Description

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.

About ICF

One of ICF’s many offices around the world is Gillette - located in the heart of Wyoming’s energy producing Powder River Basin. The Gillette office is a small, biology-driven office composed of primarily wildlife biologists. The majority of their work is centered around the mining, oil and gas, and renewable energy industries in the Rocky Mountain Region. Gillette is an industrial town of approximately 35,000 people, and within driving distance of the famous Black Hills region, Devil’s Tower, and Big Horn Mountains. Nearest cities include Rapid City, SD, Billings, MT, and Casper, WY.

Hourly: $20 - $25 an hour

Season/On-Call Position: Expected to work up to 50 hours per week, guaranteed work!

Job Description

As a Vegetation/Wetland Technician, you will be responsible for floristic surveys, vegetation community mapping, noxious weed surveys, rare plant surveys, wetland delineations, and data entry. Field work is often performed on foot in rugged often hilly rocky terrain and the ability to hike long distances is required. The field work will require long and often irregular hours (potentially nights, early mornings, and some weekends) in potentially adverse weather conditions. Field work will be conducted in remote areas with the potential for over-night/extended travel. Technicians must be able to confidently identify western flora plant species including grasses, grass-likes, shrubs, forbs, trees, and wetland plant species. Technicians must have excellent navigational skills with GPS as well as maps and compass and be able to operate four-wheel drive trucks. Technicians will be required to work independently in the field, so dedication, resourcefulness, and accountability are essential skills for the position. While field work will be conducted independently, all work will be carried out as part of larger team effort and excellent communication skills and an ability to cooperate in a team are equally important qualities.

About On-Call (Seasonal) Employment with ICF

Given the seasonal or project-specific nature of our environmental work, ICF often hires environmental professionals as “On-Call” or seasonal employees. On-call employees are scheduled for work hours as they become available and suitable weather conditions permit (work is usually scheduled 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 are paid on an hourly basis and will be eligible for overtime pay per federal and state regulations. 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). Expected field work responsibilities to include 40-50+ hours per week from May through late June with the possibility of extension depending on potential projects. Work would be based out of the Gillette office but could require travel throughout the Rocky Mountain states. Travel is required for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Floristic surveys, vegetation plant community mapping, and wetland delineation.
  
• Soil profile descriptions related to wetland delineations.
  
• Record keeping, longhand field notes, and data entry.
  
• Work in a manner that promotes safety for yourself and others around you.
  
• Work collaboratively with project managers regarding availability and project completion.
  

Basic Qualifications:

• B.S. degree in range management, plant sciences, biology, or closely related field.
  
• Must be proficient in navigation using iPads, maps, and GPS.
  
• Must have a valid driver's license and be able to operate four-wheel drive trucks.
  
• Must be able to work independently in the field for extended periods of time, often with limited mobile phone reception.
  
• Have solid vegetation identification skills and proficiency with botanical keying.
  
• Ability to hike long distances (up to 12 miles per day), withstand cold/hot and windy conditions for long periods, and be able to lift heavy items (more than 30 lbs.) if needed for field safety.
  

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Strong knowledge of short-grass prairie/shrub-steppe vegetation preferred.
  
• Previous consulting experience or biological resources management.
  
• Previous experience conducting rare plant species surveys (threatened and endangered, proposed, candidate, and sensitive)
  
• Wetland delineation course/training
  
• Experience in or knowledge of conventional and renewable energy development industries.
  
• MSHA certified, preferred but not required.
  

Professional Skills:

• Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills
  
• Ability to multi-task and be flexible regarding the work schedule in a fast-paced environment
  
• Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information
  
• Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to analyze situations, identify existing or potential problems and recommend solutions
  
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to follow established field and data management protocols
  
• Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, Outlook, Excel), Esri FieldMaps programs
  

Working at ICF:

Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. Smart, compassionate, innovative, committed, ICF employees tackle unprecedented challenges to benefit people, businesses, and governments around the globe. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth. We are enthusiastic about doing what is 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.

ICF offers Paid Sick Leave and an optional retirement benefit for on-call employees, an award-winning talent development program, and fosters a highly skilled, energized, and empowered workforce. ICF is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. (EOE - Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) For a listing of other career opportunities at ICF, please visit our Career Center at https://www.icf.com/careers

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Working at ICF

Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. Smart, compassionate, innovative, committed, ICF employees tackle unprecedented challenges to benefit people, businesses, and governments around the globe. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth.

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building an inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to hiring regardless of any protected characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status, or military/veteran status. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO & AA policy .

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email icfcareercenter@icf.com and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Read more about non-discrimination: Know Your Rights and Pay Transparency Statement .

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 :
$43,697.00 - $74,285.00

Gillette, WY (WY01)