Biologist jobs

When it comes to environmental consulting, we’re focused on advancing our clients’ environmental stewardship and sustainability initiatives. We are seeking an associate wetland scientist to support our clients in the Pacific Northwest. You’ll participate on projects to help support our clients to adapt and thrive in the face of current and future global sustainability challenges. Your work and contribution may include project siting, permitting, construction, and maintenance. Your contributions will be key to realizing safer infrastructure operations, healthier communities, and protection of our world’s natural resources.

Aligned to one of our Pacific Northwest offices, this is an opportunity to act as a technical resource specialist in the fields of wetland ecology, aquatic resource delineation, permitting, mitigation, and regulatory compliance. You’ll apply your technical experience on projects related to linear infrastructure and energy, renewable energy and transportation projects. Our global and local teams provide you with the tools to keep your career growing.

Key responsibilities of this position include:

• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to assemble regulatory compliant environmental plans, reports, and permit applications. This includes permitting at the local, state, and federal level.
• Performing field surveys and assessments, including wetland delineations, stream surveys, other biological surveys following state and federal protocols, and preparing associated technical reports.
• Assisting with the preparation of environmental documents for compliance with the NEPA and other federal, state, or local regulatory requirements.
• Coordinating with regulatory agency staff to discuss and negotiate project impacts, permitting requirements, and mitigation strategies.
• Preparing scopes of work and estimating level of effort for task completion.
• Maintaining excellent communication with diverse project teams, clients, regulatory agencies, and subcontractors.

When it comes to environmental consulting, we’re focused on advancing our clients’ environmental stewardship and sustainability initiatives. We are looking for an early career natural resource professional to support our clients in the Pacific Northwest. Aligned to our Portland, Oregon or Bellevue, Washington office, you’ll participate on projects to help support our clients to adapt and thrive in the face of current and future global sustainability challenges. Your work and contribution may include siting, permitting, construction, maintenance, and federal projects. You'll participate in a combination of field and office work and receive mentorship from our team’s technical experts in evaluating and minimizing project effects on natural resources. You'll be expected to work both independently, as well as part of project teams. As you progress, your growth and increase in responsibility will be recognized and rewarded with commensurate changes in level and compensation.

Key responsibilities of this position include:

• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams of biologists, planners, engineers, and other professionals to assemble regulatory compliant environmental reports and permits.
• Conducting fieldwork including but not limited to wildlife surveys, botanical surveys, habitat assessments for special-status species, and/or aquatic resource delineation surveys.
• Maintaining excellent communication with project teams.
• Traveling for fieldwork up to 40% of the time.

When it comes to environmental consulting, we’re focused on advancing our clients’ environmental stewardship and sustainability initiatives. We’re seeking a Senior Levelect Manager in Northern California to lead and participate in projects to help support our clients to adapt and thrive in the face of current and future global sustainability challenges. You’ll apply your technical experience in biology and permitting to review project scope, create a plan, and execute biological surveys and permitting strategies. Your leadership will be key to realizing safer infrastructure operations, healthier communities, and protection of our world’s natural resources.Aligned to our Oakland office, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to and manage projects related to linear infrastructure, renewables developments, transportation, and energy infrastructure, focusing on biological reviews, surveys, and permitting. Our global team provides you with the tools to keep your career growing as well as those around you.Key Focus for Success in This Role:

Project & Technical Management

• Serve as a lead biologist and/or project manager in the successful development and execution of utility, transportation, and renewable energy projects.
  
• Develop permitting strategies, provide regulatory guidance, and direct surveys for biological resources to document existing conditions and to identify sensitive habitats or habitats for rare, threatened, or endangered species on a project site.
• Support staff in preparation of biological resources sections for CEQA documents, evaluate potential environmental impacts and develop mitigation measures.
• Provide quality assurance reviews of technical documents.
  
• Lead coordination with regulatory agency staff to discuss and negotiate project impacts, permitting requirements, and mitigation strategies.
  
• Support or lead environmental compliance efforts.
• Support other permitting project managers as a senior technical lead, providing regulatory permitting strategy support and managing biological resources surveys and associated permitting elements for West Coast projects.
• Provide mentorship, growth, and direction to junior and mid-level staff to aid in their career growth.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams to complete projects on time and on budget

Strategy And Business Development

• Work with client account managers and operations on strategic pursuits, including proposal and business development.
• Conduct business development activities through direct client contact.
• Lead proposal and cost development activities for biological tasks.
  

Aligned with our Denver-area office, this is a hybrid position where you can work remotely and in the office. You will have the opportunity to contribute to and manage projects and to avoid and minimize environmental impacts while accelerating change through transportation and other infrastructure projects. As a Senior Biologist, you will lead the environmental planning and permitting process, including planning and executing technical surveys, engaging with regulatory agencies, permitting, mitigation planning, monitoring, and related efforts to support project development and meeting client objectives and project-specific internal financial goals. Your analytical and writing skills will be called upon as you lead development of quality client deliverables. Your project management or task leadership will include survey coordination and execution, permit strategy and impact avoidance and minimization, preparing or reviewing permit applications/reports/technical memos/environmental compliance documents, and client communication. You will provide motivation and direction to project teams while you in turn are partnered with experienced project delivery and technical leaders and mentors to facilitate your project and career priorities.

Key responsibilities of this position include:

• Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, biologists, planners, and other professionals to assemble regulatory compliant environmental plans, reports, and permits.

• Maintaining excellent communication with clients, regulatory agencies and local government officials, employees, subcontractors.

• Supporting proposal preparation, client relations, and business development.

• Providing inclusive management and fostering career growth of entry-to-mid environmental staff.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent. In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.

Our clients across many sectors including transport infrastructure, commercial, the public sector, healthcare, education, industrial, residential and mixed-use developments. Our wide-ranging Building Surveying services are client and project specific and as a truly multidisciplinary consultancy, you will work alongside experts in many different specialist areas.

• This role is based on a Hybrid basis from our London Bridge office requiring 2 or 3 days per week office or site-based presence
• Full time work with Jacobs is at 40 hours per week
• Some regional and UK wide travel is required with this role

apply your technical experience in biological resource management to review project scope, create a plan, and execute biological surveys and

Aligned to our Irvine or San Diego, California,you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to and lead projects related to linear infrastructure, renewable developments, transportation, energy infrastructure, and federal facilities focusing on biological reviews, surveys, and permitting. As a career-level Biologist, you’ll lead and participate in biological surveys, environmental permitting, and related efforts to support project development and be responsible for meeting client objectives and project-specific internal financial goals. Your analytical and writing skills will be called upon as you lead