Location – Leduc, Calgary, or Grande Prairie, Alberta
Employment Type – Full Time
SWAT Consulting Inc. is a multi-disciplinary environmental consulting firm with offices located
in Leduc, Calgary, and Grande Prairie, Alberta. While SWAT specializes in comprehensive spill
response, emergency management, emergency preparedness and training, we have also grown a
core team of staff focusing on environmental assessment, remediation, and reclamation to
complement our emergency management services. SWAT is now focused on building a
biophysical group to expand our services related to wildlife, aquatic, and wetland biology.
As a small company, SWAT provides a team focused environment, ample opportunity for on-the-
job learning and accelerating career opportunities, and highly competitive compensation and
benefits packages. We offer our employees the ability to gain experience across Canada, where
opportunities arise.
Position Overview
SWAT Consulting Inc. is seeking a Senior Wildlife Biologist with a strong record of providing
high quality wildlife assessments, mitigation planning, regulatory support, and environmental
monitoring services in Alberta and across Western Canada. The appropriate candidate has
developed strong technical and analytical skills, sound professional judgment, and the ability to
foster those skills in others. They will bring experience leading wildlife baseline programs, pre-
disturbance and pre-construction assessments, wildlife sweeps, species at risk surveys, habitat
assessments, construction monitoring, and associated regulatory deliverables.
The appropriate candidate is familiar with applicable provincial and federal legislation,
guidelines, and regulatory processes, and is comfortable interpreting requirements in a practical
way for clients, field teams, and construction personnel. They will have experience obtaining
applicable wildlife collection and handling permits and implementing those requirements in the
field. They can provide senior technical review and strategic direction on wildlife-related scopes,
while also supporting project delivery through proposal development, work planning, budgeting,
and mentorship of junior and intermediate staff.
The appropriate candidate enjoys and thrives on a combination of fieldwork, technical reporting,
problem-solving, and collaboration. They know what it takes to build the role and leverage
experience, confidence, and communication skills to support their continued growth and the
needs of a team of highly driven professionals. The position will include a mix of office and field
responsibilities, with field requirements varying seasonally depending on project demands.
SWAT Consulting Inc.
