Project Biologist
Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
Arcadis seeks an Project Biologist to join the California High-Speed Rail Project Construction and Management (PCM) team in Selma CA. The field specialist role centers around professional understanding with the Incidental Take Permit (ITP) and Biological Opinion (BO) from California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) respectively. This role seeks a highly motivated individual looking to further expand career development/growth with Arcadis. Arcadis is distinguished from others by way of promoting career development with opportunities to participate as technical resource leaders obtain professional certifications and expert guidance mentorship to steward individual careers for longevity.
Role accountabilities:
- Permit interpretation and decision making (Office 5%)
- Conduct field monitoring of maintenance activities in compliance with the ITP and BO. (Field 95%)
- Conduct field surveys independently and report data to office biological lead.
- Coordinate with the contractor and oversight to document corrective measures.
- Enter new observations data into the projects database.
- Review history data entry to evaluate quality.
- Assist with file management and document storage.
- Data tabulation.
- Permit and contract document review.
- Work independently on a consistent basis upon receiving training.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Historic Approvals under Fresno to Bakersfield ITP ()
- Field experience with Blunt Nosed Leopard Lizards (BNLL) Burrowing Owl (BUOW) Tipton Kangaroo rat (TKR) San Joaquin Kit Fox (SJKF) San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel (SJAS) Swainsons Hawk (SWHA) etc.
- 6 years of field environmental experience related infrastructure projects.
- Bachelors degree in environmental studies or a related field such as biology ecology natural resources management sustainability etc.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products and data collection applications.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with construction means and methods.
- Understanding of federal state and local environmental permits.
- Proficiency with California Environmental Quality Act/ National Environmental Policy Act (CEQA/NEPA) Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) California Endangered Species Act (CA ESA) Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MTBA) Master Streambed Alteration Agreement (MSAA) Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit Construction General Permit (CGP) Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and hazardous materials regulations.
- Experience with sustainability goals such as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions water conservation and recycling and waste management.
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.
Together we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging
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 $xxxxxx - $xxxxxx. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more
