Senior Climate Scientist at Dewberry Sacramento, CA

Dewberry is seeking a Senior Climate Scientist for its Sacramento, CA office to enhance infrastructure resilience planning and engineering. The role involves applying climate science, analyzing climate data, and engaging with stakeholders on climate hazards. Candidates should have an advanced degree in a related field and 6-8+ years of quantitative analysis experience. Dewberry emphasizes collaboration and high-quality service in addressing climate change challenges.
Senior Climate Scientist job at Dewberry. Sacramento, CA. Job Description:

Dewberry has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Climate Scientist to join our resilience team as we are expanding our capacity in infrastructure resilience planning and engineering. At Dewberry, our climate scientists, planners, and engineers collaborate to address the challenges posed by climate change. Scientists provide essential data and insights about climate trends and potential impacts, guiding planners and engineers in designing resilient infrastructure, sustainable urban development, and effective mitigation strategies. This interdisciplinary approach ensures that solutions are grounded in scientific understanding while also being practical and impactful in the real world

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether youre an experienced professional or a new graduate, youll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call Dewberry at Work, that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters: Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

Responsibilities:
• Serve as a subject matter expert and technical leader in applying climate science and interpreting climate model output for climate resilience and adaptation projects such as design guidelines/regulations, plans/policies, risk/vulnerability assessments, and infrastructure design
• Support diverse projects teams in obtaining, analyzing, interrogating, and interpreting climate data, using robust statistical and data analytic techniques.
• Lead risk tolerance conversations with varied stakeholder audiences including infrastructure owners, elected officials, community members and design professionals, by sharing projections of how climate hazards will evolve, including considerations of uncertainty, in an accessible way.
• Stay abreast of emerging science, law, policy, data products and tools relevant to climate science and climate resiliency.
• Contribute to the development of hazard models and consequence assessments by working with multiple sectoral teams (energy, water, transportation, etc.) to forecast impact thresholds at which critical assets and systems may be disrupted or damaged.
• Participate in professional organizations related to atmospheric science, meteorology, or related fields and present in such forums.

Required Skills & Required Experience:

Minimum Qualifications:
• Advanced degree(MS or PhD) in atmospheric science, meteorology, climate science, or related physical sciences
• 6-8+ years experience with quantitative analysis of geophysical phenomena and related datasets is required.
• Experience in statistical and probabilistic analysis of large geophysical data sets
• Collegial teammate and collaborator
• Excellent communication and writing skills, including translation of complex technical information into accessible formats for a range of stakeholders

Preferred Skills:
• Proficiency in R, Python, or MATLAB
• Familiarity with virtues and limitations of the latest global climate models
• Large dataset management and visualization capabilities
• Experience providing climate expertise for planning and engineering projects

The projected salary range for this position is $93,000-120,000 annually in our California office.

Dont meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if youre excited about this role, but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

Must have a valid drivers license, good driving record and ability to pass a driving record background check.
• At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
• Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
• Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberrys background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters: Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

Salary Range:

The projected salary range for this position is $93,000-120,000 annually in our California office.