Job Description
Job Description
AMS is looking to add a Seasonal Biologist (May 18th – September 30th) to join our team! If you are an energetic professional who enjoys working outdoors, values the freedom of working independently, and enjoys a fast-paced environment and the challenges of a rewarding profession, consider a career in vegetation management with AMS. Some of the most important characteristics of an AMS Seasonal Biologist are a desire to learn, an ability to adapt, and a commitment to engage in safe, constructive interactions with the public. You are accountable for advancing a culture of safety and excellence while providing quality and value to our customers and clients. WHAT YOU WILL DO:· Work with forester to conduct ROW environmental inventories to identify vegetation and wetland sites · Conduct pollinator surveys and create pollinator score cards for various pollinators and their larval host plants such as monarchs and milkweed.· Collect physical attributes such as roads, foreign utilities, culverts, streams, vegetation species, vegetation density, vegetation height, general cover type, and environmentally sensitive areas using GIS program· Address customer concerns related to vegetation in and adjacent to utility easements.· Analyze the effects of management activities on natural resources for environmental assessments· Develop reports or spreadsheets for purposes of data collection, simplification and manipulation· Ultimately, improve safe and reliable electric service delivery to the public.Drive a company vehicle safely to work locations for the organization. WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE:· Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Science, or related discipline.· Minimum of 1 year experience with pollinators and their preferred vegetation or herbaceous plant identification.· Ability to read and follow a map· Willingness to work in a team, outdoors in various weather conditions and terrain.· Superb written and verbal communication skills· Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite· Must be able to hike long distances for multiple days a week· Ability to work overtime, up to 60 hours per week.· Ability to travel through service territory.· Ability to enter data in a GIS tool WHAT WOULD BE AMAZING TO HAVE:· Prior UVM, Forestry or related outdoor experience.· Proficiency in scientific writing· Previous GIS technology/software experience a plus.· A strong desire to grow and develop your career and knowledge in the UVM industry with Arbormetrics· Bi-lingual speaking (English and Spanish)