Environmental Scientist

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Job description

About Us

At HDR, we specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts and artists. That's why we believe diversity is our greatest strength. HDR is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

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We believe that the way we work can add meaning and value to the world. That ideas inspire positive change. That coloring outside the lines can illuminate fresh perspectives. And that small details yield important realizations. Above all, we believe that collaboration is the best way forward.

Primary Responsibilities

In the role of Environmental Scientist, we'll count on you to

• Work on a wide variety of environmental compliance and natural resources projects as they relate to water resources, transportation and development projects

• Collect project-related data, which may include research, conducting surveys for listed species, interviews with government agencies and clients, map reviews, field investigations for wetlands, land use, etc

• Work independently on small to medium-size projects, or assist more-senior scientists on larger projects involving 404 permits, NEPA documentation, biological assessments and other environmental compliance efforts.

• Assist senior and mid-level scientists or champion efforts involving the field collection of natural resource data

• Assimilate and manage data

• Make independent decisions on problems and methods to perform assignments relating to environmental impact assessment/compliance and project management, increasing in complexity over time

• Perform other duties as needed

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Biology, Forestry, Natural Science or related field

• Demonstrates curiosity for learning

• Demonstrates excitement towards inquiry of state and federal regulation and guidance and procedure documents to better understand why

• Critical thinking and problem solving

• Has a second nature to apply lessons learned from previous projects/tasks in desire for continuous improvement

• Takes pride in quality of work

• Strives to improve processes

• Self-driven communicator in team-oriented situations

• Observant / detail oriented

• Demonstrated technical writing ability

• Self-motivated and driven to excel beyond job description

• Basic MS Office experience

• ESRI software experience - cartography skills and experience applying geospatial tools to process/analyze data to solve problems / improve processes

• Google Earth experience

• Data management and file organization skills

• General awareness of publicly available natural resource dataset and experience with interacting and interpreting it

• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Preferred Qualifications

• Familliarity with wetland delineation (1987 USACE Manual & Midwest and Great Plains Regional Supplements)

• Environmental impact analysis experience

• Experience working for or with regulatory agencies

• Other field biology experience such as Threatened and Endangered Species / habitat surveys, raptor surveys, plant identification of common northern plains species.

• More advance MS Office experience

• Willingness to travel up to one week at a time

• 3+ years of experience

Why HDR

At HDR, we know work isn't only about who you work for; it's also about what you do and how you do it. Led by the strength of our values and a culture shaped by employee ownership, we network with each other, build on each other's contributions, and collaborate together to make great things possible. When you join HDR, we give you license to do the same. We help you take charge of your career, giving you multiple growth opportunities along the way.