Senior Environmental Biologist / Project Manager

Environmental Science Associates•Boynton Beach, FL

31d•Remote

About The Position

Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm. We plan, design, permit, mitigate, and restore for projects across our communities, infrastructure systems, open spaces, and wildlands. We are 50 years strong in 21 offices across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southeastern United States. ESA is seeking a senior-level Environmental Biologist / Project Manager to join our team of scientists, ecologists, engineers and planners in the Southeast region. We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic team member with 10+ years of work experience, a passion for natural systems, working outdoors, and the desire to learn and grow. The position will be focused on marketing our existing contracts and strengthening client connections while providing leadership and guidance to our junior technical staff. This opportunity is focused on collaboration, ensuring outstanding client service, managing projects and overseeing work, ensuring production of quality work products, and being part of a team with a passion to do great work and have fun together. This is an exempt, full-time, salary role. This is a remote role with hybrid work as needed. Strong preference given to candidates within a commutable distance to our following ESA Office locations: Tampa, Sarasota, Orlando, or Boynton Beach. This role will involve some travel for site visits, projects, and in-person team collaboration as needed.

Requirements

Hold a bachelor’s degree in a natural science field (e.g. biology, ecology, environmental science) and have a minimum of 10+ years of professional experience.
Experienced biologist who performs natural resource-related evaluations and technical studies.
Experience leading biological fieldwork efforts including habitat surveys, protected species surveys, wetland delineations, and ecological monitoring within Florida is also required.
Previous project management experience is required. This includes but is not limited to experience scoping and budgeting for projects
Has a comprehensive understanding of applicable standard methods to conduct ecological assessments and solve complex, multi-disciplinary technical challenges
You possess excellent oral and presentation skills. You have an interest in business development and have experience acquiring work through your existing network.
Understand and follow environmental regulations and policies relevant to project locations
You work collaboratively with clients and interdisciplinary teams to deliver your projects on time and within budget and have developed and tracked scope, schedules, and budgets.
You have served as the primary author on a variety of environmental documents such as biological assessments, evaluations, and reports, and NEPA documents, utilizing your excellent writing and editing skills.
You are known for preparing documents that are clear, concise, well-written and supported, and for your ability to present information understandably and speak persuasively about complex topics to clients, agency staff, teaming partners, other project stakeholders and the public.
You are an effective team member and communicator who contributes constructively and cooperatively to solve project or team issues. You have led, managed, mentored, and/or supervised multidisciplinary teams including delegating and guiding more junior staff through simple to complex tasks.
You are comfortable working in and around water, and you preferably have experience working with tools, all-terrain vehicles and/or on boats.
Previous experience with software like Field Maps, Collector, Survey123, and GIS are preferred while experience with Microsoft Suite is required.
You enjoy fieldwork and can walk long distances carrying a backpack; and are able to lift at least 50 pounds. You are confident working outside, in remote and rural settings, as well as in urban environments. Physical outdoor work may include, but may not be limited to, work in all types of weather, traversing uneven ground in a variety of environments, along stream banks, and in coastal/intertidal areas. You may be exposed to inclement weather and uncomfortable working conditions. Some night and/or weekend work may be required.

Nice To Haves

Preference given to qualified candidates with any of the following skillsets: Certified/Trained Boat Operator, Primary Caracara Observer, qualified to analyze bat acoustic data, Authorized Gopher Tortoise Agent, Certified Arborist, Professional Wetland Scientist and / or a candidate who is competent at state and federal wetland delineations.

Responsibilities

Serving as Project Manager. Overseeing the completion of projects, including coordinating the project delivery schedule, handling project logistics, disseminating and maintaining project-related information, serving as the point person for team member or client questions, and delivering project deliverables and other assignments on time and within budget.
Perform biological field studies such as habitat and species surveys, habitat inventories and assessments, wetland and stream delineations, compliance monitoring and habitat restoration. You will lead project efforts which require field data collection, quality control, and analysis in support of permit applications, environmental support documentation, and ecological design and plan development.
You will possess a comprehensive understanding of regulations, policies, and principles in the topic and location of expertise.
You will serve as a primary author or provide peer review of environmental documents potentially including technical memoranda, biological assessments/evaluations, scientific discipline reports, and/or sections of NEPA analyses, resource-related permit applications and/or other documents. You will prepare documents that are clear, concise, well-written and supported.
You will work collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team. You will have strong writing skills, effective oral presentation skills, listening skills, and the ability to present information understandably about complex topics.
You will perform projects functions such as development and tracking of scope, schedule, and invoices You will deliver project assignments on time and within budget. You will check work for errors, accuracy, and applicability to project needs.
You will work at your desk and outdoors – within a variety of habitat communities including fresh and saltwater marshes, forested systems, uplands, developed communities and on water work (e.g., streams, rivers, estuaries, open water)
Thrive in a fast-paced, exciting, and challenging environment and be able to manage multiple responsibilities and deadlines, while working on a team or independently.
You will support marketing and business development pursuits to build and maintain a robust opportunity pipeline.
Other ad-hoc tasks as needed