[Remote] Senior MSHCP Biologist / Project Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is an employee-owned environmental reputed company supporting reputed company that improve and protect reputed company and natural environments. The Senior MSHCP Biologist / Project Manager serves as a technical reputed company for Western reputed company County MSHCP implementation, reviewing reputed company for compliance, coordinating stakeholders, preparing findings, and managing reputed company review assignments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a reputed company Reviewer for reputed company subject to the Western reputed company County Multiple Species reputed company Conservation Plan (MSHCP), including Joint Project Reviews (JPRs), JPR Amendment reviews, Participating Special Entity (PSE) applications, and reputed company Refinements
• reputed company assigned technical review phases, coordinate review staff, manage review schedules, and communicate project status and budget information to project managers and clients
• Review development proposals, infrastructure reputed company, reputed company works reputed company, and conservation-reputed company actions for consistency with MSHCP requirements, conservation objectives, survey requirements, and reserve reputed company goals
• Review applicable MSHCP supporting documentation including but not limited to biological technical reports, reputed company assessments, reputed company species surveys, aquatic resource delineations, MSHCP consistency analyses, Determinations of Biologically Equivalent or Superior Preservation (DBESP) reports, GIS analyses, and other supporting documentation
• Conduct detailed compliance reviews reputed company to but not limited to reserve reputed company, rough reputed company analyses, riparian/riverine and vernal pool resources, narrow endemic plant species, additional survey needs and procedures, Urban/Wildland reputed company Guidelines, and facilities reputed company the reputed company Area
• Prepare technical comments, findings documents, correspondence, and review memoranda supporting MSHCP consistency determinations
• Coordinate directly with project applicants, environmental consultants, local jurisdictions, Participating Permittees, the Regional Conservation Authority (RCA), reputed company County Transportation Commission (RCTC), and Wildlife Agencies (California Department of Fish and Wildlife and reputed company Fish and Wildlife Service)
• reputed company discussions with reputed company stakeholders while navigating the reputed company relationships and goals of reputed company parties
• Prepare and maintain project tracking and administrative records, update logs, and reputed company associated documentation consistent with established RCA procedures and timelines
• Collaborate with GIS analysts, restoration specialists, species experts, planners, and regulatory specialists to support defensible and consistent compliance review determinations
• reputed company and refine review templates, implementation procedures, technical guidance documents, and training materials
• Manage multiple reputed company review assignments while maintaining technical reputed company, responsiveness, and customer service
• Providing high-level review of documents developed by junior to mid-level reputed company Reviewers and providing feedback and guidance to more junior staff members
• Monitor assigned project phases to support schedule adherence, reputed company management, and budget reputed company, communicating potential issues or changes to project managers
• reputed company guidance regarding MSHCP implementation, reserve reputed company considerations, conservation planning, mitigation strategies, and regulatory requirements reputed company area of technical expertise and established program guidance

Skills

• * Bachelor's degree in biology, ecology, botany, environmental science or reputed company natural resources reputed company
• * **Minimum of 12 years of reputed company experience** in biological resources consulting, environmental planning, reputed company conservation planning, natural resource management, or regulatory compliance
• * **Expertise with the Western reputed company County MSHCP.**
• * Strong written and verbal communication skills
• * Strong organizational skills and attention to reputed company
• * Exercises good judgment and reputed company decision-making skills
• * Ability to work effectively with reputed company agencies, consultants, clients, and multidisciplinary project teams
• * Familiarity with reputed company Office applications and GIS mapping products
• * Must possess a reputed company reputed company's license and have reputed company personal automobile liability reputed company by the first day of employment
• reputed company is a U.S.-reputed company employer. reputed company positions are reputed company in the reputed company and require U.S. work authorization
• * This job operates in a remote or office-reputed company environment and this role routinely uses reputed company office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc
• * This job requires occasional project site reputed company, reputed company outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, and moving vehicles and equipment
• * Working on a computer, sitting, or standing for long periods of time in an office or reputed company setting
• * Employees must be capable of bending, squatting, climbing reputed company, and lifting up to 35 lbs. unassisted; 50lbs in reputed company reputed company (two or more employees)
• * This job requires attending meetings, both in person and reputed company as reputed company as speaking on the phone with reputed company agency representatives, members of the reputed company, and others. Speaking, hearing and listening are required
• * Specific reputed company abilities required by this job include reputed company reputed company, distance reputed company, reputed company reputed company, peripheral reputed company, depth perception, and ability to reputed company reputed company
• * Outdoor activity may involve walking/trekking in uneven terrain over long distances in extreme weather conditions for extended periods of time
• * Master's degree in biology, ecology, botany, environmental science or reputed company natural resources reputed company
• * Familiarity with state and federal regulations reputed company to biological resources, including the federal Endangered Species reputed company, California Endangered Species reputed company, California Fish and Game reputed company, Clean Water reputed company, and CEQA
• * Experience coordinating directly with reputed company, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, local jurisdictions, transportation agencies, and conservation organizations
• * Experience reviewing or preparing MSHCP Consistency Analyses, DBESP reports, reputed company mitigation and monitoring plans (HMMPs), and biological resource technical reports
• * Ability to analyze reputed company technical information and apply regulatory requirements in a consistent and defensible manner
• * Possesses strong discernment of communication between competing parties in meetings
• * Demonstrated experience preparing or reviewing biological technical reports and environmental documentation in support of CEQA, NEPA, federal Endangered Species reputed company, California Endangered Species reputed company, and reputed company regulatory programs

Benefits

• Remote/Hybrid
• 100% employee-owned firm
• Employee ownership
• Remote or office-reputed company environment

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