Typical Hours/Shift:
35 hours/week, Monday- Friday, Day Shift
May be required to work shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

Work Location:
71 Smith Ave.,
Kingston, NY 12401
Kingston is a city in Ulster County, NY approx. 90 miles North from New York City.

Job description
Below is a BRIEF summary of the position, for full details, please use the link to the City of New York's Job Board:

Under the direction of the Field Supervisor, the Scientist (Water Ecology)II will serve as a Field Scientist, responsible for field sampling and data collection and will assist in coordinating field activities as described in the Divisional Standard Operating Procedures. Additionally, the Field Scientist will use established sampling protocols for the proper collection, transportation and relinquishment of samples collected from streams, reservoirs, wastewater treatment plants and key-points. Some sample collections will require trailering and piloting small watercraft.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. A masters degree from an accredited college or university in one of the following areas of study: environmental or chemical engineering, limnology, environmental science, marine science, geology, biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, or health science; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with 24 semester credits in one or a combination of the areas of study described in ""1"" above, at least 12 of which must have been in one of these areas of study; and at least one year of satisfactory full time experience, which may not have been part of graduate or undergraduate course work, working in the field of water quality planning, management or research or performing environmental laboratory analyses, and/or environmental field sampling of water;