Senior Remote Sensing Specialist

Location :

One of Hatfield’s offices in AB. or BC.

Description :

This year, Hatfield is proud to celebrate 50 years of serving our clients and our community! As one of BC's Top Employers 2024, Hatfield has grown into one of the largest independent environmental companies in Western Canada.

With a growing team of more then 250 employees, Hatfield provides high-quality environmental and social services for private and public sector clients around the world.

Our work culture is friendly and down-to-earth, and our employees enjoy benefits such as a matching group retirement plan and flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work options and a biweekly earned days off program.

When you join Hatfield, you choose a career that makes a difference in the communities and environments in which we work.

Hatfield’s Remote Sensing and Geomatics Group develops remote sensing solutions for our clients to tackle challenges like forest monitoring and assessment, ecosystem disturbance and restoration, wetland identification and management, coastal habitat assessment, and species at risk management.

Example projects include developing open tools for ecosystem restoration assessment and monitoring and AI-based detection of North Atlantic Right Whales.

We’re seeking a Senior Remote Sensing Specialist to join our team to provide technical and management expertise to address a wide range of environmental and societal challenges.

This position benefits from our policy allowing working from home while providing access to our modern and welcoming office spaces in North Vancouver, New Westminster, Calgary, Terrace, Fort St.

John, and Fort McMurray. Travel opportunities may arise to support projects throughout Canada and internationally.

Responsibilities :

Manage complex, multi-year, and collaborative remote sensing projects.

Conceptualize, develop, and implement robust, innovative solutions to analyze remote sensing data (e.g., LiDAR, Optical / Infrared, and / or SAR).

Assess, interpret, and synthesize information and serve as lead author of technical reports.

Work on multidisciplinary teams and projects, and collaborate with Hatfield’s other disciplines (e.g., hydrologist, marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecologists, and other environmental specialists).

Provide mentorship and technical leadership to remote sensing staff.

Support and / or lead proposals and business development efforts.

Education and Experience :

Ph.D. or M.Sc. in Geography, GIS, Forestry, Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or equivalent.

A minimum of five years relevant professional experience developing remote sensing solutions (willing to consider differing combinations of education / experience).

Geospatial image processing using Python and relevant libraries (e.g., GDAL, rasterio, pandas / geopandas, numpy).

Machine learning for automated data analysis (e.g. Random Forest, Support Vector Machines, Gradient Boosting, Convolutional Neural Networks).

Proven project management experience on small to large sized technical projects.

Technical report and proposal writing.

Other Assets / Skills :

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with high propensity for teamwork.

Ability to explain complex concepts clearly.

Ability to provide leadership and desire to mentor staff.

Ability to analyze complex scopes of work and simplify them to develop solutions.

A passion to advance environmental management through applied remote sensing technologies and analytics.

Experience working on Canadian Space Agency or European Space Agency funded projects is desirable.

An ability / interest to work internationally, with international development organizations.

Business development and / or marketing experience (identify potential leads, organize sales presentations, meetings, and marketing strategies.

Hatfield is committed to employment equity and workplace diversity. We strive for equity, inclusiveness and diversity, irrespective of race, colour, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, or disability.

To apply, please submit your CV in confidence through the online form or email : [email protected] . Please indicate Senior Remote Sensing Specialist in your subject line.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Salary : $90k - $115k. We extend an invitation to applicants of all levels to submit their candidacy for this role. Please be advised, that in the course of our assessment of your qualifications, we retain the right to adjust the seniority classification of the position accordingly.

Please note that we will only consider candidates who are authorized to work in Canada at the time of application. Proof of eligibility to work in Canada may be required prior to employment.