Environmental Scientist Jobs

Keystone is seeking an experienced Environmental Scientist to join a successful and expanding team of environmental professionals in Texas. The role of the Environmental Scientist will be to support multiple projects, complete and preferably lead technical fieldwork, draft reports, and manage key tasks while serving in a support role for multi-disciplinary projects managed by others.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Specifically, we are looking for a candidate with experience in some or all of the following:

• Stormwater Sampling and Investigations
• Threatened & Endangered Species Investigations
• Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecological Field Surveys
• Prepare written reports and permit applications (CWA, CZMA, NEPA, etc.)
• NEPA Development, including literature reviews and technical report writing
• Waters of the U.S. Delineations
• ASTM Environmental Site Assessments Phase I

Requirements:

• Technical writing skills sufficient to draft professional plans, technical reports, correspondence, permit applications, etc.
• Bachelor's degree in natural science such as forestry, environmental science, biology, ecology, or related field.
• Experience in leading and performing field sampling techniques and using scientific equipment, such as hand-held GPS units, data entry devices (tablets, iPads, etc.), and other sampling equipment
• ArcGIS
• The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years’ experience in providing environmental permitting services to the oil/gas industry (E/P sites, pipelines, etc).
• Ability to work in adverse weather conditions for multiple days in the field
• Experience with federal, state, and local wetland and other natural resources permitting