Role Details
Department: Restoration and Reclamation
Reports to: Project Manager or Site Lead
Duration: Project-Based (with pathway to ongoing engagement)
Location: Lower Mainland, British Columbia, with travel across Western Canada
About Alyon Nursery and Reclamation Inc.
Alyon Nursery and Reclamation Inc. (Alyon) is a British Columbia–based company specializing in revegetation, reclamation, and restoration services across Western Canada. Since 2016, we’ve built a reputation for delivering technically credible, operationally disciplined, and commercially responsible environmental work in demanding project environments.
We work in municipal, transportation, mining, and oil and gas settings. Our clients rely on us not only for the quality of our work, but for the judgment, professionalism, and reliability of the people who represent us in the field.
Alyon is expanding. We are deepening our capabilities, growing our technical team, and positioning ourselves to become Western Canada’s premier revegetation partner. Every person who joins this team contributes to that trajectory.
The Opportunity
This is a dynamic role for someone who wants to develop real field capability in revegetation, reclamation, restoration implementation, monitoring, and environmental site work—and who wants to grow alongside a company that is investing in its people and its future.
We are looking for an entry-level Environmental Revegetation Technician who will spend most of their time on active project sites planting, seeding, monitoring, documenting, and solving problems in the field while learning from senior staff.
The right candidate is someone who brings more than a willingness to work hard. The right person for this role is curious about how technology can make field work more efficient, such as better data collection, sharper monitoring, more efficient workflows. Someone who can carry a 20-kilogram bag of seed mix up a slope and then sit down to organize field data in a way that helps the project move forward.
This T1 position is the entry point into a structured technician progression (T1 through T7, aligned with ACEC guidelines) that grows with your capability, judgment, and contribution. As you develop, there will be real pathways into more advanced roles—not theoretical ones. We reward performance, initiative, and professional growth.
What You’ll Do
- Field Implementation & Site Work
- Support revegetation, reclamation, and restoration projects on active sites—planting, seeding, site preparation, erosion and sediment control, maintenance, and vegetation establishment.
- Assist with field assessments to evaluate site conditions, revegetation requirements, access constraints, and environmental considerations.
- Conduct field monitoring of vegetation establishment, site condition, survival, performance, and project progress.
- Support loading, staging, transporting, and maintaining field equipment, tools, plant materials, and supplies.
- Perform equipment inspections, hazard identification, and field-level risk assessments.
Data, Documentation & Technology
- Collect accurate field data, photographs, and observations using digital field tools, GPS units, mapping software, and field apps.
- Contribute to improving how we capture, organize, and use field data—bring ideas, not just compliance.
- Support senior staff with field notes, data summaries, and reporting tied to project deliverables.
Safety & Professionalism
- Follow all company, client, and site safety procedures across transportation, mining, oil and gas, and municipal project environments.
- Maintain situational awareness when working around traffic, heavy equipment, industrial activities, remote access conditions, and changing hazards.
- Interact respectfully and professionally with clients, contractors, landowners, Indigenous communities, regulators, and the public.
- Represent Alyon with the kind of reliability and judgment that earns repeat trust.
- Compliance with Alyon and Client’s strict Zero Drug and Alcohol Policy, including any legal drugs.
Collaboration & Growth
- Work as a contributing member of small, high-performing field teams where your input matters.
- Support other field operations, restoration, nursery, or environmental project activities as the work demands.
- Take ownership of your own professional development—ask questions, seek feedback, push yourself to learn.
Who You Are
We are open to diverse backgrounds because we’ve learned that the best field professionals come from all kinds of places. What matters most is who you are and how you work.
Requirements
- Eligible to work in British Columbia and Alberta.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to project sites across Western Canada.
- Willingness to work outdoors in variable weather, terrain, and industrial site conditions—someone who enjoys being outdoors.
- Physically capable of demanding field work: lifting, carrying materials, walking on uneven ground, bending, kneeling, and standing for extended periods.
- Strong commitment to safety, reliability, and professionalism—these are non-negotiable.
Education
A diploma, certificate, or degree in ecological restoration, environmental science, natural resource management, forestry, biology, reclamation, horticulture, or a related field is valued—but not required. Equivalent practical field experience will absolutely be considered. We care more about what you can do and how you think than where your credential comes from.
Experience
Any of the following are assets, but not mandatory:
- Advanced Hiking or outdoor activities, field-based work, labour, restoration, reclamation, landscaping, nursery, or environmental work.
- Time on construction, transportation, industrial, mining, or oil and gas sites.
- Working as part of a small field team in dynamic or remote environments.
- Digital field data collection, mapping tools, GPS, GIS platforms, or field documentation.
The Traits That Set You Apart
- You take initiative. You don’t wait to be told—you see what needs doing and you figure out what to do or find who to ask.
- You’re genuinely interested in revegetation, reclamation, and restoration, and leaving the environment better than you found it.
- You’re collaborative. You make the people around you better, not just yourself.
- You’re curious about technology and how it can improve field workflows, data quality, and project outcomes.
- You communicate clearly and professionally—in the field, in writing, and with people from all backgrounds.
- You have strong attention to detail in execution, observation, and documentation.
- You’re adaptable. Project conditions change—weather, logistics, site access—and you respond with composure and problem-solving, not frustration.
- You maintain discretion and professionalism in commercially sensitive or multi-party settings.
- You think practically and contribute to solutions under real project conditions.
Additional Assets
- First Aid certification.
- Swiftwater certification.
- Fall Protection certification.
- Safety tickets or industrial site orientation experience (transportation, mining, oil and gas).
- Experience operating 4WD vehicles on resource, industrial, or remote access roads.
- Familiarity with planting plans, seed mixes, erosion and sediment control, reclamation treatments, or vegetation monitoring.
- Knowledge of native plant materials, source-identified stock, or species suitability considerations.
- Experience supporting compliance documentation, field inspections, or environmental monitoring.
- Awareness of provincial or federal reclamation, restoration, or environmental requirements.
- Experience working with Indigenous communities, contractors, consultants, owners, or regulators.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, GIS platforms, field mapping apps, or environmental data collection tools.
Where This Goes
Alyon is committed to building careers, not filling seats. This T1 role is designed as the starting point of a structured progression that rewards growing capability and judgment.
- Short-term: Build strong field fundamentals in revegetation, reclamation, and restoration. Develop safety discipline, project awareness, and reliable field execution.
- Medium-term: Take on greater field responsibility, contribute to project planning and technical problem-solving, and begin gaining exposure to environmental assessment and QEP-aligned work.
- Long-term: Progress through the technician framework (T1–T7) into more advanced technical, coordination, or environmental professional roles as your experience and contributions grow.
For candidates interested in the Biologist and Environmental Professional pathway, this role provides internal exposure to environmental assessment, field observation, technical support, and broader project work that contributes to long-term development toward Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) experience.
We invest in people who invest in themselves. If that sounds like you, we want to hear from you.
How to Apply
Submit your resume and a brief cover letter as a single PDF to: [email protected]
Subject line: “Environmental Revegetation Technician 1 – [Your Name]”
In your cover letter, please answer the following questions:
- Tell us about your background and what interested you in this role.
- This role involves physically demanding field work in varying terrain and weather. What experience do you have working or being in physically demanding outdoor conditions?
- Safety is a priority in this role, especially on transportation, mining, and oil and gas sites. What does “safety-first” mean to you in practice?
- What do you do when the technically ideal solution is not realistic because of time, access, safety, or site conditions?
- How do you make sure your work adds value rather than unnecessary effort or complexity?
- How do you prioritize tasks when several things need to happen at once in the field?
- This role can support growth toward environmental and biologist pathways. What direction do you hope your career takes over the next few years?
- A client representative asks you a technical question you are not confident answering. What would you say?
- You see a recurring small problem on site that others seem to ignore. What would you do?
- What parts of this role would be newest or most challenging for you?
We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Pay: $45,000.00-$58,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Maple Ridge, BC
