Forest / Riparian Ecologist

Fantastic opportunity for an experienced Forest / Riparian Ecologist to lead projects targeted towards forest management, silviculture methods, riparian and upland prescription development, fuels treatment, and riparian restoration across the Pacific Northwest! This unique position offers opportunities to work on habitat restoration projects, technical assessments, multi-disciplinary research, GIS modeling, and project management. This is a full-time position based out of the Fish Ecology Lab in Portland, OR, with telework opportunities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Apply and understanding of federal, state, and local regulatory requirements to determine permitting strategies for projects.
• Conduct research and prepare sections of NEPA documents (e.g., Environmental Assessments).
• Analyze environmental impacts from forest management and describe them for environmental reports.
• Ability to track, manage, and prioritize workload and clearly communicate progress and status of tasks to project team and project managers.
• Write, review, and interpret technical reports and data on fuel reduction, silviculture, harvest prescriptions and summarize them.
• Lead the development of upland and riparian forest prescriptions.
• Oversee project implementation, including contract and construction management.
• Conduct field investigations.
• Harvest unit layout with proposed logging systems and prescriptions.
• Conduct common stand exams, cruising, harvest inspection, and preparing sales.
• Work on project teams to accomplish goals in other scientific disciplines.
• Mentor and work collaboratively with technical staff.
• Lead proposal and business development activities.

Education/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree and a combination of academic and field experience in Forest Management/Forest Resources.
• Knowledge of the principles of silviculture, fuels/fire, and forest resources management.
• Strong GIS skills, especially in spatial analysis.
• Valid Driver’s License

Preferred Experience

• 5+ years of experience in forest management, fuels/fires, silviculture, and conducting technical studies and preparing environmental reports.
• Certification as a Forester.
• Experience conducting statistical analysis using R or similar platform.
• Experience conducting NEPA analysis for EA’s or EIS’.
• Experience in environmental consulting.
• Experience performing technical studies in the Pacific Northwest.
• Experience in road layout, drainage, hydrology, and unstable slope assessment
• Experience in water typing.
• Experience and an understanding of the Northwest Forest Plan and monitoring protocols for USFS Region 6.
• Experience with forest stewardship.
• Familiarity with Pacific Northwest environmental regulations and permit application process.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands:

• Must be comfortable working in forests and aquatic environments including working from a boat, swimming, wading in rivers and streams.
• Must be able to walk long distances and across a variety of terrains, including uneven surfaces.
• Must be able to climb, jump, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl in a variety of weather conditions.
• Must be able to drive safely on non-paved roads in inclement weather, including hot, cold, rain, fog, and smoky conditions.
• Must be able to lift 30 pounds.
• Long periods of computerized data analysis in an office environment.
• Travel to remote areas for 4-5 days at a time.

ABOUT CRAMER FISH SCIENCES: We are a fisheries research consulting firm serving throughout the Pacific States and Idaho. We are a growing, employee-owned company whose mission is to rigorously apply scientific methods to afford our clients innovative, robust solutions to address a variety of fisheries and environmental challenges. Our team achieves this through effective and unbiased data collection, insightful analysis and interpretation, and clear communications and publication of results in scientific journals.

COMPENSATION: $80,721 – $129,366 depending upon experience. 401 (k) has a 3% match and full vesting after one year. The annual cash bonus has a 3% target. Benefit package includes: medical, dental, vision, basic life, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance programs, PTO, paid company holidays, and other various voluntary benefits.

ESOP: CFS is a 100% employee-owned company. Our employee stock option plan (ESOP) is a qualified defined contribution plan. Our target ESOP contribution is 5%. Eligibility is after one year of service with an entry date of Jan 1 or July 1.

DEI: Diversifying our profession is a vital and on-going journey and we are committed to fostering a culture that embraces and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Cramer Fish Sciences is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.