Environmental Technician I (Temporary Carteret)

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Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

This is a temporary position and there are no leave or retirement benefits offered with this position. Temporary employees who work an annual average of 30 or more hours per week may be eligible for health insurance coverage under the High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). For more information on Health Benefits offered visit.

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Individuals hired into a temporary State job must be fully qualified for the job. OSHR supports the Governors Job Ready initiative and seeks to expand a temporary skill set to enhance their qualifications for State government and private sector jobs. Exposure to an agencys culture process procedures and potential learning opportunities can provide valuable experience to those who may seek permanent employment with the state.

This temporary position is located at 3441 Arendell Street Morehead City - Carteret County with the Department of Environmental Quality.

Job Order Hourly Rate of Pay: $16.64 (Based on education and/or years of relevant work experience reflected on the application).

Effective July 1 2025 candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they have the minimum education and experience listed from the class specification. The Knowledge Skills and Abilities listed within this vacancy announcement will be used only as management preferences and will be used to screen for the most qualified pool of applicants.

This Environmental Technician I will work on various phases of estuarine bottom habitat mapping and shellfish abundance surveys in the states estuaries for the Bottom Mapping Program and Shellfish Lease Program. The Shellfish Lease Program allows the permitted use of qualifying public trust waters to culture and grow molluscan shellfish for commercial production.

Key Responsibilities and Position duties for the Bottom Mapping Program include:

• Delineating and mapping bottom type using GPS and related GPS data processing software;
• Identifying shellfish and SAV;
• Sampling shellfish and SAV densities;
• Collecting analyzing recording coding and verifying biological data for computer entry;
• Operating sampling boats trailer and equipment;
• Maintaining and repairing sampling boats trailers and equipment.
• Shellfish lease site investigations and administration of proposed shellfish leases.
• Map bivalve and SAV habitat and verify marking of shellfish leases.
• Field sampling and the opportunity to work with GPS and GIS technologies.
• Participation in other Division programs such as Shellfish Rehabilitation and Oyster Disease programs.
• Work includes pulling and hand raking regularly lifting up to 50 pounds operating and maintaining the shellfish leasing vessel fleet and working in an outdoor environment.
• Use of mapping equipment and associated software which may include Trimble Bad Elf and various side scan sonar to collect process and analyze benthic habitat data.

Minimum Education and Experience

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an equivalent combination of education and experience. If that language appears below then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

Associates degree in one of the agricultural biological engineering environmental or natural resource sciences or a closely related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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