Trois postes de professionnel : Field coordinator, Database specialist et GIS specialist
Note de l'éditeur du babillard: les trois annonces suivantes sont affichées en anglais car elles ont été reçues dans cette langue. L'Université de Sherbrooke est toutefois une institution francophone. Une version définitive en français sera disponible sous peu.
Dans le cadre du projet de recherche du Réseau du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG) sur l’état des lacs du Canada, l’Université de Sherbrooke sollicite des candidatures afin de pourvoir à trois emplois de professionnelles ou professionnels de recherche. Il s’agit d’emplois à temps complet (35 heures / semaine), d’une durée prévue de 4 ans, avec (avec possibilité de renouvellement).
Le Réseau du CRSNG sur l'état des lacs du Canada compte 18 chercheurs, provenant de 14 universités, ainsi que neuf ministères fédéraux et provinciaux. Pour évaluer l'état de santé des lacs canadiens, 680 lacs seront échantillonnés en utilisant diverses approches limnologiques et paléolimnologiques. L'état actuel et futur des lacs canadiens sera examiné par télédétection et modélisation spatiale à partir d'une base de données limnologique sans précédent. Pour en savoir davantage » Le lieu de travail est le Campus principal de l’UdeS.
Il s’agit d’un milieu de vie exceptionnel où les membres de la communauté universitaire peuvent accéder sur place à des services et des infrastructures incomparables : centre sportif, salle de spectacles, galerie d’art, bibliothèques, centre de la petite enfance, maternelle, vélos en mode libre-service, sentiers pédestres et pistes cyclables en montagne… et de nombreux autres avantages!
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1) Field Coordinator / Coordonnateur-trice de campagne de terrain
Supervising researcher
Professor Yannick Huot, Applied Geomatics Department, Université de Sherbrooke, Director of the NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network
Project summary
The NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network is a recently-funded collaborative project to examine the health status of Canadian lakes, involving 18 researchers from 14 universities partnering with 9 federal and provincial departments. The Network will assess the current and future states of Canadian lakes through the large-scale sampling of 680 lakes, using various limnological and paleolimnological approaches as well as remote sensing and spatial modeling. The impacts of land use, climate and contaminants will be examined while developing innovative observational approaches to provide managers with new tools for lake stewardship.
Role
The Network’s Field Coordinator, based at the Université de Sherbrooke, will be responsible for sampling protocols, field logistics, training sampling teams, and managing field equipment and instrumentation.
Tasks and responsibilities
- Plan and prepare for the field season (e.g., order sampling materials, prepare protocols, coordinate sampling logistics and equipment for selected lakes)
- Work closely with a team to select the lakes to be surveyed
- Manage and apply for field work permits; ensure permit conditions are adhered to
- Cooperatively develop and implement a training program focused on proper sampling protocols
- Assist with the preparation, maintenance, and calibration of sampling equipment and instrumentation
- Participate in field work, which may include overnight camp conditions and travel to remote areas by vehicle, boat, air or foot
- Process samples collected during the large-scale survey of lakes
- Process field data for input to databases (e.g., optical and multiparameter sondes)
- Provide data to various research projects
- Support the Network’s autonomous moorings
- Assist in supervising undergraduate student employees
Required qualification
Master’s degree in limnology or a related field with field coordination experience
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in coordinating scientific fieldwork and managing field data
- Fieldwork experience involving the sampling of lakes
- Must enjoy working outdoors and traveling during the field season (July and August), sometimes in inclement weather
- Valid driver’s license
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Excellent interpersonal skills as well as demonstrated skills in teamwork, communications, and interactions with students
- Strong motivation, flexibility, and a capacity for independent work
- Ability to work as part of a team. Must have a collaborative nature
Assets
- Ability to communicate in French
- Boat operation experience
- Possession of Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) and CPR/First-Aid Certification
- Experience with environmental monitoring equipment and instrumentation, including water quality sensors and data loggers
- Knowledge of database or GIS software
According to the salary scales of the collective agreement between the Université de Sherbrooke and the Association du personnel administratif et professionnel de l'Université de Sherbrooke (APAPUS), Unit “B” (research professionals).
Full-time employment, thirty-five (35) hours per week.
Length of employment: 4 years, conditional upon a satisfactory evaluation after one (1) year, with the possibility of renewal.
To apply, contact:
Catherine Brown, Manager for the NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network, Catherine.A.Brown@USherbrooke.ca
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2) Database Specialist - Spécialiste en base de données
Supervising researcher
Professor Yannick Huot, Applied Geomatics Department, Université de Sherbrooke, Director of the NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network
Project summary
The NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network is a recently-funded collaborative project to examine the health status of Canadian lakes, involving 18 researchers from 14 universities partnering with 9 federal and provincial departments. The Network will assess the current and future states of Canadian lakes through the large-scale sampling of 680 lakes, using various limnological and paleolimnological approaches as well as remote sensing and spatial modeling. The impacts of land use, climate and contaminants will be examined while developing innovative observational approaches to provide managers with new tools for lake stewardship.
Role
The Database Specialist, based at the Université de Sherbrooke, will be responsible for designing, creating, and managing a large spatial and temporal relational database. The administrator will work closely with faculty and graduate students as well as the Network’s GIS Specialist and be responsible for the basic components of database management including: metadata entry; ETL (extracting-transforming-loading) tasks; creating and managing user accounts; security, backup, and access control; creation of scripts; migration of existing databases into the Network’s new system.
Tasks and responsibilities
In addition, the Network has additional requirements beyond database administrator (DBA) skills, especially related to the integration of spatial database systems (such as geographic information systems, GIS) and temporal database systems. The specific skills include:
- Identify the best practices in managing the spatial and temporal data. In particular, collect methods and procedures from the participating institutions (especially, the LAGOS framework, the Partners’ archives, and the autonomous moorings) and help to determine the best strategy to use for the Network’s database, including the large-scale lake survey data.
- Work with spatial databases and GIS data formats including PostGIS, ESRI shapefiles, and ESRI file and ArcSDE Geodatabases, and integrate the spatial components of the database with the non-spatial components.
- Work closely with researchers on metadata creation, design, and implementation.
- Work closely with researchers on QA/QC procedures for data input and incorporation into the database.
- Acquire, download and manipulate the data from existing sources for online water data that require manipulation and QA/QC.
- Work with DBAs in collaborative institutions to ensure the database can be exported to their databases.
- Tuning and performance benchmarking for operational efficiency.
- Support Network members and develop applications for viewing of the geospatial data including ArcGIS, Quantum GIS, Map Server and Open Layers.
- Train Network members in accessing the database and provide appropriate scripts.
- Conduct spatial and temporal analyses and process derivative datasets as needed by Network members.
- Cooperatively work to build the interactive web interface.
- Assist in supervising undergraduate student employees.
Required qualification
M.Sc. degree in Computer Science (or a related discipline) or a B.Sc. with at least 2 years of experience in a position similar to the present one.
Requirements
- Experience managing projects and writing technical documentation
- Knowledge of GIS concepts including coordinate systems and projections, scale and resolution, data formats and structures, integration of disparate datasets, and management of GIS
- Work effectively in collaborative groups
- Very good written and verbal communication skills in English
- Working knowledge of natural ecosystems
Assets
- Ability to communicate in French
- Experience overseeing large, complex databases or projects is highly desirable
- Experience with environmental data
- Experience supervising subordinates
- Ability and willingness to travel in order to participate in summer field campaigns to collect lake sampling data.
Conditions
According to the salary scales of the collective agreement between the Université de Sherbrooke and the Association du personnel administratif et professionnel de l'Université de Sherbrooke (APAPUS), Unit “B” (research professionals).
Full-time employment, thirty-five (35) hours per week.
Length of employment: 4 years, conditional upon a satisfactory evaluation after one (1) year, with the possibility of renewal.
To apply, contact:
Catherine Brown, Manager for the NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network, Catherine.A.Brown@USherbrooke.ca
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3) GIS Specialist - Spécialiste en système d'information géographique (SIG)
Supervising researcher
Professor Yannick Huot, Applied Geomatics Department, Université de Sherbrooke, Director of the NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network
Project summary
The NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network is a recently-funded collaborative project to examine the health status of Canadian lakes, involving 18 researchers from 14 universities partnering with 9 federal and provincial departments. The Network will assess the current and future states of Canadian lakes through the large-scale sampling of 680 lakes, using various limnological and paleolimnological approaches as well as remote sensing and spatial modeling. The impacts of land use, climate and contaminants will be examined while developing innovative observational approaches to provide managers with new tools for lake stewardship.
Role
The GIS Specialist, based at the Université de Sherbrooke, will provide GIS and spatial analysis support to the Network, while working closely with the Network’s Database Specialist.
Tasks and responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of the GIS Specialist will be to extract geospatial data and contribute to the development of a large geospatial-temporal database of environmental variables at the national scale.
Database development
- Design the workflow for analyzing geographic datasets
- Write code (e.g., in Python or ArcPy) to implement the workflow
- Extract information from large GIS databases (e.g., land use, Natural Resources Canada’s GeoGratis database, provincial databases)
- Conduct error-checking procedures
- Process satellite data (e.g., Landsat, Sentinel 2) to obtain further information about lakes
- Describe appropriate watersheds and other polygons to represent the lakes in the database
- Integrate spatial and non-spatial data using SQL queries
- Conduct an extensive error analysis of the database
- Develop a web mapping interface to present the data
Documentation
- Document the workflow, the methods, and the error analysis as described above in a formal documentation report.
- Contribute to publications and reports that report this documentation
Research support
- Provide geospatial support to Network members in the form of additional analyses, maps, or queries.
- Provide support to the development of manuscripts on topics related to GIS and spatial analysis
- Assist in supervising undergraduate student employees
Required qualification
B.Sc. degree in GIS or a related discipline.
Requirements
- Knowledge equivalent to what would normally be acquired by completing a four-year university degree program in geography, geographic information science, computer science, ecology, environmental science, or a related information technology field, with coursework in spatial analysis of environmental data
- At least three years’ experience with ESRI ArcGIS including extensive geoprocessing experience, raster analysis using Spatial Analyst, automating GIS workflows
- A high-degree of computer literacy including a strong aptitude as a Python programmer including the use of ArcPy and open source GIS software and libraries
- Very good written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to write technical documentation
Assets
- Ability to communicate in French
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and research skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of Canadian GIS datasets and climate datasets
- Knowledge and experience with automated watershed delineation, terrain analysis, and DEM processing
- A master’s degree in geography, geographic information science, computer science, ecology, environmental science, or a related information technology field
- Experience using Google Earth Engine
- Ability and willingness to travel in order to participate in summer field campaigns to collect lake sampling data.
- Experience managing projects, supervising subordinates and writing documentation.
Conditions
According to the salary scales of the collective agreement between the Université de Sherbrooke and the Association du personnel administratif et professionnel de l'Université de Sherbrooke (APAPUS), Unit “B” (research professionals).
Full-time employment, thirty-five (35) hours per week.
Length of employment: 4 years, conditional upon a satisfactory evaluation after one (1) year, with the possibility of renewal.
To apply, contact:
Catherine Brown, Manager for the NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network, Catherine.A.Brown@USherbrooke.ca
