WHO WE ARE
Supported by more than 3,000 employees in nearly 100 locations across the United States, Michael Baker International provides a full continuum of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction, and program management. Our clients include U.S. federal, state, and municipal governments; foreign allied governments; and a wide range of commercial clients. Michael Baker is committed to delivering a standard of excellence that fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration and technological advancement to help solve our clients' complex challenges.

PLANNING/ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE
We create, integrate, visualize, and communicate planning concepts as they move from the initial vision through implementation. Our planning professionals build strong client partnerships, working with residents, businesses, developers, educational and medical organizations, state and local governments, the military and other federal agencies to successfully plan the future of their communities or institutions. At Michael Baker International, we focus on people and places, improving communities and creating more sustainable, convenient, equitable, healthful, efficient, and attractive places.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Michael Baker is seeking a highly motivated Candidate with the ability to work on multiple large-scale projects, support on business development/marketing, and expand Michael Baker's Natural Resources capabilities from its Santa Ana, California office. The ideal Candidate for the Biologist position would have experience conducting a variety of field surveys, construction monitoring, habitat assessments, and focused surveys, with additional experience evaluating or conducting jurisdictional delineations also considered beneficial. The ability to effectively and accurately assess and describe project details in both routine communications as well as in survey reports is a must. In this position, some days will be in the office and others may be in the field. The Candidate would assist with day-to-day projects at the direction of Michael Baker's Natural Resources Department Managers. Although most field work is planned well in advance, there are times when short notice (e.g., 24 hours) is provided and staff are expected to be flexible to meet project needs. The successful Candidate would be part of a team that provides assistance with a variety of projects associated with biological resources, habitat restoration, regulatory permitting, land development (e.g., residential, commercial, industrial), public works (e.g., flood control, transportation, water resources), and other projects. The Candidate will be part of a growing environmental planning team, working alongside a team of biologists, regulatory specialists, environmental planners, GIS analysts, landscape architects, engineers, and hydrologists.

Typical tasks may include, but not be limited to:
•Biological analysis, vegetation mapping, wildlife and botanical surveys, fieldwork/data collection, clearance surveys including nesting birds, and biological compliance and construction monitoring
•Technical research and report writing (e.g., biological technical reports, MSHCP/NCCP consistency analyses, habitat mitigation and monitoring plans, biological constraints analyses, existing conditions memos)
•Habitat restoration and monitoring support
•Stream/wetland mapping and jurisdictional delineations
•Regulatory permit applications preparation and consultation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Bureau of Land Management, and other regional agencies (not required, but beneficial as workshare/cross training is encouraged)

QUALIFICATIONS:
•Bachelor's degree in Biology, Zoology, Botany, Ecology, Natural Resource Management, or related field is required
•2-5 years of experience with biological services-oriented work including involvement and proficiency with regulatory compliance and permitting such as CEQA/NEPA, CWA, MBTA, CFGC, and FESA/CESA for a variety of development, restoration, and mitigation projects
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required, along with the ability to develop technical sections and coordinate and manage preparation for environmental assessments, management plans, and other environmental studies and documents
•Strong background in terrestrial ecology to perform biological resource evaluations, assess habitat usage and potential project-related impacts, and as necessary provide recommendations on appropriate mitigation
•Experience conducting or leading biology surveys, including vegetation mapping and focused species surveys
•Experience conducting or leading biological monitoring for construction/restoration projects
•Experience working with a team and independently
•Strong computer user skills using the Microsoft Office Suite are required
•Possession of take permits for special-status species is not required but will be considered beneficial to the Candidate
•Familiarity with nesting bird survey techniques and the ability to recognize nesting behavior and locate bird nests is not required but will be considered beneficial to the Candidate

MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL EEO STATEMENT
Michael Baker International is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.
EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world's most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 80 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with nearly 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.

We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.

We Make a Difference.

Michael Baker International is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. As a covered federal contractor, Michael Baker International is required to comply with Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, and its implementing guidelines. This includes ensuring that all covered employees are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, except in limited circumstances where there is a legal entitlement to an accommodate. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.

EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.Michael Baker is seeking a highly motivated Candidate with the ability to work on multiple large-scale projects, support on business development/marketing, and expand Michael Baker's Natural Resources capabilities from its Santa Ana, California office. The ideal Candidate for the Biologist position would have experience conducting a variety of field surveys, construction monitoring, habitat assessments, and focused surveys, with additional experience evaluating or conducting jurisdictional delineations also considered beneficial.