Intermediate Arborist​/Ecologist

Aquafor Beech Limited is a boutique stormwater and environmental engineering firm, incorporated in 1990, with offices in Mississauga, Kingston, Ottawa, and Guelph. The firm provides multidisciplinary engineering and environmental services to a variety of public and private sector clients. The firm's principal focus is on watershed planning, environmental restoration, stormwater management, fluvial geomorphology, environmental assessment/permitting, water resources engineering, and municipal infrastructure design.

Aquafor Beech Limited uses an industry-leading, multi-disciplinary approach to develop innovative and technically sound solutions to address each project's unique requirements. The firm emphasizes individual initiative but promotes strong collaboration between staff members. The firm provides exciting career opportunities by engaging in diverse projects, using interdisciplinary teams to address project requirements and providing ongoing training and professional development. We have a friendly work environment that encourages employees to provide ideas, strive for excellence, and create new opportunities.

Aquafor is looking for a full-time Arborist to support the firm's environmental and water resource staff by completing tree inventories in both urban and natural settings. The successful candidate will be ISA-certified with confidence identifying tree species in all seasons, and experience completing inventory tasks (e.g., tagging, survey, condition assessment) and associated reporting (e.g., arborist report, tree preservation plan). The successful candidate may also expect to provide support in other tasks (e.g., ecological inventories, environmental monitoring, topographic surveying) depending on their skills and experiences, so prior experience completing ecological surveys, using monitoring equipment, or completing surveys with GPS or total station hardware is considered to be a strong asset.

Please note that manual tree care labour (e.g., sawing, pruning, climbing, planting) will not be required for this role. However, the successful candidate may be asked to provide oversight to construction crews completing such tasks or to complete monitoring after the fact (e.g., warranty confirmation).

• ISA-certification as an Arborist, or qualifications to obtain certification
• Experience completing tree inventories in both urban (street) and natural settings
• High confidence in the identification of Ontario tree species during winter as well as the growing season
• Experience using GPS (e.g., high-accuracy GNSS equipment such as Sokkia or EOS with ArcGIS Field Maps integration) to survey trees concurrent with inventory
• Knowledge and experience applying municipal tree policy, particularly of the Greater Toronto Area (e.g. Municipal Tree Preservation and Compensation By-laws, Forest/Woodland Conservation By-laws, Ravine and Natural Protection By-laws, permitting procedures, etc.)
• Familiarity with GIS and/or AutoCAD software
• Experience with the preparation of Arborist Reports and similar technical documents

• Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) certification
• Experience inspecting construction sites as related to tree preservation and restoration planting (e.g. pruning, TPZ inspections, warranty inspections, etc.)
  Experience completing ecological field investigations (e.g.:
  Ecological Land Classification evaluation of vegetation communities; three-season botanical inventories; aquatic habitat assessment; breeding bird surveys; calling amphibian surveys)
• Experience with topographic survey equipment (e.g., total station), water quality monitoring procedures, and/or stream flow monitoring procedures
• Experience with the preparation of landscaping/planting plans or environmental restoration plans
• Experience addressing permit and approval requirements related to Species at Risk
• Experience guiding and supervising junior staff and co-op students both in office and field
• Prior work history with an engineering or environmental consulting firm
• Working knowledge of the environmental planning and policy framework applicable to Ontario
• Comfort working in the outdoors in variable and sometimes extreme weather
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, attention to detail, discretion, autonomy, and flexibility
• Experience working with Google Suite and MS Office, plus ability to quickly learn new platforms
• Fluency (speaking, reading, and writing) in…