Recreation Planner
- Employer
- Cardno
- Location
- Sacramento County, California, US
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- May 31, 2022
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- Sector
- Consultancy/Private Sector
- Field
- Conservation science
- Discipline
- Land Management
- Salary Type
- Salary
- Employment Type
- Full time
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Join Cardno's Science and Environment team in Sacramento to play an integral role in providing recreation resource support for hydroelectric relicensing and compliance projects. This is a full-time position targeted to individuals with a college degree in environmental studies, recreation studies, land management, or related fields.
Required Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
Additional Desirable Qualifications:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Required Qualifications:
- Must live in the Sacramento region and willing to commute to Cardno's Sacramento office.
- Must possess a valid driver's license.
- Must be willing to work a flexible schedule including occasional weekends and holidays.
- Must be authorized to work in U.S. without company sponsorship.
Basic Qualifications:
- Twelve or more years working in the environmental consulting field, with an emphasis on recreation and land use.
- Previous experience developing and implementing recreation use studies and visitor surveys in outdoor recreation settings.
- Excellent writing skills (writing samples will be requested).
- Working understanding of statistical sampling and analytical procedures.
- Must be able to work well independently while maintaining communication with field staff and managers stationed in various locations.
- Must be able to work independently in remote areas throughout California, and in occasional adverse weather conditions.
- Must be able and willing to drive on paved and unpaved roads through mountainous terrain.
- Proficient at using Microsoft Word and Excel.
Additional Desirable Qualifications:
- Responsible and well organized.
- Solid time management and follow-through skills.
- Positive and energetic attitude.
- Self-motivated; strong initiative.
- Detail oriented; resourceful.
- Knowledge of US Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recreation-related policies, standards, guidelines and practices.
- Knowledge of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydropower relicensing processes and FERC regulations and guidelines related to recreation and land use.
- Ability to implement whitewater boating and/or other stream-based recreation studies.
- Ability to implement and/or oversee visual resource studies using the Forest Service Visual Management System and/or Scenery Management System.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Developing and implementing recreation use studies and visitor surveys in outdoor recreation settings.
- Developing statistically valid recreation use sampling protocols and procedures.
- Developing visitor survey instruments to assess visitor satisfaction and preferences.
- Analyzing recreation use data and survey responses.
- Overseeing up to 10 technicians who will conduct field work and enter data.
- Traveling to and between specific developed and dispersed recreation sites to ensure use studies and surveys are being properly implemented.
- Analyzing data and preparing technical memoranda and reports.
- Preparing recreation and land use sections for CEQA and NEPA documents.
- Supporting engineers working on recreation facility rehabilitation projects, as needed.
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