Professional Biologist​/Project Wildlife Biologist Lead

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TRC, Member of WSP, is a global consulting environmental and engineering firm and one of the top design firms in the energy sector. Together, TRC and WSP’s 83,000 experts create positive, long-lasting impacts for our communities and our clients in the power and energy, transportation and infrastructure, environmental, and property and buildings sectors. As part of our team,you’ll discover a world of opportunities to connect with innovative thinkers, forge your path, and have fun tackling the world’s most challenging projects.

At TRC, Member of WSP, you can have a rewarding career on every level.

TRC has long set the bar for clients who require more than just engineering, combining science with the latest technology to devise innovative solutions that stand the test of time. From pipelines to power plants, roadways to reservoirs, schoolyards to security solutions, clients look to TRC for breakthrough thinking backed by the innovative follow-through of an industry leader.

We recognize that the expertise of our staff is our strongest asset, so we generously reward employees for successful performance and invest in their careers through training and the development of new skills and certifications.

TRC is seeking a Experienced Professional Biologist/Project Wildlife Biologist Lead to join its successful Planning, Permitting, and Licensing practice in Colorado or surrounding states. This position requires an interdisciplinary, technical, and regulatory specialist who will provide technical leadership for public and private sector clients regarding wildlife specific issues. Typical work would include conducting field surveys, completing survey reports, completing and reviewing wildlife sections for federal, state and local permitting for clients.

The successful candidate will be entrusted with managing and leading field studies for projects, conducting and reporting studies related to their technical discipline to meet regulatory requirements, and preparing documents supporting permitting processes.

The successful individual will have significant experience working on conducting, leading, and coordinating a full range of biological field surveys and completing the associated reporting. A successful candidate will have demonstrated experience with surveys of regional migratory birds, including eagles and other raptors. Experience with other typical regional wildlife species such as grouse species, bats, small mammals, desert tortoise, and other wildlife if preferred.

This individual should demonstrate experience leading and managing field work scopes for projects associated with transportation and/or energy projects and should have the ability to guide the agencies and TRC’s project partners through the environmental processes to meet applicable wildlife laws and regulations to successfully achieve project design goals.

• Conduct biological field surveys which may include habitat, or wildlife and plant species-specific surveys, conduct breeding bird and raptor surveys, greater sage-grouse lek counts, small mammal trapping, and wetland/waterbody delineations (in accordance with USACE requirements).
• Provide environmental planning expertise pertaining to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as implemented by federal agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States Forest Service (USFS), United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW), the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of the Interior (DOI), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Western Area/Bonneville Power Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Railroad…