Barr is seeking an environmental scientist to join our Bismarck, North Dakota, team. In this hybrid role, you will support our Water Resources group with challenging and fast-paced work on environmental impact assessment, permitting, and compliance projects.
Requirements
- Field support: conducting wetland delineations, inventories, functional assessments, protected species assessments, botanical inventories, and other ecological field investigations.
- Permitting and regulatory support: conducting and writing environmental impact assessments and related documentation, interpreting regulatory and permitting processes, communicating with regulatory agencies and client contacts, and developing and reviewing environmental permit applications.
- Environmental impact and reporting: performing desktop and field-based threatened and endangered species reviews and other biological and/or natural resources inventories (i.e., raptor surveys, migratory bird surveys, noxious weed inventories, etc.).
Benefits
- Competitive, affordable insurance plans: Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, accidental death insurance, and flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care
- Retirement benefits: 401(k) retirement savings plan with company contribution and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with company contribution in Barr stock
- Profit distribution: Barr has a 'no retained earnings' model and distributes all profit to our employees through our annual bonus distribution plan, ESOP, and dividends to shareholders
- Professional development benefits: Annual time and expense allowances, mentorship program, and many internal training opportunities
- Work/life balance: Paid time off, holidays, overtime for non-exempt/hourly staff, and compensatory time for exempt/salaried staff (time off or pay for extra time worked), paid family leave
- Wellness focus: Ergonomic analysis and equipment, Personal Protective Equipment allowance, wellbeing-focused educational opportunities
