Wetlands Scientist/Project Mgr

~ Frontier Corporation USA is a Utah-based company offering professional consulting services for a wide-range of complex environmental issues. The company was founded by Dennis Wenger in 2000. ~

Dennis has a BS in Biology holds a MS in Ecology. He has been a professional consultant living in Utah since 1991, and has more than 25 years of environmental analysis and permitting experience throughout the Intermountain West.

Located in Providence, Utah, Frontier’s offices are approximately 75 miles north of Salt Lake City. Our location is in close proximity to Utah State University, affording us easy access the Merrill-Cazier Library, the Quinney Natural Resources Research Library, the Utah Water Resources Research Laboratory, the Utah Remote Sensing Laboratory, the USU Geographic Information Systems Laboratory, the Intermountain Herbarium, the Federal Documents Repository for the Intermountain Region, and other university facilities.

We maintain a professional staff of multidisciplinary scientists familiar with ongoing research and technological advances at the university. We also maintain an established network of collaborating firms and individuals with expertise in disciplinary fields that complement our capabilities. This arrangement permits us to provide our clients with state-of-the-art support in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

Position Overview

We are seeking a career-oriented natural resources scientist with 3+ years of experience in wetlands and riparian ecology, plant identification and habitat functional assessment to manage environmental planning and permitting projects in Utah and neighboring States in the Intermountain West. 

Responsibilities

Projects include:

• Wetland, stream channel and playa delineations
• Stream corridor surveys
• Habitat mapping and functional assessments
• Clean Water Act Section 404 Permitting
• State Stream Alteration Permittig
• Revegetation plans
• Wetland restoration plans
• Mitigation planning and monitoring
• T&E surveys, and botanical inventories

Qualifications

• Must be able to work independently in mountain, valley or desert environments, manage field crews, communicate with resource and regulatory agencies, and have strong technical writing skills
• Must have 3+ years of project management experience with past employer, client and agency references
• Some overnight travel for out-of-town projects may be required

Compensation: Full time salaried position starting $60K to $70K depending on experience with opportunity for rapid advancement based on performance.  Bonus incentives, company truck, retirement, health and dental benefits, paid holidays/vacation/PTO, and ownership opportunities.  Frontier is a small business employer with high growth potential. 

To Apply

Please click "Apply" below to upload your cover letter and resume to Dennis Wenger.

No telephone calls please. Qualified persons will be promptly contacted.