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Staff Environmental Scientist

Employer
Sealaska
Location
Tri Cities, Texas, US
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Jun 19, 2021

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Sector
Consultancy/Private Sector
Field
Conservation science
Discipline
Wetlands
Salary Type
Salary
Employment Type
Full time
Overview

Sealaska Technical Services (STS), LLC is seeking an on-call Staff Environmental Scientist to support our growing federal and commercial business operations. STS is a growing, progressive business that provides environmental consulting, technology integration and deployment, systems engineering, environmental monitoring, and construction management services to a variety of governmental and commercial clients at job sites located around the world. Our federal contract requires a US citizenship and residency within the US.

The successful candidate will have strong field work skills (e.g., wetlands) to support projects in inland environments. We are looking for a candidate with experience with wetlands and assessing their conditions, with experience working with federal and state agencies.
Responsibilities

  • Responsibilities may include identifying wetland plants, soils, and hydrology along with assessing wetland functions in the field.
  • Preparing reports, reviewing technical repots, collaborating with regulatory agencies, and project management.
  • Conduct field wetland functional assessments to describe soils, flora, and hydrology indicators.
  • This position is expected to support the program manager in preparing, reviewing and producing technical documents in a timely manner.
  • Other duties as assigned
Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • A minimum of a bachelor's degree in a biological science or closely related field (e.g., botany).
  • At least two years of progressively responsible field work experience.
  • Minimum of two years of work experience with environmental consulting firm or government agency is preferred but not required.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce high quality written reports and verbal presentations
  • Working knowledge of the 1987 Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and familiarity with the regional supplements is preferred but not required.
  • Demonstrated successful relationships with clients and regulatory agencies
  • Ability to prepare technical reports.
  • Due to the nature of this work, U.S. citizenship is required

Additional Requirements:

Position is subject to satisfactory completion of a background check, reference check, physical exam and urine analysis. A valid driver's license is also required for this position.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Travel Requirements: Fieldwork may include flying and/or driving long distances.
  • Physical demands: Working in the field, such as hiking to and from locations with required equipment (e.g., shovel, wetland resources, GPS, boundary flags, etc.).
  • Work Environment: Mostly office but will include field work in extreme temperatures and humidity with exposure to biting insects.
  • EOE M/F/D/V/SO

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