About This Role
This senior technical manager role in biology involves providing high-level technical assistance and guidance for the collection, identification, compiling, and analysis of observational and spatial data related to various species and environmental factors. The position supports environmental work and permitting projects across multiple sectors, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. It also assists project leadership with environmental impact assessment, mitigation strategy development, permitting, and restoration activities.
Responsibilities
- Provide guidance with data collection efforts for identifying and compiling observational and spatial data concerning a variety of vegetation, wetland, wildlife, marine, terrestrial, botanical, and/or avian species, as well as biological/environmental data from samples of air, soil, water, sludge, and other matrices for projects, investigations, and surveys
- Analyze literature, data, laboratory samples, and other sources of information to uncover primary, secondary, and tertiary biological impacts
- Prepare and complete biological survey reports, data entry, impact assessment, and permitting activities for assigned projects (e.g. Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act permitting, CEQA, NEPA, etc.)
- Ensure regulatory requirement compliance pertaining to the data integrity, documentation, procedures, training, monitoring systems, and record compliance and retention
- Perform professional biology work and conduct investigations, inspections, and environmental studies and surveys to gain further information on a particular environmental problem or issue, verify site characteristics, and/or to plan for future environmental needs
- Prepare data and visualizations such as tables, charts, reports, models, cross-sections, and other illustrations for the interpretation or presentation of more complex data, findings, or analyses
- Prepare comprehensive technical reports and presentations that explain research, findings, and recommendations to address, prevent, control, or restore mid- to larger-scale biological problems
- Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing project work, permitting strategy, environmental impact assessments, field biology, and regulatory strategy, including project budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion
- Provide high level oversight for desk-based research, fieldwork, and/or laboratory work, including measurements, data interpretation, and computer modeling
- Provide biological and environmental risk identification and impact assessment, offering input with developing action plans for moderate- to high-level threat mitigation activities
- Prepare and implement site Health and Safety Plans (HASPs)
- Coordinate with clients, resource/regulatory agencies, and environmental and technical staff in a confident and professional manner
