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Wildlife Biologist On-Call Los Angeles & Central Valley

Los Angeles & Central California

Job Description

The On-Call Biologist will be responsible for a range of environmental consulting services, including construction monitoring, avian species identification and nest surveys, general and focused biological field surveys and support, assisting with writing and reviewing technical reports and supporting documents such as Biological Technical Reports, Biological Assessments, technical memos, and providing as-needed field and office support to our local and regional Natural Resource team members.

Key Responsibilities

Plan and execute field assignments for southern and central California-based work. Conduct general and species-specific biological surveys and construction compliance monitoring pursuant to the relevant environmental commitments, laws, regulations, codes and/or industry standards. Document field findings in monitoring logs, reports, memos and email communications, as appropriate. Communicate with client field contacts and ICF project managers and senior biologists. The on-call biologist must be able to travel to remote field sites in other counties, including but not limited to Los Angeles, Kern, San Bernadino, Tulare, Inyo, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties.

About On-Call Employment with ICF

Given the seasonal or project-specific nature of our environmental compliance work, ICF often hires environmental professionals as “On-Call” employees. On-Call employees are scheduled for work hours as they become available (we usually schedule work hours a few weeks ahead of time, depending on client notifications), and each on-call employee is free to accept or refuse the hours assigned to them in a given week. On-Call employees may work concurrent projects outside of their ICF assignment (along as their outside work does not create a conflict of interest with the work they do for ICF).

Requirements

A BA/BS in Biology, Ecology, or related discipline
2+ years of environmental/consulting and biological field experience.
Must have prior experience conducting construction field compliance monitoring on 2+ projects including 6+ months total field compliance monitoring experience
Must have valid driver's license and successfully pass a Motor Vehicles Records (MVR) check

Preferred Skills

Avian nest monitoring and species identification skills with experience conducting nesting bird field surveys and avian habitat assessments on 3+ projects with at least 2 of these projects located in the southwestern U.S.
Experience leading all three phases of western burrowing owl protocol surveys on 3+ projects including positive identification of individual owls in the wild
Experience conducting native special status reptile or amphibian species surveys or monitoring on 3+ projects with positive results and identification of target species
Experience leading field surveys or trapping for small mammals on 3+ California projects including possession of a CDFW scientific collecting permit
Basic documentation/data management experience
Experience working in the environmental compliance and/or construction fields (i.e., biological construction monitoring).
Basic botanical knowledge of central and southern California with demonstrated participation in 5+ field botanical rare plant surveys and habitat mapping assessments in California of which at least 3 of these projects in southern or central California
Geographic Information System (GIS) software skills
Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
Strong written and oral communication skills
Strong organizational skills
Ability to respond timely to deployment requests (i.e., sometimes next day)
Ability to travel to field sites in central and southern California and assist with field surveys and compliance monitoring in rugged, undeveloped terrain
Ability and experience conducting work in active construction sites and communicating with construction foreman and equipment operators
Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams)

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Working at ICF

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