SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST (SPECIALIST)

Job Description and Duties

The Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), Inland Deserts Region has an exciting opportunity for an outgoing, independent, and highly motivated Limited Term Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist, or a Limited Term Environmental Scientist to serve as an integral part of the Habitat Conservation Cannabis Unit team.

For the Limited Term Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist under the direction of the Unit Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisory), and for the Limited Term Environmental Scientist under close supervision of the Unit Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisory) will work implementing the Lake and Streambed Alteration program (LSA) function, review and comment on projects under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Endangered Species Act (CESA) permits, and water rights applications for cannabis cultivation and licensing projects in Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.

Specified activities require knowledge of California fish and wildlife resources, ecological principles, lake and stream processes and permitting and California environmental laws.

This position is 12 months Limited Term (LT) and may be extended up to 18 months or become permanent.

If you currently have permanent status in your position and have passed probation, you have mandatory reinstatement rights into your former position at the end of this LT appointment.

If you have not had prior permanent or probationary civil service status, you will be separated from State service.

This position is posted in the following counties : San Bernardino,Riverside, Orange, Los Angeles, Inyo, Mono, Imperial You only need to apply to one county

Re-advertisement : This position is being re ad-vertised. If you previously applied, your application is being considered and you do not need to re-apply

In order to be eligible for this position, you must either be transfer eligible or take and pass the following exam : Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist)

or ENVROMENTAL SCIENTIST

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Working Conditions

• Ability to use a computer keyboard and Microsoft Office software up to eight hours each day; complete office tasks that require sitting, standing, and walking to other locations;
• attend meetings and conference calls; visit project sites requiring driving a vehicle travel of up to four or more hours each way and sometimes including early mornings and late nights;
• willingness to work long hours, sometimes including early mornings, late nights and weekends; occasional overnight travel to reach some meeting or field locations;
• hiking over uneven and possibly steep or wet terrain at project sites for reconnaissance and biological monitoring; may include operation of or being a passenger on a boat;

occasional travel of two or more days per week. Field work may include driving a 4-wheel drive vehicle or hiking long distances in rugged terrain.

Must be able to work in the field in varying types of terrain, under inclement weather conditions, and at various times of day or night as required by field work protocols.

Must be comfortable with carrying and moving with a 25 30-pound backpack over uneven terrain, and operating equipment in uneven terrain and inclement weather.

Must possess and maintain a valid Class C driver’s license and be able to operate a car, all-terrain vehicle, or 4WD vehicles.

Must maintain in good order all issued program vehicles, equipment, machinery, and computers. This position is required to be in office one day per week and two additional days per month with the option to telework the remainder of the time as duties allow and with supervisor approval.

This position will be based out of CDFW Regional office in Ontario, CA (San Bernardino County)

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