Senior Environmental Scientist
Senior Environmental Scientist
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$ 100000 - 135000
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Job Description
Stillwater Sciences seeks a dedicated Senior Environmental Scientist to join our teamand make a substantial positive impact on the complex ecological issues facing Southern California. Our Los Angeles office delivers diverse projects spanning analysis design and planning for the restoration of Southern Californias ecosystems rivers and watersheds. Our projects prioritize the protection and enhancement of urban and wildland biodiversity access to nature and the creation of multibenefit naturebased solutions.
The selected candidate may work on a variety of site to regionalscale multidisciplinary projects. Projects typically integrate rigorous ecology and hydrologydriven spatial or systems analyses to support conservation and restoration design habitat connectivity green infrastructure landscape and watershed planning and design and similar.Examples of recent and ongoing relevant projects include:
- South Los Angeles County Landscape Connectivity Plan
- Los Angeles River California Environmental Flows Framework
- Los Angeles River Fish Passage and Habitat Structures Design Project
- Newhall Pass I5 Wildlife Crossing Design Project
- UCLA Campus Landscape Plan Biodiversity Framework
- Concepts for Advancing Green and Blue Infrastructure in Konya Turkey
The Environmental Scientist will be responsible for:
- Analysis and planning of multibenefit green infrastructure landscape and open space biodiversity and conservation and/or water systems programs for municipalities agencies and large landowners.
- Site to regionalscale analyses to guide naturebased solutions potentially including production synthesis and application of diverse data spanning ecology biology hydrology fluvial geomorphology climate soil science social science built and infrastructure systems or similar.
- Design of green infrastructure ecological restoration native plant landscapes nature parks and open space and conservation development.
- Participation in multidisciplinary planning processes and creation of integrated analyses and models.
- Communication of complex information to stakeholders through graphics documents and presentations.
- Guidance of technical staff including scientists engineers planners GIS specialists and landscape designers toward contracted deliverables.
- Project management coordination and meeting facilitation.
Qualified applicants should possess:
- Ability to prepare technical reports through summarizing model input/outputs writing and preparing/contributing to graphics slide decks and summaries.
- Experience in physical planning landscape green infrastructure or conservation design at local to regional scales.
- Experience in highprofile stakeholderdriven project contexts.
- Strong project management skills.
- Strong Excel and Adobe Creative Suite skills.
- Ability to work independently towards a desired outcome.
- Experience guiding and managing a team of technical staff.
- Experience with Omniscape connectivity modeling software or similar a plus.
- Experience with AutoCAD and/or ArcGIS a plus.
- Experience with Python MATLAB R programming or similar a plus.
Required qualifications include:
- Masters or Doctorate degree in ecology conservation biology environmental science engineering urban planning landscape architecture hydrology or similar preferred.
- 510 years of professional experience or comparable.
- Valid Drivers license in good standing.
- Must live in the United States and possess a valid work authorization.
- Location in the Los Angeles metro area is preferred.
Compensation and Application Details:
- Fulltime (40 hours/week) position with benefits.
- Annual salary $100000$135000 commensurate with qualifications and experience.
- Stillwater Sciences provides a competitive compensation package including a 401(k) plan ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) and full health and dental care.
- To apply please submit a cover letter and a resume or CV.
- Position will remain open until filled.
About Stillwater Sciences:
Stillwater Sciences is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to protected characteristics including race color national origin religion age sex gender identity disability or veteran status. Stillwater is committed to providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment its services programs and activities. To request accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please contact .
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
