Launch Your Career Protecting Water Resources & Driving Sustainable Solutions
Step into a role where your analytical mindset, field skills, and passion for water science directly support environmental stewardship across Western Canada. As a Senior Consultant, Hydrologist/Water Resources Engineering based in Yellowknife, NT, you’ll work alongside industry experts who help clients solve complex water resource and hydrology challenges.
Why This Role Matters
Water is at the center of many of today’s most important environmental and resource management decisions, from mine development and infrastructure planning to ecosystem protection and watershed management.
In this role, you will play an important role in helping clients understand how water moves, changes, and interacts with natural and industrial systems.
By combining field investigations, data analysis, watershed modelling and technical reporting, you will contribute to projects that support regulatory approvals, environmental assessments, and long-term sustainability objectives. This role offers the opportunity to work on meaningful projects while developing your expertise alongside a multidisciplinary team of environmental specialists.
What Your Impact Is
In this role, you’ll help deliver high‑quality hydrology and water resources work that informs regulatory approvals, environmental assessments, and long‑term monitoring programs. You will:
Analyzing hydrologic and watershed datasets to support modeling and impact assessments.
Contributing technical content to reports, environmental assessments, and project documentation.
Conducting field investigations, including streamflow measurements, water sampling, hydrometric surveys, and instrumentation activities.
Collaborating with specialists across water resources, aquatic biology, toxicology, and earth sciences to address complex environmental challenges.
Supporting projects that balance environmental protection with responsible development.
Ensuring all work is completed in accordance with ERM’s quality, health, safety, and scientific standards.
What You’ll Bring
Required
B.Sc, or M.Sc. in Hydrology, Environmental Science, Water Resources Engineering, Geology, or a related field. Or equivalent experince.
3+ years of hydrology, water quality, watershed analysis, or water resource–related experience.
Strong academic foundation in surface water hydrology and watershed processes.
Ability to work effectively as part of large, multi‑disciplinary project teams.
Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.
Must be capable of hiking and working in remote environments, especially in northern Canadian environments, while carrying equipment
Willingness to complete remote fieldwork in all weather conditions
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
Preferred
Experience with water and sediment sampling techniques, streamflow gauging, or hydrometric equipment.
Avalanche Skills Training (AST-1) or Swiftwater Rescue Technician (SRT-1) certifications are an asset
Experience working or recreating in remote areas, especially Northern Canada
Experience working or recreating on rivers or streams
Familiarity with water quality or hydrologic modeling tools (e.g., HEC‑HMS, SWMM, GoldSim, Raven, PHREEQC depending on background).
Ability to code or conduct statistical analyses using R or similar tools.
Experience with GIS or geological/watershed software (e.g., ArcGIS , QGIS , Geosoft Target , or 3D visualization tools).
Key Responsibilities
Perform project tasks, including: Hydrologic and water quality data analysis
Hydrologic and water balance modelling
Drafting sections of technical reports
Conducting water sampling, streamflow measurements, and field surveys
Completing data and literature reviews
Travel to remote sites throughout the year, for up to 2 weeks at a time.
Approximately 30% of the work will be remote fieldwork.
Support fieldwork activities and contribute to the collection of high-quality environmental…