דרושים Associate Wetland Biologist ב-Jacobs ב-United States, Portland

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.

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