Midlevel Wildlife Biologist

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Mid-level
Wildlife Biologist (Biologist III) to help deliver California's most critical surface transportation projects in the North Bay Area. We are seeking a motivated individual to join our group of more than 100 environmental professionals in the Bay Area.
This is a hybrid position that will involve in-person work at a client office in Oakland 2-3 days per week.

This position would support a large transportation client in northern California, with a focus on the North Bay Area region (Marin, Napa, Sonoma and Solano Counties). The position would focus on impact analysis for biological and aquatic resources with focus on technical writing including desktop reports and assessments and natural resource field surveys.

• Conducting desktop analysis of biological and aquatic resources, and preparation of biological technical reports to be used in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and/or National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and resource agency permitting.
• Preparation of technical reports to document findings from surveys and monitoring.
• Preparation of permit application packages for submittal to state and federal natural resource agency.
• Surveys for special-status wildlife, nesting birds and rare plants.
• Ability to manage and maintain strong client relationships.
• Communication with project proponents and stakeholder organizations.
• Organization of project files and tracking of project schedules.
• Travel to North Bay Area from Oakland will be required.

Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it. We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.

AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems.

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, ecology, or a related environmental science field.
• 4 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in biological impact analysis on linear projects, including impacts to special-status species and their habitat or wetlands or waters of the U.S.; or biological mitigation development and monitoring.
• Valid U.S. Driver License is required for this position.
• Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship is required.

• 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in technical writing with a proven ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate documentation.
• Knowledgeable about common and special-status northern California wildlife species.
• Experience surveying for special-status and protected species that may occur in the Northern San Francisco Bay Area, such as nesting birds, California red-legged frog, California tiger salamander, Foothill yellow legged frog, Northwestern pond turtle, Alameda Whipsnake, Giant garter snake, Swainson’s hawk, Burrowing owl, Ridgeway’s rail, Yellow billed cuckoo, Snowy plover, Marbled murrelet, Northern spotted owl, Salt marsh harvest mouse, Steelhead, Green sturgeon Delta smelt, Coho salmon, Western bumble bee, Vernal pool fairy shrimp, Valley elderberry longhorn beetle, Monarch butterfly, and others.
• Northern California plant identification skills.
• Experience conducting aquatic resources delineations is desired but not required.
• Significant experience supporting transportation projects is desired but not required.
• Experience on projects in California Coastal Commission jurisdiction, including experience with ESHA analysis.
• Experience writing and preparing impact analysis for CEQA and/or…