On-call Biologist Iii

SUMMARY

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt, Hourly

Reports To:

Project Manager

Job Type: On-Call, Variable-Time

Compensation: $32 – $40 per hour, based on relevant experience

Work for this role is anticipated to begin in late Summer 2026 and extend through Fall/Winter, with the potential to becoming full-time as work evolves.

Our team has spent the past two decades providing environmental, utility vegetation management (UVM), software and sustainability services. We are fortunate to be a part of the Wright Service Corp. family, which has helped us establish a strong foundation for continued growth and success.

Through a strategic alignment of values and goals, four Wright Service Corp. entities joined and integrated into one, operating as Eocene Environmental Group. These four entities are:

• Forestry & Utility Division
• Environmental Division
• Technology & Innovation Division
• Sustainability Division

The Biologist III is responsible for conducting biological research and fieldwork, performing impact analyses, supporting permit assessments, and preparing technical reports to support biological and regulatory requirements.

• Conduct special‑status plant and wildlife surveys and inventories
• Perform nesting bird surveys, vernal pool surveys, and habitat assessments, including plant community identification
• Complete pre‑construction surveys to identify special‑status habitats and species
• Provide biological monitoring during construction activities to ensure required resource protection measures are implemented
• Work on portions of larger projects or manage multiple moderately sized projects, providing subject‑matter expertise in biology and ecology, including plant communities
• Independently evaluate, select, apply, and adapt standard methodologies, techniques, and procedures
• Review junior staff work for technical accuracy and provide technical guidance to other professionals and technicians
• Evaluates and proposes adaptations to standard methodologies and procedures for non-routine components of assignments
• Compose and review biological technical reports (desktop memorandum, BE and BA)
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance at work and meetings
• Perform a combination of field‑based and desktop work, with the ability to work long field days throughout the year
• Support single‑day and multi‑day field assignments as required by project needs

B.S. degree in biology, ecology, natural resources, and/or a closely related discipline. Minimum of 6-8 years’ experience conducting nesting bird and/or special status wildlife surveys.