Summary/Objective

Provide science-based programs to maintain the health & prosperity of aquatic communities.

Essential Job Duties

• Serves as the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program-Long Term Resource Monitoring (UMRR-LTRM) water quality component specialist. Provide leadership and coordination while overseeing the UMRR-LTRM water quality component.
• Coordinates and/or leads field crews to collect water quality, invertebrates, and other aquatic organism community data from the Mississippi River using protocols established by the UMRR-LTRM and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
• Procures and maintains field equipment for UMRR-LTRM and Department research projects.
• Enters or supervises the entry, vertification, and transfer of data.
• Creates reports, peer-reviewed publications, and presentations for stakeholders and partners including state and federal agencies, researchers and students, resource managers, administrators and the public.
• Provides input for project development, design, and data analyses utilizing UMRR-LTRM and Department data.  Leads or assists in the preparation of grant proposals to answer research and management questions that explain long-term trends in Mississippi River data.
• Lead or participate in Department priority working groups and program efforts.
• Attends and presents information at intra-and interstate meetings, workshops, and conferences pertinent to large river ecology. Condenses and disseminates scientific information to the public and other governmental and non-governmental organizations.
• Stays current with large river ecological literature including new or improved methods for monitoring these systems. 
• Performs other duties as required.

Ancillary Job Duties

• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Master’s Degree in Wildlife Science, Fisheries, Biological Sciences, or related.
• At least three (3) years of relevant professional experience.
• Must maintain a valid, current driver's license.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to operate boats, outboard motors, land maintenance equipment, power tools and large trucks pulling trailer.
• Ability to define a problem, analyze relevant information, develop solutions and solve the problem.
• Ability to travel and work varying shifts, as required.
• Ability to use office equipment, such as copier, phone system, fax, scanner, and computer.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with GPS and GIS equipment.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data to identify trends.
• Experience with data management and analysis software such as R or SAS.

Work Environment

• Regularly work in outdoor environments where hot, cold, wet and/or humid conditions exist.
• Occasionally exposed to loud noises which may require the use of hearing protection.

Physical Abilities

• Remain stationary up to 70% of the time.
• Move about grounds, both inside and outside of buildings.
• Regularly operate tools and other machinery and relocate machinery to other areas.
• Frequently communicate and exchange accurate information.
• Clarity of vision, three-dimensional vision, precise hand-eye coordination, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors.
• Regularly lift up to 30 pounds, correctly lift up to 75 pounds.
• Concentrated attention is required at all times.
• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.