Fisheries Technician 2- Lab Manager
About The Position
The Fisheries Research team in the Panhandle and Clearwater regions is seeking a full-time Senior Fisheries Research Technician that will serve as a Lab Manager to assist with fisheries research projects on Dworshak Reservoir and Lake Pend Oreille. The position will be in charge of coordinating logistics for various field and lab efforts. The position will also help lead field sampling and lab processing for annual limnology, mysid shrimp, and kokanee monitoring. Duty station is in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and temporary housing is available in Farragut State Park. Start date of March 1, 2026 but is flexible depending on applicant availability. Applicants with or without reasonable accommodations may be required to work long hours in varying and often inclement weather conditions, hiking steep and/or slippery terrain, and lifting and carrying items weighing up to 60 lbs. The work schedule can be irregular at times and includes occasional weekend work, night work, and overnight stays in the field. Valid driver's license required.
Requirements
- Experience operating a variety of watercrafts in various weather conditions
- Experience leading field and lab crews and planning necessary logistics
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in team settings
- Experience entering and organizing biological data
- Demonstrated ability to follow established sampling and data entry protocols with high attention to detail
- Demonstrated high degree of initiative and problem-solving ability
- Ability to interact with the public in a professional manner
- Bachelor's degree in Fisheries or related field, or equivalent experience and training.
Nice To Haves
- Experience processing and aging fish aging structures in a laboratory setting
- Experience operating, hauling, and/or maintaining trawling vessels
- Experience maintaining boats, field equipment, and lab equipment and making minor repairs as needed
- Experience navigating boats at night using radar technology
- Experience processing and tagging fish and collecting biological samples
- Experience identifying thermal marks on fish otoliths for age and origin analysis
- Experience analyzing, summarizing, and writing biological fisheries data
- Experience analyzing data using Microsoft Suite and/or R software
Responsibilities
- Coordinate field and lab work logistics and scheduling to help ensure projects are completed within a timely manner
- Lead kokanee field sampling and planning, including completing trawling and hydroacoustic surveys at night and ensuring equipment is functional
- Lead kokanee lab processing, including processing scales and otoliths, identifying thermal marks within age structures, and finalizing data for age and origin analysis
- Lead limnology, zooplankton, and mysid shrimp field and lab sampling, including operating boats during the day and night to collect samples, coordinating with a contracted limnologist to ensure samples are processed on time, and processing mysid samples in the lab
- Maintain watercrafts, field gear, lab equipment, workspaces and remote facilities as needed; facilitate repairs as needed
- Lead data entry, QA/QC, and organization to ensure data is ready for analysis
- Assist with other field efforts as needed, including but not limited to boat electrofishing, redd count surveys, gill netting on large vessels, and maintaining acoustic telemetry equipment
- Assist with other lab efforts as needed, including but not limited processing aging structures for age and growth analysis for several fish species
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
