Take Your Environmental Career to the Next Level
Are 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's San Francisco office is seeking an experienced Field Biologist to provide a variety of services to support a fast-paced program with short duration projects. The responsibilities will include oversight and coordination of fieldwork for multiple projects per week, preparing reports and providing planning support for projects. In addition, the position includes providing fieldwork services including surveys and monitoring for special status species in California and nesting birds and conducting desktop reviews and analysis of potential project impacts to special status species. The work is located throughout the greater San Francisco Region. The individual will provide planning and coordination support for projects, conduct field surveys, monitoring, and prepare and review technical reports. Wetlands and waters permitting experience is also desirable. The individual(s) will largely work remotely and in the field, but will report to the nearest office as needed, and direct supervisor is in San Francisco, California.
Key Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
- Provide environmental regulatory compliance for our clients by coordinating field surveys for protected species and other sensitive resources, compliance monitoring for work crews, and submitting written logs and reports of compliance activities.
- Provide survey and monitor status updates both internally and to the client.
- Conduct detailed desktop environmental due diligence reviews to determine agency regulatory authority, potential land involvement and/or license requirements. Prepare the corresponding Biological Constraints Reports and assist with Quality Control.
- Conduct occasional sensitive resource surveys as needed.
- Ensure fieldwork plans conform to client standards and expectations, comply with all applicable permits, licenses, and right-of-way or easement conditions.
- Support quality control of project information and preparation of status reports using of Salesforce Dashboards and Reports.
- Work includes tracking multiple incoming assignments, coordinating specialist reports, and packaging projects for on-schedule deliveries.
Requirements and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Environmental Planning/Science or a related field
- 7+ years of relevant experience
- Strong skills in verbal communication of technical issues
- Strong technical writing and editing skills
- Prior experience in project and/or program management
- Prior experience in natural resource consulting is desirable
Preferred Skills/Experience:
- Comfortable working in physically challenging outdoor environments in all types of weather
- Traveling in rural areas to a project which may require occasional overnight stays
- Knowledge of special-status wildlife and/or plant species
- Knowledge of environmental regulations and review processes for special status species and wetlands and waters
- Strong technical and academic background in an applied biological science
- Effective problem-solving ability
- Organized and detail-oriented
- Experience with MS Office, IPADS, Google Earth, and databases (Salesforce)
- The ability to work both independently and with a team
- Must have a satisfactory driving record and complete a background check
- Must have a CA driver's license
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 85 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. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:
The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the California Pay Transparency Law. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience. Salary range: $36.47 - $60.86 hourly
Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.
Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES
Please note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.
