Hybrid Quantitative Ecologist: Wildlife Analytics & Modeling

Tetra Tech; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 56,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Merit-based rewards

Work-life balance

Collaborative team

Professional development

Job summary

Tetra Tech is seeking an Entry-level Quantitative Ecologist based in Portland, OR for a part-time role (about 24 hours/week) with potential to move to full-time. You will support wildlife monitoring, ecological research, and environmental compliance projects across the United States, handling data design, statistics, spatial analysis, and reporting.

You will collaborate with project managers, GIS specialists, senior biologists, and other technical staff to deliver rigorous, defensible analytical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Statistical Ecology, Quantitative Ecology, Wildlife Biology with a quantitative emphasis, or a closely related field.
• Entry-level candidates with ~1–2 years of relevant experience encouraged to apply; academic research and internships count.
• Foundational understanding of statistical analysis, quantitative methods, and ecological/biological research.
• Experience managing, organizing, and analyzing complex datasets.
• Strong computer skills with statistical software, programming languages, or DBMS (R, Python, Access, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Assist with reviewing experimental designs, sampling methods, and statistical approaches to support objectives and ecological research programs.
• Provide technical assistance to project teams in developing data collection and analytical methods.
• Support the review of study plans for statistical rigor, scientific merit, and appropriate analytical approaches.
• Compile, clean, validate, organize, and manage complex biological datasets (acoustic monitoring, occupancy, habitat use, demographic and mortality data).
• Assist with statistical analyses related to wildlife demographics, fatality estimation, population status, and ecological trends.
• Support spatial analysis, ecological modeling, and the preparation of maps, figures, tables, and data visualizations.
• Develop and maintain standardized workflows for data processing, QA/QC, and technical reporting.
• Assist with developing analytical methods, best practices, templates, and tools for defensible ecological research.
• Conduct literature reviews and summarize findings relevant to project objectives.
• Contribute statistical content to technical reports, scientific publications, and regulatory deliverables.
• Interpret analytical results and communicate findings to teams, clients, and regulatory agencies.
• Support presentations of project findings at agency, client, and professional meetings.
• Learn and apply new analytical methods, software, and ecological concepts as needed.
• Comply with internal procedures, legislation, and industry standards.
• Pursue ongoing professional development and maintain discipline knowledge.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Data management

Communication skills

Independent work

Learning new methods

Driver's license

Quantitative ecology

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics or Quantitative Ecology

Tools

R

Python

Microsoft Access

Oracle

MySQL

SQL Server

Job description

Tetra Tech is seeking an Entry-level Quantitative Ecologist based in Portland, OR for a part-time role (about 24 hours/week) with potential to move to full-time. You will support wildlife monitoring, ecological research, and environmental compliance projects across the United States, handling data design, statistics, spatial analysis, and reporting.

You will collaborate with project managers, GIS specialists, senior biologists, and other technical staff to deliver rigorous, defensible analytical