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AECOM Senior Botanist/ Project Manager in Oakland, California
Company Description
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Job Description
AECOM is seeking a highly talented Senior Botanist/Project Manager with experience in protocol-level botanical surveys, botanical habitat assessments, vegetation characterization and mapping, and/ or wetland ecology. This hybrid position is based in AECOM’s Oakland office and would support a variety of clients on projects throughout northern California.
The Natural Resources Department employs more than 35 staff, including botanists, wetland specialists, permitting specialists, and wildlife biologists. The Department is dynamic, energetic, and one where diligent work is rewarded. Project work at this office is primarily related to transportation, utilities, infrastructure, and restoration, and involves field surveys, restoration planning, environmental permitting, NEPA/CEQA compliance, and project monitoring.
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
Works closely with clients and internal staff on projects involving botanical resources protection, surveys, reporting, permitting, mitigation, and/or restoration.
Act as Project Manager on multiple projects, including responsible and timely management of budget, project tasks, schedules, and project teams. Operates as primary point of contact for clients on projects.
Utilize a background in botany to inform the preparation and senior review of technical reports.
Act as a senior lead for a variety of field surveys, such as protocol-level rare plant surveys; rare plant census counts; quantitative vegetation monitoring; botanical assessments; non-native invasive plant mapping and management; implementation of rare plant mitigation and monitoring; and/or vegetation classification and mapping.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level staff.
Contribute as an active and positive member of AECOM’s Environmental practice in the SF Bay Area.
About AECOM’s Environment Business Line
Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it. We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.
AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects are diverse and interesting. They span market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems within diverse community profiles.
AECOM’s Sustainable Legacies program describes our approach to the environment, social equity and governance (ESG.) We embed sustainability throughout our business and help clients embed sustainable practices into their work. We help clients reduce their impact on the environment, achieve compliance and reduce risks.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in botany, ecology, or other closely related discipline.
6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education with botanical field work and reporting.
Valid driver license required and must be able to safely drive to job sites.
Preferred Skills/Experience:
8 years of relevant experience in botanical field work and project management.
Experience as a Project Manager on projects involving botanical surveys or other environmental tasks.
Proficiency with Northern California flora; ability to sight-identify plants and plant communities in the field (terrestrial and aquatic habitats).
Possess fluency with plant identification tools including The Jepson eFlora and other dichotomous keys, local floras, the Manual of California Vegetation , and electronic resources (e.g. CalFlora, Jepson eFlora).
Excellent technical writing skills to prepare high-quality documents and conduct senior technical review of documents prepared by others.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate professionally in person, virtually, and through email to maintain positive relationships with managers, colleagues, subcontractors, and clients.
Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment where changing client priorities result in the need to determine creative ways to get the job done.
Marketing and proposal experience.
Knowledge of wetland ecology and/or wetland delineation experience.
Experience preparing scopes of work and cost estimates.
Experience in environmental permitting.
Additional Information
- Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship is required.
Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $110,000.00 - $130,000.00.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10126328
Business Line: Environment
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: West
Career Area: Science
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc