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Washington State Department of Natural Resources Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Geoscientist, Natural Resource Scientist 2 (NRSci2) in Olympia, Washington
Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Geoscientist, Natural Resource Scientist 2 (NRSci2) Recruitment #2024-10-A404 Full-time, Permanent, Represented position Location: Natural Resources Building- Olympia, WA
Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered *Salary: $4,632.00 - $6,227.00 Monthly *
*Review of applications is ongoing. *We reserve the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment at any time after 10/16/24. It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible.
(See official listing for full details.)
Responsibilities:
- Interpret lidar derivatives and orthoimagery in ArcPro for digitizing landslide landforms.
- Participate in the Wildfire-Associated Landslide Emergency Response Team for assessing geologic hazards post-wildfire.
- Assist in conducting post-fire hazard assessments, including reconnaissance evaluations and installing/maintaining monitoring equipment.
- Contribute to reports about post-fire geological hazards.
- Perform field validation of landslides and alluvial fans.
- Update and create landslide inventories, susceptibility modeling, and hazard/risk maps, and verify these maps in the field.
- Manage and populate spatial geodatabases related to landslide data.
- Provide scientific consultation to state and local agencies and engage with stakeholders to promote and educate on landslide hazard assessments, as part of a team.
- Work well as part of a team to complete program objectives.
*Required Qualifications: *
- A Bachelor of Science degree in an earth science field AND three years of professional experience in geology assessing and identifying landslide hazards from remote sensing and field assessments OR A Master of Science AND one year of professional experience in geology assessing and identifying landslide hazards from remote sensing and field assessments OR a PhD if the field of study is like the scope of work performed in this position. OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
- Experience in collecting, compiling, managing, and digitizing geospatial and tabular data in the interpretation of lidar and aerial imagery.
- Experience in GIS, demonstrated by experience and (or) coursework.
- Experience completing field investigations in a variety of topographic and environmental settings including rugged, uneven terrain.