Fisheries Data Analyst & Biologist II

tsu.edu; Cook (WA); On-site; USD 67,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid vacation

Life insurance

Job summary

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is seeking a Fishery Biologist/Data Analyst to support USGS WFRC in data management, coding, and analytics. The role involves handling telemetry and environmental datasets, building reproducible workflows in R, and collaborating with quantitative ecologists on diverse research projects.

The position is full-time, benefits-eligible, with an anticipated start date of November 16, 2026, located at the Columbia River Research Laboratory.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years of specialized experience or a Master’s degree in Fisheries Science, Quantitative Ecology, Biometrics, Statistics, Data Science, or related field.
• Strong proficiency in R for data wrangling, analysis, and graphics generation; experience with telemetry datasets is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with mark-recapture/ IPMs or population modeling concepts is helpful.
• Strong technical writing, attention to detail, and reproducible data analysis practices.
• Excellent communication to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, clean, structure, and manage large fisheries datasets and metadata.
• Code and document reproducible workflows using R for statistical analyses and reporting.
• Support senior ecologists with analyses, IPMs, and simulation models.
• Draft technical reports, pipelines, tables, and figures for publications.
• Create clear data visualizations and presentations for stakeholders.

Skills

R programming

Data management

Data wrangling

Statistics

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

R scripts

GIS

Job description

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is seeking a Fishery Biologist/Data Analyst to support USGS WFRC in data management, coding, and analytics. The role involves handling telemetry and environmental datasets, building reproducible workflows in R, and collaborating with quantitative ecologists on diverse research projects.

The position is full-time, benefits-eligible, with an anticipated start date of November 16, 2026, located at the Columbia River Research Laboratory.