AMEC’s Environment & Infrastructure division is recruiting for a Senior Natural Resources Scientist or Planner for their Portland, Oregon office. Responsibilities include working with a team of dynamic professionals, including junior, intermediate and senior scientists/engineers to grow AMEC’s natural resources practice; client management, including communication through verbal and written correspondence; working with other business units, supporting their need for natural resources projects; preparing proposals, SOQ’s etc., individually and within a team environment. The team might consist of other environmental investigation professionals, or professionals from other offices; providing additional capabilities with regards to senior technical review; project management and successful execution of natural resources restoration in contaminated areas, including the development and maintenance of project scopes, schedules and budgets, and coordination of junior staff; preparation and/or review of technical correspondence, project proposals, technical reports, work plans, and project specifications including cost estimates and budgets; interpretation of environmental regulations and preparation of permits to successfully meet the client’s requirements; and opportunity to collaborate with other AMEC offices/environmental staff on projects in Western Canadian or international locations. For more information, click here and search Job Number 13481BR.

The Yosemite Environmental Science Research Training REU is available for eight students who will be recruited from UC Merced, colleges in the Central Valley of California, and colleges and universities nationwide. Student activities consist of individual research projects, spanning a broad range of disciplines such as Ecology, Geoscience, Biodiversity, Conservation, Restoration, Hydrology, and Engineering. Research training is provided by mentors from UCM (Schools of Natural Sciences, Engineering, and Social Sciences) and the USGS Western Ecological Research Center. Students also participate in a series of field trips led by teams of UCM, USGS, and NPS scientists focusing on Yosemite ad the Sierra Nevada. Finally the students attend a weekly seminar in Environmental Science. For more information, click here. The 2013 program will run from June 16th to August 17th. Applications are due by April 26, 2013.

A wetland field technician is needed to aid in monitoring greenhouse gas fluxes in the playa wetlands of Nebraska. Accepted applicant will be participating in collaborations among Oklahoma State University scientists and graduate students, Nebraska Games and Parks Commission personnel, and USGS personnel at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Responsibilities will primarily include biweekly sampling of greenhouse gas emissions from multiple wetlands spanning over a large area. Transportation and housing will be provided for the duration of the field season (April 1-October 31). Successful applicant will have the opportunity to gain valuable experience in wetland ecosystems and insight into regional conservation efforts. Salary is $9.00/hr- 40hr/wk. Successful applicants should have obtained or be working towards a Bachelor’s degree in biology, ecology, botany or related field. Applicant must be comfortable working independently in wilderness or rural settings. Willingness to work independently for long hours in the field is necessary. Looking to hire someone that can start immediately. For more information or to apply email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Washington University in St. Louis has an immediate need for an Associate Director of its environmental field station, Tyson Research Center. The Associate Director position is a full-time, 12 month, non-tenure-track academic position, and the successful candidate will participate in all aspects of the field station's mission and activities. Primary duties include facilitation and promotion of Tyson's academic mission of research, teaching, and outreach in environmental biology and related disciplines; development of an active research program at Tyson in the candidate's area of expertise and that involves Washington University undergraduate students; oversight, management, and planning of day-to-day support operations at Tyson, including supervision of 3-6 field station staff; and collaboration with the Director and other administrative and academic units at Washington University to plan and ensure the long-term success of Tyson as a unit of the University. Although non-tenure-track, this is a career academic position with significant opportunity for research, teaching, and outreach in environmental biology. For more information, click here. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by April 30, 2013 will receive full consideration.