Senior Botanist​/Wetland Ecologist​/Permitting Manager

Description

You are a seasoned botanist and/or wetland ecologist with experience leading biological resource, regulatory mapping, and environmental permitting projects from planning through completion. You enjoy balancing fieldwork with technical report preparation, project management, and client coordination.

Your experience includes conducting or managing at least several of the following: plant community mapping; rare plant surveys; wetland assessments and delineations; assessment of impacted resources in relation to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Clean Water Act, or other such acts; prescribing appropriate mitigation for protected resources; and habitat restoration planning. You have contributed to or led mitigation monitoring programs for wetlands, riparian habitats, rare plant populations, preserves, or other managed natural resources, and understand the regulatory frameworks that guide these efforts.

You have a solid foundation in plant ecology, which may include specialization in taxonomy, population ecology, pollination studies, soil science, plant physiology or pathology, and/or community ecology.

You are skilled at preparing biological resource reports and other technical report sections, and may have significant experience with regulatory application packages, mitigation and monitoring plans, and/or habitat restoration plans. You have experience coordinating with clients to advance projects through the permitting process and develop practical solutions to environmental challenges. Ideally you also have direct experience with regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Boards, and/or state wildlife agencies.

As a senior professional, you are comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously, overseeing budgets and schedules, mentoring, directing, and supervising junior staff, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality technical work. Collaborating with colleagues with diverse expertise is exciting for you, and you are also comfortable working independently. A lifelong learner, you want to keep growing intellectually and professionally. Collaborating with colleagues with diverse expertise is exciting for you, and you are also comfortable working independently.

Quality management and integrity are among your strongest principles.

Integral Consulting Inc. is a science and engineering firm delivering sound technical solutions to meet today’s challenges in the health, environmental, and natural resource arenas. We are a values-driven collaborative team that is as passionate about company culture as we are about the work we do for our clients. Since our founding in 2002, we have operated with a demonstrated commitment to the well‑being, diversity, and professional development of our staff and an equal commitment to strong partnerships with our clients and teaming partners.

We are a company where people come to solve today’s toughest environmental challenges through innovative ideas, exceptional teamwork, and dedication to accuracy and technical quality.

When joining the company, new employees become part of a well‑respected team of ecologists with unparalleled expertise with the region’s species, habitats, regulatory environment, and habitat plans. As a member of the botany group, you’ll have opportunities to lead projects and be part of multidisciplinary project teams with wildlife and restoration ecologists as well as landscape architects. The botany group also leads regulatory permitting projects, acquiring permits for impacts to sensitive and regulated habitats.

We are currently seeking a senior-level botanist and/or wetlands ecologist to join and help lead our botany group in our San Francisco Bay Area office (Los Gatos, Santa Clara County). This full-time managerial role combines fieldwork, technical expertise, project management, and client coordination across a variety of biological resource and environmental permitting projects.

Our scientists spend time both in the field and in the office (Los Gatos office and home offices). When in the field, you might work on plant community…