Wetland Scientist IV

HNTB is seeking a Wetland Scientist IV in Boston, MA, to lead wetland delineations, permitting, and compliance tasks on complex infrastructure projects. Responsibilities include data collection, environmental analysis, report preparation, and regulatory compliance. Candidates should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field with relevant experience. This role offers opportunities for professional development within a supportive team of scientists and ecologists.
What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails working on wetland delineations, permitting, and compliance tasks with our team of highly skilled and supportive Wetland Scientists and Ecologists. Our team is working on some of the most exciting and complex infrastructure projects in the Northeast, providing candidates with the resources to develop their professional abilities at an accelerated rate. We are seeking an experienced candidate who has a high potential to thrive as we continue to build our successful Wetland Science Practice.

What You'll Do:
• Coordinates and conducts with other staff in the collection and analyzing of data obtained for projects.
• Determines or develops best methodology and technical approaches for conducting analysis in field work; sets up test equipment as necessary to obtain scientific data.
• Examines and evaluates present and future potential environmental science effects relating to the planning, design, and construction of proposed projects.
• Serves as task lead or principal author in the preparation of reports, on environmental science effects of projects.
• Provides technical scientific support on environmental issues to project managers during the planning, design, or construction of projects.
• Performs review of work to ensure the design or construction are in compliance with design criteria and scientific specifications and determines the need for additional investigations, studies, or alternate plans or designs if necessary.
• Supports the marketing and proposal preparation of potential opportunities or projects.
• Leads the preparation of applications and supporting documents for local, state, and federal environmental permits as well as other regulatory compliance laws and regulations.
• Assists in organizing, preparation, public meetings as well as possible participation in public meetings.
• Attends various meetings with clients, other engineering firms, and staff and may lead discussion on environmental science issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:
• Bachelor's degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archeology, Anthropology, or related field and 6 years relevant experience, or
• Master's Degree in Geology, Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science, Archeology, Anthropology, or related field and 5 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring:
• Generates original ideas, data, and methodologies tailored to specific conditions or projects.
• Contributes to scientific articles and trends to assess findings and relevance for environmental documentation and permits. Assesses and synthesizes disparate information for reports and provides recommendations for preferred approaches. Assists in the development of standards of practice for the team.
• Supports marketing and proposal efforts (i.e., serving as lead author for sections of proposals).
• Serves as the field lead investigator who organizes field crews, determines methodologies, and guides work to be completed by less experienced staff.
• Prepares and performs environmental compliance monitoring.
• Serves as a reviewer of others analysis in sections of technical reports and providing guidance to less-experienced staff.
• Possesses knowledge to gain an advanced certification in established analytical methods with extensive experience in their application.

What We Prefer:
• Experience with wetland delineation and permitting for New England and Mid-Atlantic regions.
• Experience with CAD, GIS mapping, and data analysis.
• Willingness to travel and perform field work in difficult terrain and conditions.
• Strong history of collaboration and contribution in a team setting.
• Experience designing and monitoring wetland and stream mitigation.
• Experience collaborating and coordinating with state and federal agencies such as the United States Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Federal Highway Administration, MA Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, etc.
• Ability to oversee the environmental permitting process for large and complex transportation projects.
• Growth and success oriented.

Additional Information

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Locations:

Boston, MA

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Planning Group

ReqID: R-23840