Wildlife Technician Job Listing at City of Edmonton in Edmonton, AB (Job ID 51250)

Description

Natural Areas Operations functions within the Open Spaces unit of Infrastructure Operations within the Parks and Roads Services Branch.   Key focus areas of Natural Areas Operations include: maintaining the City-wide trail network (including tree risk mitigation, wildfire risk mitigation and biodiversity related activities of tree preservation, ecological monitoring, regulated weed control and restoration work, as well as management of abandoned and vacated Encampments across the City.

Reporting to the Ecologist, the Wildlife Technician is responsible for identifying any potential conflict areas between wildlife and the work that is planned by all of the Open Spaces Teams.

What will you do?

• Work with Functional Teams across Open Spaces Operations (and other internal and external stakeholders) to coordinate any wildlife monitoring requirements for landscapes that require operational maintenance 
• Liaise with internal and external partners to ensure regulatory compliance and best practice awareness
• Research the impact of construction and other human activity on wildlife
• Visit sites to undertake wildlife sweeps and survey their environment
• Advise on regulations and legislation in relation to protected species
• Lead and mentor field staff conducting sweeps for bird nesting sites, or other sensitive wildlife sites, and any other field work
• Review maps, field notes and markings, and communicate to operational teams how to work safely in allowable proximity to protected wildlife sites 
• Visit sites during construction/maintenance seasons to monitor that work is carried out as agreed
• Provide recommendations for habitat management and creation
• Conduct habitat evaluations, including presence/absence surveys
• Lead and conduct ecological monitoring surveys
• Coordinate consultants for wildlife surveys
• Aid Natural Areas Urban Foresters with tree risk mitigation, wildfire risk mitigation, and 311 inquiries as required
• Ensuring compliance with safety protocols and procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned