Ecologist

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Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an Ecologist to join our Enviro Socio Permitting team in the Pittsburgh area. The successful candidate will support the development of desktop reviews and field data collection for wetland/waterbody delineations endangered species habitat assessments and environmental assessments. The position requires a thorough understanding of stream/wetland determination/delineation methods and plant identification skills specific to the northeastern U.S. This position also requires familiarity with federal and state environmental permitting. This role will primarily support linear infrastructure projects in Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Maryland and Virginia. 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 assisting with 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. This role will require the ability to travel up to 70% 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 assist 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 qualifications for the role include:

• Bachelors degree in environmental science biology ecology or similar environmental discipline.
• 1 years experience conducting surveys including wetland determination/delineation surveys flora/fauna surveys and habitat assessments as well as the completion of associated reporting.
• Experience using GPS field technology.

Preferred qualifications for the role include:

• Wetland Professional in Training (WPIT) certifications
• Experience leading wetland delineations.
• 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) and USACE.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. 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 employer. 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 $55200 - $82800 / per year. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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