Ecologist

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Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an Ecologist to join our Enviro Socio Permitting team in Virginia. The successful candidate will support the development of desktop reviews and field data collection for wetland/waterbody delineations endangered species habitat assessments environmental assessments and/or preparation of reports to document field data collection stormwater or soil sampling as needed to support other Virginia projects and erosion and sediment control (ESC) inspections and related position will also include conducting post-construction compliance inspections. The successful candidate will also provide support for regulatory agency coordination permit development and compliance. This role will primarily support linear infrastructure including natural gas and rail projects in Virginia West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Projects are often fast-paced multi-faceted and geographically diverse.

The position will require a candidate to work both collaboratively with a team of resource specialists and have the capacity to balance varying priorities and tasks to work on multiple projects concurrently and meet deliverable deadlines. Arcadis offers a flexible working environment and follows a hybrid work structure. A successful candidate can expect to work remotely and from the office as needed based on demands of specific tasks and teams.

Role accountabilities:

As an Ecologist you will apply your technical knowledge to provide high quality deliverables to support planning and permitting for linear utility and rail clients. You will be an important member of the Enviro Socio Permitting team interacting with other ecologists cultural resource specialists planners engineers senior technical experts and project/program managers as part of an interdisciplinary team.

You will be responsible for leading wetland and stream delineations flora and fauna surveys habitat assessments and other environmental surveys and will collect field data using handheld global positioning system units and tablets utilizing Fulcrum FieldMaps Survey 123 for ArcGIS or similar programs. This will require a working knowledge of GPS systems and the ability to walk and conduct fieldwork for long hours. Experience and proficiency in ArcGIS or ArcPro is preferred. You will also assist with stormwater sampling/compliance and soil sampling to support remediation projects in Virginia as needed. Having an ESC inspector and related certification is preferred for this position. This role will require the ability to travel up to 50% including overnight travel which will be primarily during the field season.

You will be tasked with preparing technical reports work plans and other environmental documents to support environmental permitting and you will lead the preparation of regulatory permit applications (e.g. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE Clean Water Act Section 404 permit applications and Section 401 Water Quality Certification applications Rivers and Harbors Act Section 408 review requests and Section 402 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit applications). You will also lead agency consultations for threatened and endangered species and manage desktop environmental assessments to identify potential permitting requirements.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required:

• Bachelors degree in environmental science biology ecology or similar environmental discipline.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience conducting surveys including wetland determination/delineation surveys flora/fauna surveys and habitat assessments as well as the completion of associated reporting.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience leading wetland determination/delineation surveys.
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Erosion (VDEQ)and Sediment Control (ESC) and Stormwater Management (SWM) inspector certification or the ability to become provisionally certified within 30-days.
• Experience with evaluating project compliance with state and federal laws and environmental and regulatory processes.
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive reports/permit applications and particularly experience with linear projects (e.g. utility projects pipeline projects etc.).
• Experience using GPS field technology.

Preferred:

• Wetland Professional in Training (WPIT) Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) or Virginia Certified Professional Wetland Delineator (PWD) certifications.
• Previous experience in the planning permitting and/or supporting the construction reconstruction or maintenance of linear infrastructure (i.e. oil and gas rail electric etc.) and an understanding of federal state and local regulators such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) USACE and VDEQ.

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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $57786 - $92457. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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