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Environmental Science Associates · 2 months ago

Senior Field Hydrologist

Oakland, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$112K/yr - $155K/yr

10+ years exp

Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm. They are seeking a highly motivated Senior Field Hydrologist to join their team, focusing on ecosystem restoration and environmental engineering projects through field data collection and analysis.

Consulting

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

You will plan, schedule and execute field data collection, quality control, and analysis in support of ecosystem restoration, flood management, fish passage and other water resources and environmental engineering projects

You will plan for and execute the deployment and maintenance of instrumentation, topographic and bathymetric surveys, geomorphic, discharge, sediment transport, and wave studies, and construction and post-construction monitoring activities

You will apply Python, Matlab, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, HYPACK, Aquarius, and other tools to process data, develop basemaps, evaluate discharge, tide, and water quality conditions, monitor channel and vegetation development, calculate sedimentation rates, and other tasks

You will write technical reports describing data collection methods and results. You will develop and adhere to data collection and quality control procedures

You will work at your desk and outdoors – on the coast, in estuaries and salt marshes, in streams and rivers, and on boats. You will manage projects and tasks independently and supervise others in executing work assignments

While consistently demonstrating solid data collection, analysis, and writing skills, you thrive in a fast-paced, challenging environment and are able to balance multiple responsibilities and deadlines, both when working on a team or independently

Other ad-hoc tasks as needed

Qualification

HydrologyMATLABPythonArcGISQA/QCTopographic surveysBathymetric surveysProject managementFieldworkData analysisOutdoor workEffective communicationTeam collaborationTechnical writingProblem solving

Required

10+ years of work experience

Proficient working knowledge in MATLAB or Python preferred

Prior professional working experience with topo-bathymetric surveys (Hypack) OR continuous monitoring networks

Experience with ArcGIS

Experience with QA/QC of scientific datasets

10+ years of professional work experience in scientific data collection and quality control (possibly including topographic and/or bathymetric surveying, UAV, sidescan sonar, ADCP, stream gauging, sediment studies, water quality monitoring and sampling, or other related skills), including project management experience

Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering, Hydrology, Land Surveying, Water Quality, or a related field

Effective team member with excellent oral and written communication skills

Ability to communicate technical information clearly and concisely to individuals and groups

Comfortable working in and around water, and experience working with tools and on boats

Enjoy fieldwork and can walk long distances carrying a backpack; able to lift at least 50 pounds

Confident working outside, in remote and rural settings, as well as in urban environments

Ability to work in all types of weather, traversing uneven ground and sometimes steep terrain in vegetated environments, agricultural fields, arid lands, and along stream banks

Ability to work early morning, late night and/or weekend work, as well as long hours as required

Preferred

Experience in R will also be considered

Qualified candidates with any of the following skillsets: Certified/Trained Boat Operator, Sidescan Sonar skills, FAA Certified Drone Pilot w/ LiDAR, Estuarine Water Quality Analysis, Certified Hydrographer or Professional land surveyor

Company

Environmental Science Associates

Environmental Science Associates is a environmental science and planning firm.

Founded in 1969

San Francisco, California, USA

501-1000 employees

http://www.esassoc.com

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