Aquatic Scientist
HybridWhitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Job Summary
Aquatic Scientist role based in Whitehorse, Canada, with hybrid work arrangement. Lead and support planning and implementation of fisheries and aquatic assessment projects across Canada, contribute to multi-disciplinary projects with senior staff and stakeholders, mentor junior team members, and represent Trinity Consultants Canada in technical forums. Responsibilities include fish habitat and health assessments, integrating geomorphology, limnology, hydrology, water and sediment quality, and benthic invertebrate communities; deliver high-quality reports and proposals; and collaborate with regulators, First Nations, and other project partners. The position emphasizes scientific excellence, mentorship, and growth within a dynamic environmental consultancy focused on water and ecology, with travel to remote project sites.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced degree in a relevant field
- P.Bio. (or equivalent professional designation), or eligibility for registration
- Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience
- Experience in fish collection using various methods
- Fish community characterization and assessment of fish population and health data
- Strong knowledge of statistical analysis
- Experience in habitat characterization for Fisheries Act Authorizations
- Experience designing and implementing baseline assessment programs including sampling stations for water, sediment, fish, fish habitat, and benthic invertebrates
- Hands-on expertise in planning and conducting aquatic field programs using sampling techniques for water, sediment, benthic invertebrates, fish, and fish habitat
- Familiarity with QA/QC protocols and data integrity standards
- Ability to communicate complex scientific information clearly in writing and orally to diverse audiences
- Ability and willingness to travel to remote or northern project sites and conduct fieldwork in variable conditions
- Experience operating boats and outboard motors is an asset
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