Environmental Scientist/Bat Ecologist
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Your Opportunity
Stantec’s Kansas City office is seeking a mid-level Environmental Scientist/Bat Ecologist to provide environmental field surveys, reporting, and permitting support for clients in the transportation, renewable energy, electric transmission, and other business sectors. Successful applicants will assist our team of environmental professionals on environmental impact analysis, bat surveys, acoustic analyses and statistical analyses to support environmental services projects. Consulting activities include designing research studies, analyzing data through simple linear modeling, modeling population dynamics, estimating abundance of sensitive species, and assessing the impact of construction and operational actions on natural resources.
As an Environmental Scientist/Bat Ecologist, you will work in a highly dynamic team environment with other biologists/ecologists/water resource specialists, ecosystem restoration engineers, NEPA specialists, environmental planners, and regulatory experts. The ideal applicant will lead bat mist net and acoustic surveys as needed.
We are open to candidates who reside in the Midwest and Great Plains region. This position will include opportunities for both field and office (remote) work; it may involve extensive travel and several weeks in the field and away from home.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Bat mist-net surveys
- Bat acoustic surveys
- Equipment diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Acoustic data analysis
- Including, but not limited to\: noise removal, species identification, and activity index calculation
- Writing technical reports for client and regulatory agency review (survey summaries, risk assessments, conservation plans)
- Ability to produce graphics and summarize analytical results
- Vegetation inventories/monitoring
- Wildlife surveys and habitat assessments
- Wildlife radio-tracking
- Background data reviews
- Environmental permit applications
- Endangered resource record reviews
- GPS data collection and mapping support
- ArcGIS online mapping and data collection applications
- Record, enter, organize, manage, and analyze data