AECOM is seeking an experienced Ecologist III/Statistician to join our California Natural Resources Group.  This is a part-time, on-call position that will report directly to our Southern California NR team.  Candidates may work remotely.This position would support numerous natural resource projects throughout the Western United States, including California, the Great Basin region, and the southwest. Primary duties will include ecological statistics and modeling to support risk assessments, permitting, and/or conservation planning. The position will support complex permitting and compliance projects focused on federally and/or state-listed and sensitive species.Responsibilities will require a working knowledge of advanced statistics and modeling with ecological applications. Skill sets required include including proficiency with statistical software (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS) and modeling approaches such as general linear and Bayesian models. Responsibilities will include collaborating with diverse project teams on a variety of types of projects. Other focuses may include supporting development of technical reports, conservation plans, and permit applications. Candidate will coordinate with clients and resource agency staff and participate in public review processes.Projects and clients can include renewable energy, transportation, utility and energy transmission sectors, with an emphasis on clients in the public sector such as federal and municipal entities.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:<ul><li>Supports projects with complex permitting needs and large-scale field efforts</li><li>Oversees or authors advanced technical documents such as conservation plans, permit applications, technical reports, etc.</li><li>Develops monitoring plans, avoidance/minimization strategies and adaptive management approaches for listed and sensitive species</li><li>Develops electronic data collection protocols and effectively manages large volumes of data</li><li>Establishes and oversees robust QA/QC protocols</li><li>Conducts modeling and analyses on large datasets to inform impact analyses and mitigation approaches, particularly for raptor impacts, and ultimately permitting approaches</li><li>Collaborates with large teams on project goals</li><li>Tracks project financial performance and identify trends and deviations to project team with recommended corrective courses of action</li><li>Operates as primary point of contact for clients and resource agencies on projects</li><li>Candidate will contribute to growth of department through marketing pursuits including proposal preparation, interviews, and business development</li><li>Develops work breakdown structure for control and integrity of work to be performed as and defined by the contract</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.

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Mid-level Ecologist/Statistician (on-call)

AECOM&nbsp;is seeking an experienced&nbsp;Ecologist III/Statistician&nbsp;to join our California Natural Resources Group.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is a part-time, on-call position that will report directly to our Southern California NR team.&nbsp; Candidates may work remotely.This position would support numerous natural resource projects throughout the Western United States, including California, the Great Basin region, and the southwest. Primary duties will include ecological statistics and modeling to support risk assessments, permitting, and/or conservation planning. The position will support complex permitting and compliance projects focused on federally and/or state-listed and sensitive species.Responsibilities will require a working knowledge of advanced statistics and modeling with ecological applications. Skill sets required include including proficiency with statistical software (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS) and modeling approaches such as general linear and Bayesian models. Responsibilities will include collaborating with diverse project teams on a variety of types of projects. Other focuses may include supporting development of technical reports, conservation plans, and permit applications. Candidate will coordinate with clients and resource agency staff and participate in public review processes.Projects and clients can include renewable energy, transportation, utility and energy transmission sectors, with an emphasis on clients in the public sector such as federal and municipal entities.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:<ul><li>Supports projects with complex permitting needs and large-scale field efforts</li><li>Oversees or authors advanced technical documents such as conservation plans, permit applications, technical reports, etc.</li><li>Develops monitoring plans, avoidance/minimization strategies and adaptive management approaches for listed and sensitive species</li><li>Develops electronic data collection protocols and effectively manages large volumes of data</li><li>Establishes and oversees robust QA/QC protocols</li><li>Conducts modeling and analyses on large datasets to inform impact analyses and mitigation approaches, particularly for raptor impacts, and ultimately permitting approaches</li><li>Collaborates with large teams on project goals</li><li>Tracks project financial performance and identify trends and deviations to project team with recommended corrective courses of action</li><li>Operates as primary point of contact for clients and resource agencies on projects</li><li>Candidate will contribute to growth of department through marketing pursuits including proposal preparation, interviews, and business development</li><li>Develops work breakdown structure for control and integrity of work to be performed as and defined by the contract</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.

Mid-level Ecologist/Statistician (on-call)

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