Protect wetlands and water resources across Alberta as an Aquatic Environmental Professional in Edmonton. This permanent, full-time position includes provincial travel.

Within the Regulatory Assurance Division, the Environmental Protection Officer provides trusted technical and regulatory advice to colleagues and stakeholders. You will analyze complex restoration issues, identify opportunities to prevent non-compliance, and help apply the wetland policy’s avoidance, minimization, and restoration hierarchy. Travel throughout the province supports coordination with Ministry staff, departments, clients, and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

- Analyze complex wetland and waterbody restoration issues
- Recommend practical regulatory solutions with internal and external partners
- Build relationships while providing technical and regulatory advice




- Coordinate compliance, approvals, and policy team communication
- Support education, prevention, and policy implementation initiatives

Requirements:

- Seven years of related wetland and water management experience
- Related two-year technical diploma or equivalent education and experience
- Experience assessing wetland restoration, replacement, and unauthorized disturbances
- Knowledge of water resource management, hydrology, ecology, and engineering
- Qualified designation or eligibility preferred

Apply systems thinking and aquatic environmental knowledge to wetland protection, collaborative compliance, and practical restoration solutions across Alberta.

📌 Aquatic Environmental Protection Officer (Edmonton)
🏢 Government of Alberta
📍 Edmonton