Botanist (Finance)

Job Description

Take Your Environmental Career to the Next Level

Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Environmental team is looking for you! From environmental planning, permitting, remediation, and site characterization to chemical data management and hydrogeology, Kleinfelder offers a variety of services designed to provide technically appropriate and cost-effective solutions.

Step into Your New Role

Kleinfelder is seeking a Mid-Level Botanist with a natural science background to join one of our Northern California office locations.

Working as part of a team, the successful candidate will lead protocol-level botanical surveys, botanical habitat assessments, vegetation characterization and mapping, and/or wetland ecology, while preparing technical reports and coordinating field and project activities for public and private clients. This hybrid position is mainly field based, with approximately 50-70% fieldwork (including overnight travel within California, up to 50% based on location) and approximately 30-50% office work. Project work will primarily be related to utilities, and involve field surveys, permit compliance, project monitoring, field coordination, prepare reports, and provide coordination support.

This position offers significant potential for professional development and advancement. Successful candidates may have the opportunity to grow into project management roles, Resource Specialist roles (e.g., special status species, wetlands, arborist) or a combination of both. This will allow them to expand their skills and responsibilities within the organization. Kleinfelder has an internal training program for staff motivated to pursue project management.

Potential candidates should be able to work effectively in team environments to accomplish botanical survey goals, and as solo operators to accomplish small to mid-sized tasks with adequate instruction.

Candidates with additional experience and qualifications above the minimums described here will be welcomed and considered.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMPETENCIES:

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Lead and conduct: protocol-level botanical field surveys of various size; invasive weed surveys, mapping, and monitoring; vegetation characterizations and mapping; pre-construction surveys
• Implement rare plant mitigation and monitoring during vegetation management and construction activities
• Accurate data collection; provide concise and clear field reports
• Preparation of technical reports
• Utilize electronic data collection techniques, managing field data, and supporting data analysis and interpretation
• Maintain clear, respectful, and timely communication with project managers, team members, and construction crews during assigned monitoring tasks
• Participate in meetings and conference calls as requested.
• Travel to field locations requiring overnight stays
• Safe work practices

Position Requirements:

• 3-6 years of relevant professional work experience, including research, fieldwork, or lab environments related to specific plant species, ecosystems, or using scientific methods. At least 3 years of this experience must be fieldwork with plants or ecosystems.
• Experience with plant species in Northern California; experience with site-identification of plants and plant communities in the field
• Proficient with plant identification tools, including dichotomous keys and electronic flora databases such as The Jepson eFlora, CalFlora, CNPS A Manual of California Vegetation Online, etc.
• Strong technical writing and editing skills
• Excellent communication skills, including in-person, virtual, verbal, and written communication skills Organized and detail-oriented

• A valid U.S. Driver's license, clean driving record, and ability to safely drive to job sites
• Ability to work long field days (10-12 hours) when needed during peak season

• Availability to travel within California

Education:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Botany, Biology, Environmental Science or related degree
• Additional specialized coursework, training, or certifications in areas such as ecology, plant conservation, wetland delineation, or certified arborist is preferred, but not required

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• 3-6 years of experience of relevant professional work experience, including 2+ years of professional environmental consulting experience
• Ability to manage multiple tasks or projects simultaneously, with experience overseeing project timelines, coordinating team efforts, and ensuring deliverables are met within established timelines.
• Experience writing technical reports documenting rare plant surveys, floristics inventories, vegetation classification and mapping, invasive plant species management, ecological restoration plan, and/or vegetation monitoring and management
• Certified wetland delineator
• Certified arborist
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel, and Adobe Pro
• Quick, innovative thinking to resolve complications that may arise
• Experience navigating and reviewing results from CNDDB Bios and CNPS Rare Plant Index; preparing tables and analyzing potential for rare plants to occur at specific project locations
• Experience preparing permit applications and technical reports in support of permit compliance; professional experience coordinating with various agencies (i.e. California Department of Fish, Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Move Forward with Kleinfelder

Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients' transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 85 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose - together, we deliver.

Progress with an Employer that Values You

Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:

Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays. The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the California Pay Transparency Law. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience. Salary range: $52,656 - $87,906.

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.

Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES

Please note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.

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