Biological Monitor - Harris & Associates

For more than 40 years, Harris & Associates has helped to improve communities and create better places to live through smart, safe, more sustainable planning, design and construction solutions. Harris is a 100% employee-owned company focused on solving today's complex challenges in planning, design, and construction. Our offices and project sites span the West Coast in California, Nevada, Hawaii, and Washington with a staff of over 250 employee-owners focused on serving clients in the municipal, water, transportation, and education markets.

If you're a driven professional looking for a collaborative environment, work that makes a difference, and a firm that invests heavily in your growth, you could be a perfect fit for Harris & Associates.

Harris is hiring for a Biological Monitor who will be onsite during ground-disturbing activities that have potential to affect biological resources and will be the principal agent(s) in the direct implementation of project environmental documents and permits.

Responsibilities

• Environmental (biological) compliance monitoring during active construction
• Regular inspections for compliance with all measures and conditions relating to biological and environmental resources and considerations in approved project documents and permits
• Documentation of project compliances and non-compliances in daily, weekly, and monthly reports
• Write annual reports of project environmental compliance
• Communicate with mitigation manager, general contractor, construction personnel
• Communicate and coordinate with project biologists conducting sensitive species surveys
• Interpreting and monitoring sensitive species behavior to provide information critical to project activities to project biologist and mitigation manager
• Working in extreme temperatures in a desert environment

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor of Science degree in field related to Biology, Ecology, or Natural Resources
• At least one year of construction monitoring experience
• General knowledge and experience identifying plants and wildlife of Coachella Valley
• Map reading and field survey techniques
• Highly motivated with excellent documentation skills, interpersonal skills, and communication skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Experience with sensitive wildlife and plant species of the Coachella Valley, including, but not limited to, western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia ssp. hypugaea)
• Experience with nesting bird surveys, and identification of breeding bird behavior

Work Environment
The incumbent must be capable of working in temperature extremes for long hours and be able to handle strenuous physical activity and conditions (i.e., hiking for hours a day while carrying equipment). This position may require to move objects up to 30 pounds. 

Compensation & Benefits
The hourly range offered for this position is between $35-$60/hour, dependent on the experience and expertise of the incoming candidate. 

In addition to base salary, we also offer:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• ESOP
• 401K Match
• PTO, 8 Paid Holidays "1 WorkAversary" paid holiday to celebrate you!
• Health & Well-Being Allowance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible/hybrid work plans (if/when applicable to your position/project)

We offer competitive salaries and benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. Harris & Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability) and provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.

Harris expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

 

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