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Environmental Analyst
San Francisco Estuary Institute
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San Francisco, CA, USA · San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Jan 12, 2025
Environmental Analyst
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Location: Richmond, California
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Program: Clean Water
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Type: Full-time
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Experience Level: Entry Level
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Position Type: Permanent
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Salary: $78,390-$82,159
Position Description
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Posted: January 10, 2025
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First review of applications: January 31, 2025
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Application closing date: position open until filled
The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) is seeking an early-career scientist or engineer with an interest in environmental field studies and excellent organizational skills to join our interdisciplinary team investigating nutrient biogeochemistry and ecosystem responses in San Francisco Bay. This work will be carried out in support of the San Francisco Bay Nutrient Management Strategy (NMS; see here), a research program that studies the impacts of nutrient loads on San Francisco Bay and evaluates potential management actions. Working with regional, state, federal and academic collaborators, we study the Bay’s biogeochemistry, water quality, and habitat condition using ship-based sampling, high-frequency in situ sensors, and coupled hydrodynamic-biogeochemical modeling.
This is a full-time position for a candidate who will play a key role in maintaining a network of water quality sensors and assist with data management and analysis. The candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in a pertinent scientific field and experience with water quality, estuarine ecosystems, or a related area. They must be able to: (1) coordinate logistics and carry out boat-based fieldwork in an estuarine environment; (2) collect, review, and synthesize scientific data and information from various sources; (3) work well in teams as well as independently with general direction from senior scientific staff; and (4) communicate findings effectively in presentations, reports, memoranda, and scientific journals.
Primary position responsibilities will include:
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Contributing to the management of a distributed network of water quality sensors in San Francisco Bay.
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Coordinating, preparing for, and carrying out fieldwork on a boat.
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Occasionally lifting or carrying heavy field equipment for short durations.
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Servicing and calibrating water quality instruments in the lab.
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Conducting quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) of NMS data and working with external laboratories to troubleshoot analyses and reporting issues.
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Analyzing and synthesizing data.
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Assisting with project management and operations tasks for the NMS field programs (e.g., budget tracking, task management, and coordination with external collaborators).
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Assisting with writing technical reports and journal articles, and contributing to the development of posters and presentations for meetings and conferences.
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This position requires in office and/or in person presence approximately 4 days per week for lab and fieldwork. Fieldwork may include 3-4 long field days (often early mornings) per month in varying weather conditions.
If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our other roles.
Qualifications
Required Experience
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Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, civil/environmental engineering, geology, ecology, oceanography, chemistry, biology, or another related scientific field.
Required Skills
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Familiarity with environmental chemistry or environmental science, particularly fieldwork, data analysis, and report writing.
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Ability to lead or participate in boat or ship-based fieldwork, and to coordinate field and lab logistics.
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Excellent communication, presentation and writing skills, and ability to synthesize information.
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Ability to work well in teams as well work independently with general direction from senior scientific staff.
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Valid Driver’s License.
Preferred Skills
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Experience calibrating and deploying aquatic instrumentation.
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Experience processing, analyzing, and visualizing data using Python or R (or similar) would be considered an asset.
Salary & Benefits highlights:
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This will be an Environmental Analyst position. The anticipated salary range for full time employment is $78,390-$82,159 for this position (Bay Area salary ranges are listed; note that salary ranges for other locations are 10-15% lower depending on location and are based on locational salary data). Salary ranges take into account many factors for making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, education, internal equity, and organizational needs. We expect to offer starting salaries at or near the lower end of the salary range.
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Matching contributions to retirement plan (immediate vesting) (403B)
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Medical Insurance: health, vision, dental with employer and employee contributions
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12 paid holidays
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Vacation days starting at 3 weeks accrual/year
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Hybrid workplace
About Clean Water
SFEI’s Clean Water Program is one of the nation’s premier water quality science programs. It anticipates and meets the water quality data needs of policy-makers, resource managers, and the public. It helps the public, regulators, and those who discharge into our waters create more effective policies to ensure the health of our waters.
About SFEI
San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which has a 25-year track record of providing robust and innovative science to decision-makers, policy-makers, practitioners, and community members to measurably improve the health and resiliency of Bay-Delta ecosystems. As a boundary organization, SFEI operates at the interface between science and policy, recognized nationally for our ability to build consensus to support effective environmental decision-making and policy. Our mission is to deliver visionary science that empowers people to revitalize nature in our communities.
SFEI employs an interdisciplinary staff of more than 70. Our operations and IT staff are the backbone of our organization and keep everything running smoothly. SFEI has three major programs: Clean Water, Environmental Informatics, and Resilient Landscapes. Our program staff represent numerous scientific and technological fields, including chemistry, modeling, ecology, wildlife biology, landscape planning, historical ecology, geomorphology, geospatial analysis, and web development.
For more information on our mission, values, programs, and staff, visit the San Francisco Estuary Institute website.
Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Employer
At SFEI, we celebrate the diversity of our staff and the places we serve, and recognize the value and strength of diversity. We are committed to growing together and creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace. In 2022, SFEI developed and adopted mission and vision statements for DEIJ within and beyond our organization. We also created an action plan which is currently underway. We strongly encourage applications from women-identified people, people of color, and people with other identities commonly under-represented in environmental science. We invite you to share what you like about your professional experience as well as about yourself personally.
San Francisco Estuary Institute is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, physical or mental disability, family or parental status, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Accommodations Statement
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Other Key Information
Please note that SFEI cannot sponsor an employment visa (e.g., H-1B) to fill this position.
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