On-Call Fisheries Biologist

Senior Fisheries Biologist On-Call

OR, WA or Remote within PNW

We are the Environment & Planning Division. We are passionate about doing what’s right for our clients, our people, the communities where we live and work, and the environment. We are planners, scientists, program managers, communicators, economists, technologists, and strategists. We are collaborative, curious, and committed to excellence—these are qualities we value that make us who we are and inspire us to grow.  If you perform well in a fast-paced, engaging and collaborative environment, and would like to work with a diverse team of industry professionals, we encourage you to learn more about ICF (www.icf.com) and consider applying to join our team.      

This Senior Fisheries Biologist will sit within the Pacific Northwest Fisheries & Aquatics team, within the Ecosystem Analytics Planning and Design group. The Pacific Northwest Fisheries & Aquatics team assists clients with a range of services including river management, restoration and culvert removal prioritization, hatchery planning, freshwater mussel and offshore aquaculture science, and regulatory compliance, using ecosystem modeling, field, eDNA and research techniques along with regulatory knowledge.

Job Description

The Pacific Northwest Fisheries & Aquatics team is currently seeking to fill an on-call senior fisheries biologist position in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) with a regulatory focus. Work may be based out of an ICF office, remote or hybrid pending location. You will have a technical focus and contribute to a range of projects across PNW ICF teams that require fisheries and regulatory support. With wide-ranging clients, projects may be focused on a variety of sectors including forestry science, river management, culvert evaluation and removal prioritization, fisheries and hatcheries, restoration planning, offshore wind operations, dam operations, transportation, or others. Work may include research, writing, facilitation, and data-analysis. Strong communication and time-management skills are required. Regulatory experience could include support of projects focused on the Endangered Species Act Section 7 and/or Section 10, National Environmental Policy Act, State Environmental Policy Act(s), California Environmental Quality Act, Clean Water Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, or others.

About On-Call Employment with ICF

Given the seasonal or project-specific nature of our environmental work, ICF often hires environmental professionals as “On-Call” employees. On-Call employees are scheduled for work hours as they become available (we usually schedule work hours a few weeks ahead of time), and each on-call employee is free to accept or refuse the hours assigned to them in a given week. On-Call employees may work concurrent projects outside of their ICF assignment (along as their outside work does not create a conflict of interest with the work, they do for ICF).

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of post-grad experience in fisheries biology or 2+ with a graduate degree

• B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife, Environmental Science, Biology, or a similar field

Desired Qualifications

• M.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife, Environmental Science, Biology, or a similar field

• Strong working knowledge of PNW fish species, including salmonids.

• Experience working on multiple types of regulatory documents.

• Experience as lead technical writer on fisheries regulatory documents

• Research experience in the fisheries and aquatics field outside of regulatory contexts

• Support for fisheries and aquatics sections of regulatory analyses

• Familiarity with Washington and Oregon and/or California environmental resources and associated regulatory environment

• Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office suite of software (Word, Excel)

Why you will love working here

• Quality of life: Flexible workplace arrangements, work-life balance

• Investment of the community: Donation matching, volunteer opportunities

• Investment in you: Tuition reimbursement, access to professional development resources, 401k matching, Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• And many, many more (Ask your recruiter for more details!)

This is an outstanding opportunity to work with talented and passionate individuals and to grow with a firm that believes in nurturing talent and developing long-term career success. ICF is a purpose driven company with a strong culture and underlying values that prize diversity, opportunity, equality, and respect. Our core values include Embracing Differences, and we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces and hires dimensions of differences.

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Working at ICF

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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position is:

$72,402.00 - $123,084.00

Seattle, WA (WA25)