Rangeland Management Field Lead Environmental Reno NV

AboutDJ&A

Founded in 1973 DJ&A is a multidisciplinary professional services consulting firm with office locations in Montana Colorado Washington South Dakota New Mexico and Nevada. Our team of more than 180 professionals works across the country to deliver a diverse range of engineering environmental survey mapping landscape architecture and planning projects for federal state local tribal and private clientele.

Job Summary

DJ&A is seeking a full-time seasonal Rangeland Monitoring Field Lead based in Reno Nevada with one year of relevant experience to work from August through November 2025 with the potential to extend employment depending on contract needs. Candidates will have a bachelors degree in rangeland ecology natural resource management or biology and at least one year of experience with rangeland or vegetation monitoring preferably in the Great Basin. Qualifications may be met through education experience or a combination of both.

Leads will be paired with a field technician and as a team of two they will conduct rangeland monitoring on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered land throughout Nevada. This position requires working hiking and camping in remote areas during the spring summer and fall. Field leads must be detail-oriented enjoy being outside for long periods work well with others and be interested in learning about rangeland science.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Fieldcrewswillconductrangelandfieldmonitoringforanaverageof5consecutivedaysupto 12 days maximum. Fieldwork will typically occur during the work week though there may be occasionalfieldstintsthatextendintotheweekendsto will be one week in the field followed by a week in the office.
• Leads will be responsible for a large amount of data entry and will be expected to enter detail is essential and expected.
• FieldworkisoftenlocatedinremoteandruggedareasofNevadaandwillbeaccessedusinga 4x4 truck UTV or on foot. Road conditions can be highly variable and challenging. Leads will be expected to share and comfortably handle driving and vehicle maintenance responsibilities alongside technicians. UTV trailer and other related training will be provided.
• SafetyisDJ&Astoppriorityandallfieldpersonnelareexpectedtoperformtasksandactina safe manner in accordance with company policy and internal training.

Field Data Collection Overview

• Monitoring methods include but are not limited to Key Species Utilization Height-Weight Utilization Production Riparian Multiple Indicator Monitoring Use Pattern Mapping and Photo Plots. All crew members will participate in protocol training to ensure understanding of relevant monitoring methods data entry procedures and QAQC processes.
• DJ&A is committed to the professional development of all its employees. Therefore field leads will receive training at the beginning of the season with the expectation that they will be able to perform monitoring methods without technical assistance before taking on the lead role. This includes not only understanding the monitoring methods thoroughly but also becoming proficientin identifying Great Basin plant species. Senior crew leads will conduct training and will evaluate when the new lead is ready to work independently.

Office Work Overview

• When not in the field field leads are expected to work in the office located in northern Reno allowed but mustbeapprovedbythesupervisor.
• FieldleadswillberesponsibleforQAQCoffielddata mapsandnotesdesignatingtasksto the technicians as needed.
• work involves route planning equipment packing cleaning and organizing vehicle maintenance and occasionally running errands around Reno.
• Field leads are expected to proactively manage administrative and office-related tasks during their scheduled office week anticipating that they will be out of the office the following week.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated experience in various rangeland monitoring protocols including utilization production cover frequency riparian assessments Assessment Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) and/or Multiple Indicator Monitoring (MIM).
• DemonstratedexperienceorfamiliaritywithGreatBasinvegetationidentification
• Excellentcrewmanagementexperience
• ProficientinMicrosoftsoftware(OfficeExcelWordetc.)
• ExperienceconductingdataQA/QC
• Excellentwrittenandverbalcommunicationskills.
• Excellentplanningorganizationalandcommunicationskills.
• Highlyproficientanalyticalandproblem-solvingskills.
• Independentself-motivatedresults-orientedanddynamic.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and with geographically dispersed teams.

Education and Experience:

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• Between1and5yearsofexperiencerelatedtorangelandmanagementornaturalresource management.
• Project experience with federal or state agencies (FHWA NPS BLM DNRC USFS NRCS etc.) is a plus.

PhysicalRequirements:

• Prolongedperiodsworkinginthefieldinvariousconditionsandovervariedanddifficultterrain.
• Mustbeabletoliftupto50poundsattimes.
• Mustbeabletotraveltovarious(andsometimesremote)samplingsites.
• Mustbeabletoaccessandnavigatetosamplingsites.
• Must be able to safely and comfortably operate a vehicle ATV/UTV and a trailer on 4-wheel drive roads and in remote conditions.

Salary and Benefits

• Hourly wage $27 $33 DOE.
• Per diem reimbursement.
• Medicaldentalandvisionbenefits(monthlymedicalpremiumsfullypaid).
• Long-termdisabilityandlifeinsurance.
• HealthSavingsAccount(HSA)orFlexibleSpendingAccount(FSA)withannualcompany deposit.
• Rothand401(k)retirementaccounts.
• Profitsharingbasedoneligibilityandworkhours.
• PaidTimeoffandholidays.
• Professionaldevelopmenttraining
• Friendly supportive knowledgeable staff and culture!

Instructions to apply: Please submit a cover letter resume and three professional references to

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