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Pike Engineering ยท 23 hours ago

Senior Environmental Scientist

Pike Engineering is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to providing critical infrastructure solutions. The Senior Environmental Scientist will support utility projects by conducting environmental assessments, preparing reports, providing regulatory support, and mentoring junior staff.

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Responsibilities

Conducts field environmental assessments by traversing cleared and uncleared linear utility corridors and site-specific parcels to delineate, GPS, and map streams, wetlands, habitat, and identify plants and animal species
Prepares environmental and technical reports to document the findings of the natural resource assessments and supports environmental protection, mitigation planning, and permitting
Provides regulatory and permitting application support; including but not limited to those associated with NEPA, SEPA, Army Corps of Engineers, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and other state and local environmental review authorities. Coordinates with applicable review agencies
Supports line and substation siting by applying environmental principles
Prepares, estimates, and budgets for specific environmental activities and monitors project costs
Develop and guide junior staff scientists
Perform other duties as assigned by management

Qualification

Environmental assessmentsEcological systems knowledgeGeographic Information System (GIS)Natural resource assessmentsEnvironmental permittingMentoring junior staffEffective communicationSelf-motivatedTeam-orientedCustomer oriented

Required

A Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or University in Natural Sciences (e.g. biology, environmental sciences, ecology, forestry, soil science) or equivalent experience
7-9 Year(s) Experience in Natural Resources and Ecological Consulting
Regular attendance is required
Ability to read and interpret documents such as procedure manuals, operational procedures, etc
Ability to write reports, Business correspondence, and procedure manuals
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations
Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret spreadsheets
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
Effective planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling, and monitoring of work activities
Continuous improvement of job-related, technical, and professional knowledge, skills, and performance
Effective oral and written communication skills
Self-Motivated
Work independently
Team-Oriented
Customer Oriented
Able to manage multiple tasks and provide leadership to other team members

Preferred

Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS)
Certified Wildlife Biologist (CWB)
ASTM Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Training
Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS)

Company

Pike Engineering

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Pike Engineering is an engineering, consulting, and technical services company.

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