Biologist II

** Company Description
**** Work with Us. Change the World.
** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

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We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
** Job Description
**** AECOM
* * is seeking a
** Wildlife Biologist
** to support some of California's most exciting and important projects. We are seeking a motivated individual to join our group of more than 100 environmental professionals in northern California. This position will join our AECOM team based in Sacramento, CA. This position would support a variety of projects and clients in northern California, with a focus on field assessments and surveys, construction monitoring, and technical writing.

This is a hybrid role.
** The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:**+ Surveys for special-status wildlife and nesting birds.+ Monitoring of construction activities for compliance with environmental requirements and/or permits.+ Preparation of reports documenting survey or monitoring results.+ Preparation of other technical documents or permit applications.+ Participation as an active and positive member of AECOM’s Environmental Planning & Permitting practice.+ Occasional travel in Central and Northern California may be required.
** About AECOM’s Environment Business Line
** 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 are diverse and interesting. They span market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems within diverse community profiles.

AECOM’s Sustainable Legacies program describes our approach to the environment, social equity and governance (ESG.) We embed sustainability throughout our business and help clients embed sustainable practices into their work. We help clients reduce their impact on the environment, achieve compliance and reduce risks.
** Qualifications
* **
* Minimum Qualifications:

**+ Bachelor’s degree in biology, ecology, or a related field.+ 2 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in construction monitoring, environmental inspection, habitat assessments, and biological surveys, or related work.+ Valid U.S. Driver License required (and must be able to safely drive to job sites).
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* Preferred Qualifications:

**+ 4+ years of relevant biological experience.+ Knowledgeable of common and special-status northern California wildlife species is highly desired.+ Experience surveying for special-status species that may occur in northern California, such as nesting birds, California red-legged frog, California tiger salamander, giant garter snake, Alameda whipsnake, and others.+ Plant identification skills are desirable but are not required.+ Wetland delineation skills are desirable but are not required.+

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