Project Level Paleontologist at SWCA Environmental Consultants California

Project Level Paleontologist job at SWCA Environmental Consultants. California. About the opportunity:

SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a Project Paleontologist to support our West Region that includes California, Nevada, Arizona,Utah,Oregon,Idaho,and Washington. The Project Paleontologist is a core member of the program, responsible for preparing defensible paleontological resources reports and other related documents, serving as a technical specialist for multi-disciplinary projects, leading field and laboratory efforts as needed, supervising and mentoring or training junior staff, developing client and agency relationships, contributing to and on-occasion leading proposals, and executing all stages of project implementation on-time, within scope, and within budget.

This is a regular, full-time position and is a wonderful career
-growth opportunity for the right candidate to join SWCA’s expanding paleontology practice.

The position will be based out of our Pasadena or San Diego offices but is open to highly qualified candidates who prefer to work from a home office elsewhere in California or adjacent states who are willing to travel for project work, or internal and external meetings, approximately
15-20% of the time.

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing, 1,850+ staff, employee-owned firm, providing a full-spectrum of environmental services.
Our Vision (the North Star) is to make SWCA the best workplace and industry leader in sustainability, bringing sound science and creative solutions to global environmental challenges while maintaining a dedication to employee-ownership. We live our core values: we collaborate as#OneSWCA ; we are#Always Learning , we#Never Settle , and we#Give Back .

Under this job requisition, we may hire the following job position:

• Assistant Project Paleontologist - Typically with up to three (3) years of relevant experience and expertise.
• Associate Project Paleontologist - Typically with up to five (5) years of relevant experience and expertise.
• Project Paleontologist - Typically with up to seven (7) 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.

• Act as the project-levelpaleontology professionalon project teams, serving as a permitted Field Agent or Principal Investigator, working under the direction of other Principal Investigators, Project Managers, Environmental Planners, and/or the Paleontology Team Lead.
• Leador assist onsmall- to medium-sized paleontology projects and/orlead aspects of interdisciplinary projects that include paleontology to ensure projects meet client expectations and are delivered on time and on budget.
• Assist in the preparation of proposal scopes and budgets; lead small- to medium-size proposals in their entirety and contribute to large/interdisciplinary proposals.
• Organize and track schedules, budgets, and project key performance indicators to ensure project requirements are met.
• Supervise and mentor personnel in the field, office, and laboratory; assign or delegate project tasks to junior staff, and communicate technical needs to Principal Investigators, Project Managers, Environmental Planners, and/or the Paleontology Team Lead.
• Manage quality and completeness of data collection, analysis, and report completion from start to finish.
• Oversee and perform QA/QC of deliverables, including impact assessments and management recommendations; perform technical peer review of documents.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of technical methodologies, tools, and standards.
• Develop and nurture productive relationships with relevant regulators, industry experts, academics and clients.
• Build collaborative relationships across offices/geographies to share resources and expertise.
• Comply with SWCA and client safety programs, and assist in the development of such programs.

• M.S. or Ph.D. in paleontology, geology (with an emphasis on paleontology), biology (with an emphasis on paleontology and experience with geology), or a closely related field is preferred. A B.S. may be accepted if the candidate has at least two full years working as an assistant to a Principal Paleontologist with administrative and project management experience and reporting experience inone or morestates in the West Region (California, Nevada, Arizona,Utah,Oregon, Idaho, and Washington).
• Three (3) years of professional consulting experience on a variety of project types, sizes, and agencies, with increasing levels of responsibility required; 5-7 years…