• Ethical: We consistently meet or surpass environmental laws, regulations, and guidelines to minimize impacts on the environment.
• Ingenuity: We develop novel techniques to increase accuracy in assessing environmental impacts and create innovative solutions for our clients.
• Professional: We are competent, honest, ethical, reliable, and certified by accredited

Ecofish incorporates these values in all aspects of our work. Social responsibility is at the core of our mission. Internally and externally, we bring a strong willingness to be cooperative and supportive of our clients, employees, and suppliers.
WONDERING WHAT YOU\'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR? Your role will require you to bring a high standard of scientific excellence to your daily work. These responsibilities will be in your domain.

• Lead projects focused on river engineering, fish habitat restoration, and natural stream channel design.
• Provide technical leadership in multi-disciplinary project teams to identify, develop, design, and execute projects.
• Provide engineering leadership within the water resources engineering and habitat restoration teams, continually update best-practices, and develop policies and procedures to ensure compliance with EGBC professional practice guidelines.
• Take part in business development, R&D, and internal process development related to engineering and restoration projects.
• Mentor junior and intermediate engineering technical staff.

THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

• Degree in civil or water resource engineering, graduate degree considered an asset.
• P.Eng., with experience working in a team leadership role, consulting experience is an asset.
• 20+ years working on design and implementation of water resources projects with a focus on geomorphology, river engineering, fish habitat restoration, and natural stream channel design.
• Experience with construction contract management and overseeing construction contractors during the construction of in-stream works projects.
• Works well in an interdisciplinary team including biologists, other professionals, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Pacific Salmon habitat restoration experience is an asset.
• Hydraulic modeling, and hydraulic structures design experience is considered an asset.
• Design of hydraulic structures is considered an asset.
• Work in foreshore and estuarine habitats is an asset.