Senior Biologist / Project Manager I (Natural Resources)

Location: Ontario, Temecula, or Palm Desert, California. Hybrid work combines client-site, Michael Baker office, remote, and field work.

Salary: $111,652–$146,567 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides engineering and consulting services in environmental, infrastructure, planning, construction, and program management.

What you will do

• Manage biological resources, staff augmentation, peer review, and regulatory compliance projects across Southern California.
• Oversee priorities, schedules, budgets, staffing, deliverables, quality control, invoicing support, and client expectations.
• Review biological studies and environmental documents for CEQA, MSHCP, and regulatory compliance.
• Lead technical reports, impact analyses, mitigation measures, focused surveys, MSHCP documentation, and peer review memoranda.
• Coordinate with county staff, applicants, consultants, resource agencies, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Support field surveys, permitting, staff mentoring, client development, proposals, pursuits, and presentations in Riverside County and the Inland Empire.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Botany, Ecology, Natural Resources, Environmental Science, or a related field.
• 10 or more years of progressively responsible biological resources experience, including project management and senior technical review.
• Advanced knowledge of the Western Riverside County MSHCP and working knowledge of the Coachella Valley MSHCP.
• Strong knowledge of CEQA biological resources analysis and applicable NEPA, Clean Water Act, MBTA, California Fish and Game Code, FESA, and CESA requirements.
• Experience with biological technical reports, focused surveys, DBESP/HANS documentation, mitigation measures, environmental documents, budgets, schedules, and technical staff management.
• Ability to work regularly in Riverside County, attend recurring county-office assignments, conduct occasional field visits, use Microsoft Office and ArcGIS tools, and hold a valid driver’s license.

Nice to have

• Professional relationships and project experience with Riverside County TLMA, the Regional Conservation Authority, Coachella Valley Conservation Commission, and other Inland Empire agencies.
• Embedded public-agency support, proposal leadership, client development, and staff supervision or mentoring experience.
• Southern California botany, wildlife, aquatic resources, or regulatory permitting expertise.
• Advanced degree, professional certification, or current scientific permits or MOUs.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, HSA, and FSA.
• Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability coverage.
• Professional and personal development opportunities.
• Paid time off, commuter benefits, and wellness benefits.