AECOM's Natural Resources team is seeking a Mid-level Biologist (Biologist III) to support environmental permitting and compliance coordination for various clients. We are seeking an experienced and motivated candidate to take on this career-defining opportunity. As part of this important role, you will support numerous aspects of natural resource management with a focus on environmental compliance for multiple clients throughout California and potentially other regions within the Western U.S.This position is primarily office based (approximately 90%+) located in our San Diego, CA office with a hybrid work option.The successful candidate will have:<ul><li>Strong working knowledge of environmental regulatory requirements for projects in California.</li><li>Strong interpersonal, organizational, creative problem-solving, collaboration and leadership skills.</li><li>Experience contributing to a diverse team of professionals.</li><li>Experience managing environmental studies for large, complex projects in multiple locations.</li><li>Experience working with design teams to avoid, minimize and streamline environmental regulatory permitting.</li><li>Ability to apply acquired expertise and knowledge to solve business challenges. </li><li>Experience coordinating with construction contacts and cross-disciplinary teams of environmental specialists to implement environmental permitting requirements.</li></ul>Key responsibilities:<ul><li>Maintains project level tracking of environmental tasks and/or compliance requirements across a broad portfolio of similar linear utility projects.</li><li>Available for or delegates issue resolution in support of construction activities, which may require irregular early morning, late evening and/or weekend work hours on occasion.</li><li>Possess knowledge of major state and federal and major regulatory frameworks as well as knowledge of regional conservation planning and apply to assigned tasks.</li><li>Support planning and execution of environmental review and technical studies, including biological and aquatic resources.</li><li>Conduct technical writing assignments such as Biological Technical Reports, Mitigation and Monitoring Plans, Natural Environment Studies, Biological Assessments, and/or EIR/EIS sections.</li><li>Perform assignments that require background in wildlife ecology and/or botany and ecological processes.</li><li>May be assigned biological survey fieldwork as part of a team and alone in coastal, inland, and desert environments, which can include rugged terrain.</li><li>Identify and record native and non-native fauna and/or flora in the field.   </li><li>Utilize electronic data collection methods and manage data, as needed.</li><li>Function as part or larger team focused on design, permitting, land rights acquisition and environmental, collaborate to obtain project approval in timely fashion.</li><li>Oversee and contribute to preparation of environmental technical reports that meet the requirements of local governments and jurisdictions, governing agencies or any other relevant entities.</li><li>Work with client to support external agency communications and submittals.</li><li>Serve as subject matter expert on matters related to biological and aquatic resources and/or regulations.</li><li>Coordinate with project managers to ensure engineering plans and/or proposed construction methods meet requirements of agencies.</li><li>Inform other internal functional groups about requirements and regulations related to environmental issues to assist with compliance with general conditions of approvals at permit and construction stages of the project, and to meet project timelines.</li><li>Manage internal and external project status reporting; Participate in project and team meetings.</li><li>Work under supervision of senior project managers or senior-level team members.</li></ul>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 span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems.

AECOM is the world&rsquo;s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle &ndash; 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.

Mid-level Biologist 

AECOM's Natural Resources team&nbsp;is seeking a&nbsp;Mid-level Biologist (Biologist III) to support environmental permitting and compliance coordination for various clients. We are seeking an experienced and motivated candidate to take on this career-defining opportunity. As part of this important role, you will support numerous aspects of natural resource management with a focus on environmental compliance for multiple clients throughout California and potentially other regions within the Western U.S.This position is primarily office based (approximately 90%+) located in our San Diego, CA office with a hybrid work option.The successful candidate will have:<ul><li>Strong working knowledge of environmental regulatory requirements for projects in California.</li><li>Strong interpersonal, organizational, creative problem-solving, collaboration and leadership skills.</li><li>Experience contributing to a diverse team of professionals.</li><li>Experience managing environmental studies for large, complex projects in multiple locations.</li><li>Experience working with design teams to avoid, minimize and streamline environmental regulatory permitting.</li><li>Ability to apply acquired expertise and knowledge to solve business challenges.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience coordinating with construction contacts and cross-disciplinary teams of environmental specialists to implement environmental permitting requirements.</li></ul>Key responsibilities:<ul><li>Maintains project level tracking of environmental tasks and/or compliance requirements across a broad portfolio of similar linear utility projects.</li><li>Available for or delegates issue resolution in support of construction activities, which may require irregular early morning, late evening and/or weekend work hours on occasion.</li><li>Possess knowledge of major state and federal and major regulatory frameworks as well as knowledge of regional conservation planning and apply to assigned tasks.</li><li>Support planning and execution of environmental review and technical studies, including biological and aquatic resources.</li><li>Conduct technical writing assignments such as Biological Technical Reports, Mitigation and Monitoring Plans, Natural Environment Studies, Biological Assessments, and/or EIR/EIS sections.</li><li>Perform assignments that require background in wildlife ecology and/or botany and ecological processes.</li><li>May be assigned biological survey fieldwork as part of a team and alone in coastal, inland, and desert environments, which can include rugged terrain.</li><li>Identify and record native and non-native fauna and/or flora in the field.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Utilize electronic data collection methods and manage data, as needed.</li><li>Function as part or larger team focused on design, permitting, land rights acquisition and environmental, collaborate to obtain project approval in timely fashion.</li><li>Oversee and contribute to preparation of environmental technical reports that meet the requirements of local governments and jurisdictions, governing agencies or any other relevant entities.</li><li>Work with client to support external agency communications and submittals.</li><li>Serve as subject matter expert on matters related to biological and aquatic resources and/or regulations.</li><li>Coordinate with project managers to ensure engineering plans and/or proposed construction methods meet requirements of agencies.</li><li>Inform other internal functional groups about requirements and regulations related to environmental issues to assist with compliance with general conditions of approvals at permit and construction stages of the project, and to meet project timelines.</li><li>Manage internal and external project status reporting; Participate in project and team meetings.</li><li>Work under supervision of senior project managers or senior-level team members.</li></ul>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. &nbsp;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.&nbsp;Our global clients and their projects span a variety of market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems.

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