Job Description
At RES, we’re looking for purpose-driven individuals who are passionate about restoration and sustainability, and who want their work to make a lasting environmental impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Your day might begin with reviewing a permit draft or QA/QC-ing field data collected by the project team. You’ll work closely with project scientists to compile monitoring reports, support permit applications, and summarize agency guidelines or credit release schedules. You may help prepare for a field visit or regulatory meeting, or even lead a site evaluation to identify potential permitting risks.
- You’ll translate complex scientific and design data into regulatory-ready documents, participate in calls with agency staff, and work with senior staff to interpret project plans and sampling protocols. Throughout the week, you’ll balance writing, analysis, coordination, and an occasional site visit, all supporting restoration projects that deliver real environmental outcomes.
- Enjoy translating science and design into regulatory strategy
- Are comfortable working across field, office, and agency settings
- Are proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing your own workload
- Communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally with internal and external stakeholders
- Like being part of collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams that solve problems together
- Enjoy translating science and design into regulatory strategy
- Are comfortable working across field, office, and agency settings
- Are proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing your own workload
- Communicate clearly and professionally with internal and external stakeholders
- Like being part of collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams that solve problems together
- California Pay Range
- $71,500
- —
- $84,000 USD
- Please note that the “Day in the Life” section is not intended to be an exhaustive list of job duties, but rather a representative snapshot of typical responsibilities and work experiences at RES.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, ecology, geology, biology, or a related natural or physical science field
- 2+ years of relevant environmental permitting or regulatory experience (or 1+ year with an advanced degree)
- Experience supporting or drafting permit documents and reports (e.g., 404/401, NWP/IPESA, CESA, LSAA 1600, NPDES, BCDC major permits etc.)
- Proficiency in field data collection and sampling protocols
- Ability to read and interpret maps, design plans, technical and financial documentation
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