Senior Wetland Scientist

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Pinyon Environmental's Bozeman, MT office is seeking a Senior Wetland Scientist to lead wetland, stream, and natural resource projects throughout Montana and the Rocky Mountain West. This role combines technical fieldwork, environmental permitting, restoration, and project management.

You’ll manage projects from planning through completion and work directly with clients, landowners, regulatory agencies, and Pinyon's scientists and engineers. The position includes both office and fieldwork, with regular travel to project sites, including remote locations.

• Manage wetland, stream, and natural resource projects, including scope, budgets, schedules, staffing, and technical quality.
• Independently develop scopes of work, fee estimates, and proposals for assessment, mitigation, monitoring, restoration, and permitting projects.
• Lead wetland delineations, functional assessments, mitigation site monitoring, stream evaluations, vegetation surveys, habitat mapping, special-status plant surveys, noxious weed mapping, and wildlife surveys, including raptor nest surveys.
• Lead wetland and stream restoration work, including restoration design, planting plans, habitat enhancements, construction oversight, and post-construction monitoring.
• Coordinate permitting and regulatory approvals, including Clean Water Act Section 404 permits, Montana Conservation District 310 permits, Montana DEQ Section 318 turbidity authorizations and Section 401 water quality certifications, and applicable local development permits.
• Work with clients, private landowners, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations to meet project goals and regulatory requirements.
• Analyze field data and prepare and review technical reports, maps, memorandums, and other project deliverables for accuracy and quality.
• Oversee and mentor junior and mid-level wetland scientists and field technicians, including coordinating field activities, reviewing work, and providing technical guidance.
• Conduct independent fieldwork throughout Montana, Wyoming, the Rocky Mountain West, and northern Great Plains, including remote locations and extended periods outdoors in challenging terrain and weather.

• Bachelor's degree in Natural Resources, Environmental Science, Biology, Ecology, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional wetland science experience, including fieldwork with Rocky Mountain and Intermountain West wetland vegetation and ecosystems.
• Experience with wetland delineations, functional assessments, mitigation monitoring, and wetland or stream restoration projects.
• Project management experience, including budget oversight, scheduling, resource coordination, and technical leadership.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental permitting requirements, including Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act and applicable Montana regulations.
• Proficiency with GIS applications, GPS equipment, and field data collection methods.
• Strong technical writing,…