Launch Your Career Protecting Water Resources & Driving Sustainable Solutions Step into a role where your analytical mindset, field skills, and passion for water science directly support environmental stewardship across Western Canada.

As a Consultant, Hydrologist based in Smithers, BC , you’ll work alongside industry experts who help clients solve complex water resource and hydrology challenges.

Why This Role Matters Water is at the center of many of today’s most important environmental and resource management decisions, from mine development and infrastructure planning to ecosystem protection and watershed management.

In this role, you will play an important role in helping clients understand how water moves, changes, and interacts with natural and industrial systems.

By combining field investigations, data analysis, and technical reporting, you will contribute to projects that support regulatory approvals, environmental assessments, and long-term sustainability objectives.

This role offers the opportunity to work on meaningful projects while developing your expertise alongside a multidisciplinary team of environmental specialists.

What Your Impact Is In this role, you’ll help deliver high‑quality hydrology and water resources work that informs regulatory approvals, environmental assessments, and long‑term monitoring programs.

You will: Analyzing hydrologic and watershed datasets to support modeling and impact assessments.

Contributing technical content to reports, environmental assessments, and project documentation.

Conducting field investigations, including streamflow measurements, water sampling, hydrometric surveys, and instrumentation activities.

Collaborating with specialists across water resources, aquatic biology, toxicology, and earth sciences to address complex environmental challenges.

Supporting projects that balance environmental protection with responsible development.

Ensuring all work is completed in accordance with ERM’s quality, health, safety, and scientific standards.

What You’ll Bring Required B.

Sc, or M.

Sc.



in Hydrology, Environmental Science, Water Resources Engineering, Geology, or a related field.

Or equivalent experience. 2+ years of hydrology, water quality, watershed analysis, or water resource–related experience.

Strong academic foundation in surface water hydrology and watershed processes.

Ability to work effectively as part of large, multi‑disciplinary project teams.

Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.

Must be capable of hiking and working in remote environments while carrying equipment Willingness to complete remote fieldwork in all weather conditions This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Preferred Experience with water and sediment sampling techniques, streamflow gauging, or hydrometric equipment.

Avalanche Skills Training (AST-1) or Swiftwater Rescue Technician (SRT-1) certifications are an asset Experience working or recreating in remote areas Experience working or recreating on rivers or streams Familiarity with water quality or hydrologic modeling tools (e.g., HEC‑HMS, SWMM, Gold

Sim, PHREEQC depending on background).

Ability to code or conduct statistical analyses using R or similar tools.

Experience with GIS or geological/watershed software (e.g., ArcGIS , QGIS , Geosoft Target , or 3D visualization tools).

Key Responsibilities Perform project tasks, including: Hydrologic and water quality data analysis Drafting sections of technical reports Conducting water sampling, streamflow measurements, and field surveys Completing data and literature reviews Travel to remote sites throughout the year, for up to 2 weeks at a time.

Approximately 30% of the work will be remote fieldwork.





Support fieldwork activities and contribute to the collection of high-quality environmental data.

Apply scientific and technical knowledge to address hydrology and water resource challenges across a variety of projects.

Deliver work within defined scope, budget, and schedule while maintaining ERM’s quality standards.

For the Consultant, Hydrologist position, the anticipated annual base pay is $73,100–$94,300 (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 subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures(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, RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees.

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 setting 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.

📌 Consultant, Hydrologist (Smithers)
🏢 ERM
📍 Smithers