Consultant, Aquatic Biologist

If you’re looking for a role where meaningful fieldwork, scientific rigor, and multidisciplinary collaboration intersect, ERM invites you to bring your skills to a global team driving real-world environmental impact.

As an Aquatic Biologist at ERM, you’ll contribute to high-visibility environmental projects across Western and Northern Canada—projects that shape regulatory decisions, support sustainable development, and protect critical freshwater and marine ecosystems. Your expertise will directly inform aquatic baseline programs, monitoring studies, and impact assessments for clients seeking responsible environmental stewardship.

• Advance high-quality aquatic science through rigorous field programs, data analysis, and technical reporting.
• Provide critical insights into water quality, sediment quality, and aquatic community composition.
• Support environmental permitting, baseline assessments, impact evaluations, and long-term monitoring programs.
• Strengthen data integrity and scientific defensibility through diligent QA/QC and methodological consistency.

• BSc in Aquatic Biology or a related discipline.
• 2+ years of experience planning, managing, and executing aquatic field programs (freshwater and/or marine), including work in remote settings.
• Strong data management and statistical analysis skills using R or similar software.
• Experience with field and data QA/QC processes.