Team Leader – Ecology & Biodiversity (Prairies Region)
SLR Consulting · Calgary
We are SLR Consulting (Americas), a 1500+ team of advisory, environmental, engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada, the United States, and LATAM. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.
As our new Team Leader – Ecology & Biodiversity (Prairies Region), you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.
This job posting is for an existing vacancy in Alberta. Locations include Calgary and Edmonton. Other locations will be considered.
Role
Reporting to the Practice Manager, the Team Leader – Ecology & Biodiversity (Prairies Region) will lead and develop our Prairies ecology team, combining people leadership with technical project delivery and business development. You will oversee team resourcing, delivery quality, commercial performance, and professional development while building a collaborative, capable, and engaged team.
Working closely with the Practice Manager, Practice Leader, and other regional Team Leaders, you will help strengthen our technical capabilities, build client relationships, and grow our ecology and biodiversity services across the Prairies. This role offers the opportunity to shape the team’s development and regional growth while remaining actively involved in projects.
Responsibilities:
Leads team resourcing and capacity planning, serving as the first point of contact for staffing needs and collaborating with other Team Leaders and the Practice Manager to balance workloads and address delivery priorities.
Sets clear expectations and leads by example, modeling and promoting SLR’s cultural principles.
Supports the Practice Manager and Practice Leader in implementing strategic actions to grow the Practice’s market position and technical capabilities.
Monitors team workload, utilization, and project financial performance with the Practice Manager, identifying risks early and supporting corrective actions.
Manages performance proactively, addressing issues promptly and constructively with the support of the Practice Manager/Practice Leader.
Coaches, mentors, and develops team members, overseeing individual development and training plans that build consulting, technical, and leadership skills.
Supports recruitment efforts and ensures timely onboarding with clarity on systems, processes and standards.
Builds and maintains key client relationships, providing technical leadership and overseeing responsive, high-quality project delivery.
Contributes to business development, including preparing proposals, presentations, and bids, and supporting market growth initiatives.
Manages multidisciplinary projects, including scope development, budgeting, scheduling, resourcing, and quality assurance throughout project delivery.
Prepares and reviews technical reports and regulatory submissions, providing technical oversight and ensuring alignment with provincial and federal environmental legislation (e.g., Fisheries Act, Species at Risk Act, Impact Assessment Act).
Fosters a positive culture across the Practice Area to protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of the team, ensuring risks are appropriately identified and managed in line with SLR’s Key Safety Principles.
Working @ SLR
With us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.
Here’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:
Competitive total compensation package including comprehensive benefits, vacation, and a suite of wellness initiatives.
Compensation will be commensurate with education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.
Full-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
Qualifications/Education/Memberships:
A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in ecology within the environmental consulting industry, including demonstrated experience leading teams and managing projects.
A bachelor’s degree in Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, or a related discipline; a master’s degree is considered an asset.
Registration, or eligibility for registration, as a Professional Biologist (P. Biol.) with the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists.
Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop technical staff, establish clear expectations, and manage performance constructively.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with experience working collaboratively with colleagues, clients, contractors, Indigenous communities and their representatives, and regulators.
Knowledge of ecological conditions and applicable environmental regulatory requirements across the Canadian Prairies.
Experience planning and delivering ecological assessments, baseline studies, monitoring programs, and environmental oversight as part of multidisciplinary projects.
Experience delivering ecological or environmental consulting services to clients in the power and/or oil and gas sectors is considered an asset.
Excellent technical writing and review skills, with the ability to produce and oversee clear, defensible reports and regulatory submissions.
Demonstrated project management skills, including scope development, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, and delivery within agreed timelines and budgets.
Experience building client relationships and contributing to proposals, business development, and repeat business.
Artificial intelligence is not being used to screen, assess, or select applicants.
SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, veterans, and people with disabilities.