Environmental Scientist

Job Description and Duties

Are you interested in working in a fast-paced, public-facing role to protect California's natural resources, recreation, and water supply from golden mussel? Then the Fisheries Branch Invasive Species Program wants YOU! The Program is currently expanding its dynamic, interdisciplinary office, field, and laboratory team to prevent the further spread of golden mussel and minimize their impacts to the environment, economy, infrastructure, and human health.

This Environmental Scientist supports implementation of the California Boater Inspection Banding Program. This position interacts daily with staff from state, federal, and local agencies, private businesses, and the general public.

Link to Class Title Exam: Environmental Scientist /

Personal Leave Program: Effective July 1, 2025, state employees are subject to temporary salary reductions ranging from 2% to 4.62% in exchange for Personal Leave Program (PLP) hours. Please note that the salary ranges listed in this Job Control may not reflect these reductions associated with the 2025 Personal Leave Program.

Please follow the link for more information regarding the 2025 Personal Leave program:

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This position may be eligible for a telework opportunity in accordance with departmental policies and operational needs. Beginning July 1, 2026, employees will be required to work in-person at least four (4) days per week in alignment with Executive Order N-22-25. Additional in-office days may be required based on operational needs.

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Working Conditions

• This position requires working in the field 75% of the time and in a large office in a cubicle 25% of the time.

• Field work requires working on and around boats and waterbodies, walking, sitting, standing, bending, crouching, and reaching for several hours each day outdoors year-round in variable environmental conditions, the operation of high-pressure hot water pressure washers, driving a full-size truck, towing a trailer, and completing repetitive tasks.

• Office work requires working in a large office building within a cubicle, operating a computer for several hours per day and participating in in-person and online meetings.

• This position requires wearing a Department uniform.

Special Requirements

• Valid state Driver's License required.

• Drive state vehicles (up to 10%) to and between field sites to inspect, decontaminate, band, quarantine, release conveyances from quarantine, and to train others on inspecting and decontaminating conveyances. Overnight travel up to twelve times per year (up to 10%) to conduct meetings and trainings.

The selected candidate may be required to provide transcripts (may be unofficial).

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

Experienced speaking in public, teaching adult learners, and operating and maintaining watercraft.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

Filing Instructions

You must reference Position Number 565-033-0762-045and RPA Number E-FB 26-024in the Examination(s) or Job Title(s) for Which You Are Applying section of the State Application Form (Std. Form 678). Applications that do not list the Position Number and RPA Number may not be considered.

It is recommended that Application Packages be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account at . If applications are mailed, we recommend applications are sent certified mail as we are unable to verify receipt.

Applications that do not follow the Filing Instructions may not be considered.

This advertisement may be used to fill additional vacancies for this JC.

Resume – Resumes will be reviewed in addition to the STD 678 for employment history. Resumes must include the complete to and from dates (MM/DD/YYYY) and hours worked per week.

All job applicants must provide their employment history on the application form (State Application STD 678) rather than attaching a resume to the form, otherwise the application may be considered incomplete.

Applicants must submit a complete and accurate application package, free from spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

• Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
• Resume is required and must be included.
• Statement of Qualifications -

  A Statement of Qualifications (SOQ ) is required . Please see below for SOQ instructions. Failure to include the SOQ will result in an incomplete application submission.

  Statement of Qualification must be no more than two pages in length and size 12 point Arial font.

  1. Describe your experience working collaboratively within and across organizations to address natural resource management issues.

  2. Describe your experience implementing standardized procedures and training others to implement standardized procedures.

  3. Describe your experience working on and/or around watercraft.

  4. Describe your experience managing invasive species and/or their impacts.