Environmental Scientist​/Coastal & Upland Ecologist

Environmental Scientist / Coastal & Upland Ecologist

Tetra Tech is adding an Environmental Scientist / Coastal & Upland Ecologist to our Central South team based in Texas
.

This position will support a wide variety of challenging and complex water resources, coastal resilience, ecological restoration, environmental compliance, and natural resources projects throughout Texas, New Mexico, and the broader Southwest
. The ideal candidate will bring a background in coastal, marine, estuarine, wetland, riparian, or upland ecology, with the ability to support both field‑based biological assessments and technical analyses for environmental planning, permitting, restoration, and watershed projects.

This role is well suited for a biologist, ecologist, or environmental scientist who is comfortable working across coastal and upland environments, including Texas Gulf Coast systems, inland watersheds, riparian corridors, wetlands, grasslands, shrublands, arid landscapes, and project sites throughout Texas and New Mexico.

We are seeking an Environmental Scientist / Coastal & Upland Ecologist with experience in biological field assessments, GIS mapping, environmental permitting, and technical reporting.

The ideal candidate will have strong ecological training and applied consulting skills, with experience or interest in both:

• Coastal, marine, estuarine, and wetland systems, particularly along the Texas Gulf Coast;
• Upland, riparian, arid, and semi‑arid systems in Texas, New Mexico, and the broader Southwest.

This position will support multidisciplinary teams of biologists, ecologists, engineers, hydrologists, modelers, planners, and regulatory specialists. Work may include field surveys, habitat assessments, wetland delineations, threatened and endangered species evaluations, environmental compliance documentation, GIS analysis, restoration planning, watershed studies, and synthesis of ecological data into actionable recommendations for clients. The role may also involve spatial and temporal data processing, ecological modeling, and interpretation of environmental datasets, but the primary emphasis is on applied ecology, biology, environmental assessment, and project support.

• Conduct field surveys to inventory and assess vegetation, wildlife, wetlands, riparian areas, upland habitats, and coastal or estuarine systems.
• Perform or support wetland delineations, habitat assessments, threatened and endangered species evaluations, and biological resource surveys using applicable federal and state methods.
• Support coastal, marine, and estuarine projects along the Texas Gulf Coast, including assessments of marshes, tidal flats, seagrass beds, oyster reefs, dunes, beaches, bay systems, coastal prairie, and other sensitive ecological resources.
• Support upland, riparian, arid, semi‑arid, grassland, shrubland, and desert environmental projects in Texas, New Mexico, and the broader Southwest.
• Assist with environmental permitting and compliance documentation, including Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401, NEPA, ESA, biological assessments, mitigation plans, monitoring plans, and related environmental review documents.
• Conduct GIS‑based mapping and spatial analysis to support biological surveys, environmental constraints analyses, impact assessments, restoration planning, permitting, and technical reports.
• Compile, process, QA/QC, and interpret environmental datasets from field surveys, public databases, agency sources, remote sensing products, monitoring programs, and project‑specific studies.
• Prepare technical reports, wetland delineation reports, biological assessments, permit applications, monitoring reports, memoranda, maps, figures, visualizations, and client‑ready presentations.
• Support watershed planning, stream and river restoration, coastal resilience, ecological restoration, nature‑based solutions, and environmental mitigation projects.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, including engineers, hydrologists, planners, modelers, regulators, and other environmental specialists.
• Participate in client meetings and project discussions as a technical team member, and support proposal…