Senior Terrestrial Ecologist

Overview

Position Title: Senior Terrestrial Ecologist

Reports To: General Manager

Location: 201–1116 6th Avenue, Prince George, BC

Employment Type: Full-time

Founded in 2013, Chu Cho Environmental (CCE) is a 100% Tsay Keh Dene Nation owned company, established under the Nation’s Economic Development Corporation. As an Indigenous-owned business, CCE reflects the values of the Nation and delivers high-quality environmental services rooted in respect for community and territory.

As a for-profit social enterprise, CCE creates employment, builds local capacity, and supports economic growth for Tsay Keh Dene Nation. Our mission is to build a resilient, skilled, and multidisciplinary team that delivers professional environmental services across northern British Columbia.

CCE provides a wide range of environmental services, including baseline studies, regulatory support, environmental research, and long-term monitoring for resource development projects. Our multidisciplinary team brings expertise in botany, reclamation, atmospheric science, fisheries, wildlife, data science and GIS. Here are a few example projects within the Terrestrial team:

Mount Milligan Mine Progressive Reclamation -

See the CCE Youtube, Instagram or Linked In pages for more content focused on our work.

Chu Cho Environmental is seeking a Senior Terrestrial Ecologist to lead a diverse portfolio of projects from proposal development through field execution and final reporting. The successful candidate will hold a Registered Professional Biologist (R.P.Bio.) or Professional Agrologist (P.Ag.) designation and have demonstrated scientific technical, project management, and business development experience.

This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise in soils, reclamation science, and vegetation, and a commitment to relationship building and professionalism in interactions with clients, regulatory agencies, and First Nations.

• Lead and oversee multidisciplinary terrestrial ecology and environmental (soils, reclamation, vegetation) consulting and monitoring projects from proposal development through execution and final reporting
• Implement fieldwork on select projects (25%), oversee staff implementing fieldwork (75%)
• Coordinate data management, complete statistical analyses, technical reporting and present on results to decision makers
• Provide expert technical review and professional sign-off on monitoring programs, site pre-disturbance assessment and reports

• Support the strategic direction of the Terrestrial Ecology discipline
• Provide technical leadership, and mentorship of junior and intermediate staff
• Foster a culture of professionalism, collaboration, learning, and accountability
• Identify and organize professional development opportunities
• Contribute to building a resilient, multidisciplinary team aligned with organizational values
• Coordinate with other discipline leads within CCE, external companies, and Tsay Keh Dene Nation

• Cultivate respectful, collaborative relationships with project partners, clients, governments, and Tsay Keh Dene Nation citizens
• Complete regular community engagement to ensure alignment between community priorities and Chu Cho Environmental projects
• Ensure projects and services reflect the values, priorities, and interests of Tsay Keh Dene Nation
• Conduct work in a manner rooted in respect for community, culture, and territory

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities in environmental consulting, permitting, research, reclamation and restoration
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, including government agencies, industry, developers, and corporate sustainability teams
• Support and mentor intermediate staff involved in business development and proposal preparation

• Plan, schedule, budget, and manage projects to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery
• Coordinate with partner organizations and professionals
• Lead proposal development and submission, including scope development, costing, and scheduling
• Collaborate with your own team, as well as our teams of wildlife biologists, fisheries biologists, and regulatory specialists to deliver projects
• Ensure all work meets regulatory requirements, professional standards (e.g., R.P.Bio., P.Ag.), and internal QA/QC processes
• Stay current with environmental legislation, permitting requirements, and industry trends

Technical Implementation

• High quality written and communication products
• On-time and on-budget project delivery
• Compliance with regulatory and professional standards

Client & Community Engagement

• Strength and growth of client relationships
• Client satisfaction and project renewal rates
• Contribution to employment of Tsay Keh Dene community members

Organizational Development

• Employee satisfaction, retention, and professional growth
• Expansion of client base across target sectors
• Participation in professional…