Bat Researcher
GAI Consultants Inc · Charleston, South Carolina, US
Systems Planning Corporation (SPC), a subsidiary company of GAI Consultants, Inc. , is seeking an experienced researcher to conduct rare, threatened, and end...
Job description
Systems Planning Corporation (SPC), a subsidiary company of GAI Consultants, Inc., is seeking an experienced researcher to conduct rare, threatened, and endangered (RTE) bat studies on development projects throughout the Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast. Job Duties: - Perform field site reconnaissance, habitat assessments, acoustic sampling, acoustic analyses, mist-netting, portal searches, portal trapping, and/or radiotelemetry. - Assisting with data entry and/or reporting, surveys for other RTE species, or other environmental work as needed. - Coordinate with team leaders, field supervisors, land agents, and/or landowners as required. - Performs work under no supervision, must oversee staff on the same field team, as well as lead other field teams, including sub-consultants. - Qualified to obtain or possess a state scientific collection permit for bats (in multiple states), possesses or is listed on a USFWS scientific collection permit, and is on qualified surveyor lists in multiple states. - Possesses expert working knowledge of the subject matter. - Detail-oriented research skills with note-taking and data recording ability. - Analytical thinking skills. - Ability to lead mult...