Shape Canada’s Fisheries Outcomes on Complex, High‑Impact Projects

ERM is seeking a Principal Technical Consultant, Fisheries Biologist to provide senior technical leadership on some of Canada’s most complex mining and energy projects. Based in one of ERM’s western Canadian offices (Vancouver, Calgary, Whitehorse, or Smithers), this role blends deep technical expertise with strategic oversight—guiding fisheries assessments, offsetting programs, and permitting for large‑scale capital projects across diverse and often remote environments.

As a trusted technical authority within ERM’s Fisheries and Aquatics team, you’ll influence project outcomes that matter—supporting responsible development, advancing regulatory approvals, and helping clients address evolving environmental and sustainability challenges. You’ll collaborate with an exceptional, multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers in Canada and across ERM’s global network, while mentoring the next generation of fisheries professionals.

Why This Role Matters
Canada’s mining and energy sectors are facing increasing regulatory scrutiny, societal expectations, and environmental complexity. In this role, you serve as a senior fisheries advisor—setting technical direction, ensuring scientific rigor, and helping clients design and implement solutions that protect aquatic ecosystems while enabling project progress. Your expertise will directly influence environmental assessments, offsetting strategies, and long‑term aquatic management outcomes nationwide.

What Your Impact Is

Lead and shape fisheries and aquatic programs that support major capital projects from planning through operations

Provide senior technical oversight that ensures defensible, high‑quality deliverables aligned with federal, provincial, and territorial requirements

Act as a trusted advisor to clients, regulators, and internal teams on fisheries biology, habitat management, and offsetting strategies

Mentor and develop junior and intermediate staff, strengthening ERM’s fisheries capability for the future

Contribute to ERM’s national and international fisheries and aquatics technical communities

Required
What You’ll Bring

B.Sc. in Fisheries Biology, Natural Resource Management, or a related discipline.

Registered Professional Biologist (or equivalent)

6+ years of environmental consulting experience

Demonstrated experience mentoring and managing junior staff

Extensive field experience in fish and fish habitat assessment and aquatic biology

Strong knowledge of federal, provincial, and territorial regulations and guidelines as they apply to the mining and oil & gas sectors

Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, schedules, and quality of technical deliverables





Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision in dynamic, rapid‑paced environments

Strong commitment to health and safety, including adherence to established H&S; procedures

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Willingness to travel and conduct fieldwork in remote locations

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.

Preferred

M.Sc. in Fisheries Biology, Natural Resource Management, or a related discipline.

10+ years of environmental consulting experience

Experience designing and overseeing fisheries field programs in remote locations, including complex logistics and multi‑team coordination

Experience supporting mining and/or oil & gas projects

Experience working with Indigenous communities, government agencies, and public stakeholders

Experience delivering fisheries projects within multidisciplinary teams, including environmental assessments, offsetting plans, in‑stream flow assessments, and monitoring programs

Key Responsibilities

Oversee the design and implementation of fish and fish habitat field programs in freshwater ecosystems across Canada

Lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of fisheries offsetting and compensation programs

Draft, review, and provide technical oversight for high‑quality environmental assessments, baseline studies, offsetting plans, and permitting documents

Provide senior technical review and quality control for fisheries data collection, analysis, and management

Compile, manage, analyze, and contribute to databases related to fish habitat, community, and biological data

Provide expert guidance and technical advice to clients and internal project teams

Deliver field leadership and technical support for complex fisheries projects

Contribute to proposal development, including technical scopes and cost estimates, in alignment with ERM policies and processes

Manage project phases as required, including task delegation, subcontractor oversight, health and safety management, and client engagement

Actively participate in ERM’s national and international fisheries and aquatic technical networks

For the Principal Technical Consultant, Fisheries Biologist position, the anticipated annual base pay is $117,540–$147,235 (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.

Note : Bonuses, commissions, and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.

Who We Are:
As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world‑class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

ERMwelcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

ERM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, Indigenous identity, or status as a protected veteran or qualified individual with a disability.

Notice Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Hiring

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📌 Principal Technical Consultant, Fisheries Biologist (Yukon)
🏢 ERM
📍 Yukon