Certified Arborist / Field Biologist (on - call)

Job Description

Take Your Environmental Career to the Next LevelAre you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Environmental team is looking for you! From environmental planning, permitting, remediation, and site characterization to chemical data management and hydrogeology, Kleinfelder offers a variety of services designed to provide technically appropriate and cost-effective solutions.   Step Into Your Next Career

Kleinfelder is seeking a Certified Arborist / Field Biologist to join our team as on-call staff. Candidates residing in the Bay Area will be prioritized. This position will report to supervisors based in the San Francisco, CA office. 

 

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities of this position may include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting in providing environmental regulatory compliance for our clients at a variety of work locations through surveys for protected species, compliance monitoring for work crews, and written logs and reports of compliance activities. Some field work may include physically challenging outdoor situations, traveling to project sites, and overnight stays
• Performing accurate and detailed biological resource accounts by synthesizing on-site survey findings and desktop resources
• Writing and reviewing technical reports and addressing impacts of mitigation of proposed activities on special-status species 

Job Responsibilities:

• Providing environmental regulatory compliance for our clients through surveys for protected species, compliance monitoring for work crews, and written logs and reports of compliance activities.
• Conducting focused and general planning and preconstruction surveys (trees primarily, may include nesting birds, rare plants, and amphibian surveys)
• Comfortable working in physically challenging outdoor environments in all types of weather
• Traveling on a regular basis to a project which may require overnight stays
• Strong technical and academic background in an applied biological science
• Effective problem-solving ability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with MS Office
• The ability to work both independently and with a team 
• Must has a satisfactory driving record and complete a background check

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in biology or a related field; master's degree candidates also encouraged to apply
• 6 - 10 seasons / years of field experience
• Current ISA arborist certification
• Comfortable working in physically challenging outdoor situations and conditions with expectation of traveling on a regular basis to project sites which may require overnight stays
• Strong technical and academic background in an applied biological science (e.g. herpetology, terrestrial biology, ornithology, botany). 
• Previous federal and California agency approval for one or more listed Bay Area species
• Familiarity with federal and State regulations governing management of natural resources in California
• Experience in regulatory agency permit preparation and impact analyses is a plus
• Possess CDFW Scientific Collecting Permit or have sufficient experience amassed to apply for the permit within 1 year
• Effective problem-solving ability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to work both independently and with a team
• Must have a satisfactory driving record and complete a background check 
• Prior experience in natural resource consulting
• Experience with environmental review processes (CEQA/NEPA)
• Fisheries experience is a plus
• Extensive familiarity with California flora and fauna
• Extensive field work throughout northern California (anticipate overnight travel 75% of time)
• Experience monitoring or surveying for nesting birds

Move Forward with Kleinfelder

Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients' transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 110 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose - together, we deliver.  Progress with an Employer that Values You Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination.