Natural Resources Specialist

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GHDs East Environmental group has an opportunity for Natural Resources Specialist / Senior Ecologist to join our team in Florida! This position is an integral part of our environmental services group and requires a diverse array of skills and abilities to provide technical management and leadership the collection of biological data wetland delineations and ecological surveys. You will prepare environmental reports and permit applications for federal state and local government agencies.

This is a great opportunity for you to mentor junior staff conducting ecological field data collection and biological monitoring at project sites.

In this role you will be tasked with supporting public and private contracts including supporting work with Municipalities Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Floridas Water Management as well as existing environmental projects in Florida and surrounding states in the southeast. This role will require a focus on safety strong communication skills and the ability to work across GHDs markets while supporting projects ranging from environmental assessment natural resource impact assessments remediation compliance and/or due diligence

Working with an energetic and high-performing team this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Leadership and Direction: Communicate a regional strategy; explain how this relates to the broader organizations mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
• Strategic Planning: Develop and/or deliver elements of a strategic planning system with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Operations Management: Oversee an operational area with guidance from senior involve responsibility for development or delivery (or both).
• Budgeting and Costing: Deliver a budget for an area of the organization or conduct complex analyses on budget progress in other areas of the organization.
• Performance Management: Develop and propose own performance objectives; take appropriate actions to ensure achievement of agreed objectives using the organizations performance management systems to improve personal performance. Or manage and report on team performance; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold people accountable for achieving them taking appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues or oversee relationship management with a group of more transactional clients and customers.
• Research: Manage a significant portion of the organizations or institutions research program. This could involve being responsible for development or delivery or both.
• Data Collection and Analysis: Use data from a wide range of sources to analyze key themes and identify possible impacts on the business.
• Legal: Design develop and deliver the organizations legal service with guidance from senior colleagues.

What you will bring to the team:

• Bachelors and/or Masters degree in Environmental Science Environmental Management Biology Ecology Zoology or other related field
• Ten plus years of professional environmental experience (i.e. stream wetland and environmental surveys sampling permitting etc.)
• Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) certification strongly preferred
• Experience with NEPA EA/EIS
• Familiarity with local state and federal environmental regulations and permitting requirements
• Able and willing to travel to job sites as needed for field activities

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Our vision is to ensure energywaterandurbanizationare made sustainable for generations to come. You can lead the way into a new future for our industry inspiring the next generation of driven and committed people in the process.

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