Natural Resource Specialist 4
Job Location: Campbell River, BC
Employment type: Permanent
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/week)
Annual Salary: $ 95,100.00 - 102,500.00
No. of positions: 1
Closing date: December 9, 2025
About the job:
Providing clean electricity to 4 million customers takes a diverse workforce and that’s where you come in. We need your talent to help us build major projects to meet growing demand. To help our customers find clean energy solutions for their homes and businesses and to be ready to respond during storms and outages to keep our system reliable.
Working for BC Hydro is meaningful. And now, the stakes have been raised as we work towards a solution to climate change while safely providing clean, affordable electricity to our customers.
What you’ll do
* Prepares documentation, budgets, terms of reference, standards, guidelines and contract specifications, etc. for, and oversees, inspects and administers a full range of biological resource and environmental protection measures for major, large, complex programs and projects to satisfy environmental plans and objectives, regulatory requirements, contract specification
* Undertakes in-depth studies to determine the environmental impact of major, large and complex programs and future Hydro facilities.
* Develops standards and strategies for parameters influencing the biological environment; prepares recommendations to enhance consistency and quality of standards. Responds to unforeseen environmental concerns not covered by existing regulations for standards.
* Ensures consistency in environmental inspection protocols, report preparation, liaison with outside groups and within BC Hydro including project, field and resource staff.
* Facilitates meetings with government agency representatives from various Ministries and branches to determine and incorporate routine regulatory requirements and options for compliance.
* Is deployed to the field to respond to unforeseen environmental concerns by coordinating mitigation and managing related communication inside and outside BC Hydro.
* Provides technical direction to external consultants, crew leaders and staff in lower-level Natural Resource positions engaged in environmental inspection and related activities, to ensure consistency, quality control requirements, standards, guidelines.
* Provides work leadership to and performs all the functions of the Natural Resource Specialist 3 job.
* Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties that do not affect the rating of the job.
What you bring
* Completion of a Bachelor degree in Natural Resource or Environmental Studies with at least eight (8) years of relevant work experience or as an equivalent, completion of Technologist Diploma in Natural Resources or Environmental Studies with nine (9) years of relevant work experience.
* Must be eligible for membership with the College of Applied Biology.
* Valid BC Driver’s License required.
What we offer
- A comprehensive benefits package
- A minimum of 15 paid vacation days
- A lifetime pension
- Flexible work model, depending on your role type
- Training and development courses
For more information on the benefits we offer, visit bchydro.com/benefits.
What else you should know
This position is affiliated with the Movement of United Professionals union (MoveUP/COPE). http://moveuptogether.ca
* This is a Full-time Regular (FTR) MoveUP Group 12 opportunity on the team, headquartered at our Campbell River office location.
* A condition of employment is to maintain your Class 5 drivers license in good standing.
* Must be registered or eligible for membership as a Registered Professional Biologist with the College of Applied Biology within two (2) months of hire.
* Spends approximately 10-25% of time outside of Campbell River.
* Up to 10% of time is spent traveling throughout Vancouver Island and other regions.
* Exposed to all types of weather conditions at work sites that may be remote.
* Regular exposure to river and lake conditions when performing field work.
* May be required to travel to sites by boat or small planes.
* Climbs or walks on uneven, steep and/or rough terrain in all weathers during field work.
* Some overnight travel within Vancouver Island, or other regions in the province may be required.
* As part of the selection process, applicants may be required to take a written test/assessment or presentation.
* Please be advised that this role has been assessed as safety sensitive and pre-qualification alcohol and drug testing will be required as a pre-condition to employment.
Don't forget to update your Candidate Profile with your current resume and copies of your certifications. If applicable, include your Trades Qualification. This will ensure we have all the necessary information to assess your application without any delays.
Location: Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, V9H 1V8.
How to apply
Interested candidates should submit their applications online at https://app.bchydro.com/careers/current_opp.html or click ‘Apply’
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