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Marine Scientist

Stantec
Topsham, ME Full Time
POSTED ON 3/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/26/2025

Marine Scientist - ( 25000078 )

Description

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We are a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that's critical to our clients and the communities we support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

Your Opportunity

We are looking for an intermediate level marine scientist who has marine mammal expertise with specific experience in impact assessment and monitoring for underwater noise, vessel strike risk, incidental take, and distance sampling design and analysis. Candidates should be team players, self-motivated, good at multitasking, demonstrated leaders with mentoring experience, and able to think creatively and broadly across many disciplines within the marine sciences. Successful candidates will work in a team environment on environmental impact assessments, field survey design and analysis, environmental effects mitigation and monitoring programs, and permitting applications.

Office location in the US is negotiable.

Your Key Responsibilities

Opportunities exist to integrate into our marine service area at a local, national, and international level, and may include :

  • Work in offshore renewables, coastal resilience, oil and gas, ports and shipping, and marine science research projects.
  • Tasks may include conducting or planning field work, data analysis, report and proposal writing and reviewing, preparing and delivering presentations, and business development.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

  • Technical knowledge should include understanding of issues of concern for marine mammals.
  • You are a clear and effective communicator, good technical writer, proven team player, and have experience designing and implementing field programs and leading large marine projects.
  • Some travel may be required.
  • Required

  • Expertise in underwater noise, including understanding of current regulatory thresholds of interest for marine mammals, their calculation, and use in US permit applications (IHAs and LOAs), impact assessments, and monitoring programs.
  • Expertise in aerial or vessel-based distance sampling design and analysis.
  • Program management and / or business development skills
  • Preferred

  • Strong data analysis and interpretation capabilities with good statistical knowledge
  • Experience working with federal, state / provincial / territorial, and municipal regulatory agencies in the US or Canada
  • Consulting experience
  • Expertise or understanding of vessel strike risk assessment and impact considerations
  • Multi-disciplinary interests and experience
  • Education and Experience

  • Successful candidates will hold a minimum of a B.Sc. in marine sciences and have a minimum of 10 years of experience in a related position.
  • This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

    Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

    Benefits Summary : Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term / long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

    Temporary / casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

    The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

    Primary Location : United States-Maine-Topsham

    Other Locations : United States

    Organization : BC-1956 EnvSvcs-US East Northeast

    Employee Status : Regular

    Job Level : Individual Contributor

    Travel : Yes, 20 % of the Time

    Schedule : Full-time

    Job Posting : Jan 21, 2025, 12 : 20 : 40 PM

    Req ID : 25000078

    Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability / Protected Veterans

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