Level Biologist

About the opportunity

Are you interested in environmental consulting services? Do you enjoy working outside and thrive in the pursuit of ensuring excellent data collection, team collaboration, and services provided to clients? Are you looking for an opportunity to start and grow your environmental consulting career?
SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a dynamic and passionate individual to join our Reno, NV as a Staff - Level Biologist
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The Staff-Level Biologist will be a primarily field-based role, working on project site locations throughout Nevada. We are looking for someone who is following their passion, gaining valuable field experience, and dedicated to delivering the highest-quality project work.

This position requires an educational and experienced background in botany. This primarily field-based position takes place in an outdoor environment, often remote, where the climate, weather, and terrain that can be demanding.

This position will be a regular, field-based position conducting biological surveys. The position may involve an irregular schedule and extended hours. It is anticipated that travel, including overnight and weekend stays, will be required. Hotel rooms, a field truck, per diem, and other supplies will be provided during field work deployments.

• Natural Resources Technician - Typically with at least 6+ months of relevant experience and expertise.
• Assistant Staff Biologist - Typically with at least one year of relevant experience and expertise.
• Staff Biologist - Typically with at least two years of relevant experience and expertise.

Final date to receive applications:
Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The application process will remain open until we have received a robust pool of qualified candidates. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we may close the application process without prior notice. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.

• Conduct botanical surveys which may include endangered species monitoring
• Conduct surveys for various botanical resources including rare plant surveys, noxious and invasive weed surveys, vegetation community / habitat verification surveys, pollinator host-plant surveys.
• Conduct other biological field studies as needed
• Use topographic maps, aerial photographs, GPS units, and other maps and tools to determine exact locations of project areas, habitat types, and associated landforms
• Photograph and record appropriate habitat, species, and landforms
• Enter and proof data collected during field work
• Adhere to the safety program and look out for the safety of others, promptly communicating and mitigating safety hazards
• Operate SWCA vehicles
• Drive a 4-wheel drive vehicle, all-terrain vehicle/utility task vehicle (ATV/UTV) on rugged, backcountry roads
• Work both independently and as a member of a team
• Take initiative, resolve problems, and communicate with team members to ensure tasks are completed in the most effective manner
• Depending upon project, an element of your job could be to supervise a small crew while conducting environmental fieldwork. This includes:
  • independently assigning and directing the activities of others on behalf of SWCA, often in remote areas without immediate guidance from senior managers, to ensure quality and on-time delivery;
  • ensuring that employees understand their responsibilities and delegated tasks and being held accountable if crew members under your supervision are not performing their activities correctly, productively, and safely;
  • serving as a conduit of communication between employees and senior managers, including communicating issues to relevant senior managers;
  • receiving and resolving complaints from employees in the field; and
  • Monitoring team productivity and offering timely performance guidance, including determining when correction action is needed and delivering appropriate feedback.

• B.A. or B.S. in Botany, Ecology, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, or a related field…