Fisheries Research Associate: Hydropower Field & Lab

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Richland (WA); Sur place; USD 38 000 - 49 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition assistance

Résumé du poste

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) invites applicants for a Research Associate to study hydropower effects on juvenile salmon and lamprey across the Columbia, Snake, Willamette, and other river systems in the Pacific Northwest.

You will support field and lab studies, deploy telemetry equipment, handle fish, collect data, and contribute to reports. A one-year assignment with travel and variable conditions offers training and growth in fisheries and hydropower research.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in fisheries, aquatic ecology, environmental science, biology, natural resources, or a closely related field.
• Bachelor’s degree within the past 24 months or within the next 8 months.

Responsabilités

• Be part of an interdisciplinary team researching the effects of hydropower operations on the passage, survival, behavior, and injury of juvenile salmon and lamprey throughout the Columbia, Snake, Willamette, and other river systems in the Pacific Northwest.
• Support field and laboratory studies involving fish passage, survival, telemetry, and injury assessment research; deploy and maintain telemetry equipment, handle and tag fish, assist with surgeries, collect biological and environmental data, perform QA/QC checks, and contribute to reports.

Connaissances

Fisheries science

Aquatic ecology

Environmental science

Biology

Natural resources

Data management

Excel

Communication skills

Field study techniques

Telemetry knowledge

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in fisheries, aquatic ecology, environmental science, biology, natural resources, or related field

Bachelor’s degree within the past 24 months or within the next 8 months

Outils

Acoustic telemetry

Radio telemetry

PIT-tag technology

Description du poste

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) invites applicants for a Research Associate to study hydropower effects on juvenile salmon and lamprey across the Columbia, Snake, Willamette, and other river systems in the Pacific Northwest.

You will support field and lab studies, deploy telemetry equipment, handle fish, collect data, and contribute to reports. A one-year assignment with travel and variable conditions offers training and growth in fisheries and hydropower research.