Natural Resource Specialist Lead-BC Hydro

 Natural Resource Specialist Lead
Job Number: 601080
Number of Positions: 1 
Category: Safety, Health and Environment
City: Burnaby, B.C.
Closing Date: May 03, 2009 

Your passion lies in making a difference. By moving beyond the 
expected, you help make our world a better place. These are values we 
respect and seek out in employees. As the demand for electricity 
grows, so does our need for more bright minds to join our team.
Together, we can build our community, foster conservation and deliver 
clean, reliable energy solutions for today, tomorrow and generations 
to come.
DUTIES: The successful candidate will:
* Prepare documentation, budgets, terms of reference, standards, 
guidelines and contract specifications, etc. for, and oversee, inspect 
and administer a full range of biological resource and environmental 
protection measures for major, large, complex programs and projects to 
satisfy environmental plans and objectives, regulatory requirements 
and contract specifications
* Undertake in-depth studies to determine the environmental impact of 
major, large and complex programs and future Hydro facilities
* Develop standards and strategies for parameters influencing the 
biological environment
* Prepare recommendations to enhance consistency and quality of 
standards
* Respond to unforeseen environmental concerns not covered by existing 
regulations for standards
* Ensure consistency in environmental inspection protocols and report 
preparation
* Liaise with outside groups and within BC Hydro including project, 
field and resource staff
* Facilitate meetings with government agency representatives from 
various Ministries and branches to determine and incorporate routine 
regulatory requirements and options for compliance
* Is deployed to the field to respond to unforeseen environmental 
concerns by coordinating mitigation and managing related communication 
inside and outside BC Hydro
* Provide technical direction to external consultants, crew leaders 
and staff in lower-level Natural Resource positions engaged in 
environmental inspection and related activities, to ensure 
consistency, quality control requirements, standards, guidelines
* Provide work leadership to and perform all the functions of the 
Natural Resource Specialist 3 job
* Perform duties of a minor nature related to the above duties that do 
not affect the rating of the job.
QUALIFICATIONS: The successful candidate will have:
* Completed a Bachelor degree in Natural Resource or Environmental 
Studies with at least eight years of relevant work experience or as an 
equivalent, completed a Technologist Diploma in Natural Resources or 
Environmental Studies with nine years of relevant work experience
* Eligibility for membership with the College of Applied Biology
* A valid BC Driver's License.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
* The focus of work will be the environmental managerment of a variety 
of capital projects for Generation facilites
* This includes small capital maintenance works and larger replacement 
and redevelopment projects
* The role is to assess the environmental risks associated with the 
work, provide environmental input and recommendations as part of a 
multitdisciplinary project team, obtain environmental and regulatory 
permits and approvals, prepare environmental management plans to 
address environmental risks, acquire consulting services and oversee 
contracts, monitor environmental aspects during project implementation 
and complete mitigation and compensation requirements.
Interested candidates should submit their applications online by May 
03, 2009.
At BC Hydro, our vision For Generations is about working together to 
make a difference for the future of all British Columbians. To achieve 
this goal, we live by our five core values of Safety, Integrity, 
Service, Accountability and Teamwork.
Safety - we integrate safety into everything we do Integrity - we are 
fair, honest, open and straightforward Service - we seek solutions and 

 build relationships Accountability - we take responsibility for our 
actions Teamwork - we work together to achieve results If you share 
our values and are ready to join a great team, we'd love to hear from 
you!
BC Hydro is an equal opportunity employer.