Statistician Technician

Western EcoSystems Technology Inc. (WEST) a dynamic environmental and statistical consulting firm with offices across the United States and Canada is looking for a temporary full-time Statistician Technician.

WEST has a permanent core of professionals with broad experience in basic and applied ecological studies and the sophisticated analysis of natural resource its founding in 1990 the WEST team has shaped the foundation of what we do and what we believe in through our core values and key principles. Our work matters to our clients communities and the environment. Join WEST and discover a company of passionate committed and highly motivated individuals.

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Key Details:

• Compensation: $22 28/hour
• Start date:8/27/26
• Location: Fort Collins Colorado; Golden Valley Minnesota; Laramie; Wyoming

Job Summary:

The successful candidate must be:

• A self-starter who is analytical and is passionate about programming in a collaborative environment.
• Additionally the successful candidate should enjoy learning new analytical techniques communicating and interacting with people and preferably have experience in field data collection.

Responsibilities include:

• Manipulate wildlife and environmental data assist in developing graphs and tables and perform simple statistical analyses and analytics
• Develop review and provide support for data analysis code written in R following standard coding styles
• Format and conduct QA/QC on data
• Coordinate with appropriate personnel to promote best practices for data standardization and integrity
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with coworkers

This is a general description of the functions for this position and is not inclusive of all the duties which may be associated with this position.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in statistics natural resources wildlife management wildlife biology or equivalent degree preferred
• Demonstrated interest in working with wildlife environmental and renewable energy data and databases
• Preference will be given to those with a goal of pursuing a graduate degree/career in wildlife environmental biological statistical computer science or related fields
• Work or academic experience with wildlife environmental biological statistical computer science or related fields preferred
• Must be able to develop and maintain detailed documentation in code and on procedures
• Strong ability to stay focused and pay attention to detail
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Windows operating system Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel required
• Coding experience with programming language R
• Experience with programming logic and data modeling principles preferred

After an offer of employment is made the candidate must successfully pass a pre-employment background check drug screening and a DMV records check that meets WESTs minimum criteria to operate a motor vehicle on behalf of the company. A valid drivers license will be required.

WEST provides equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of their race color religion gender identity or expression age sex sexual orientation national origin disability status genetics and any protected veteran status and any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. Further WEST takes affirmative action to ensure that all individuals are treated fairly and without discrimination for recruitment selection advancement and every other term and privilege associated with employment.