Seasonal Wildlife Technician

Seasonal Wildlife Technician (Biotech)

This job is seasonal working from mid-March to end of July.

Where you'll work:
You will be working on nearly 400,000 acres of Green Diamond’s privately held forest property, located in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties along the Northern California coast. Our offices are nestled in the redwood forest near the Pacific Ocean.

The Seasonal Wildlife Technician is focused on conducting Northern Spotted and Barred Owl surveys as required by Green Diamond’s Habitat Conservation Plan and other pre-harvest raptor surveys required by the California Forest Practice Rules for Timber Harvest Planning and Operations. You will be working 90% of the time in the field. The ideal candidate should have some knowledge in conducting owl or other types of raptor surveys.

• March
  • 90% night work conducting spotted owl broadcast surveys
  • 10% office prep work and scouting survey locations during the day
  • Average 10‑hour days, 5 days per week
• April through June
  • 80% night work conducting broadcast surveys
  • Work includes data submissions, prepping for the field, scouting survey locations, and conducting daytime spotted owl (NSO) demographic surveys
  • Average 10‑hour days, 5 days per week plus frequent weekend work (1 day per weekend at 6‑8 hours with emphasis on NSO demographic surveys)

You enjoy being outdoors and have a passion for working in wildlife. It's helpful if you have developed the ability to identify owl species by sound too. You enjoy fieldwork and in your personal life enjoy camping, backpacking, and hiking. You have a positive attitude, strong work ethic, aptitude to learn new skills, and are comfortable navigating to remote forest settings by yourself at night.

The hourly rate for this job is $20.00. Green Diamond offers a few benefits for seasonal jobs. These include participation in the 401(k) plan with match and access to the Employee Assistance Program. Paid days off include company holidays that occur during the season, up to 2 floating (personal) holidays and 3 days of bereavement leave with 2 days unpaid. Sick leave is available to take once you start at 3.08 hours every pay period.

We also provide a company vehicle for business use. More information about these benefits can be found at

We grow and nurture forests, a renewable resource to build homes, schools, and household necessities, harnessing carbon every single day we operate. We're a 6th generation, family‑owned company that is guided by our values of environmental stewardship and supporting our local communities. We do what's right, even when it is the harder path to follow. We focus on the health and safety of our people first – by taking care of all our resources, we plan to be here for another 130 years.