The Institute for Natural Resources at Oregon State University is hiring field crews, crew leaders, and team leaders for sagebrush steppe sampling during the 2020 field season. Work begins late April and will continue to August or September. The job involves vegetation and soil sampling using AIM protocols throughout eastern Oregon and Washington. Field work entails 8 day sampling hitches where we will be camping in the areas we will be working. Crews have 6 days off between hitches. Crew members travel between their homes and the remote and widespread sample plots in eastern Oregon and Washington on the first and last days of the work hitch. Most crew members live in Portland / Corvallis / Eugene / Bend areas and but there is flexibility on where you can choose to live on the off hitches, provided it is logistically feasible. We are looking for people who are familiar with identifying plants, who can handle the hard work of digging soil pits and vegetation sampling in the often hash steppe environment, and are excited by extensive camping in remote, beautiful areas. The compensation will be between $13 and $19 per hour for crew members and crew leaders and $15 and $23 per hour for team leaders (depending on experience). We also provide a per deim of around $80 per day to cover expenses for food and wear and tear on your camping gear. We will be hiring 19 or 20 people under the Bio Tech 1 posting as crew members (who are part of a 2 person crew installing the plots) or crew leaders (who manage the day to day activities of a 2 person crew). Under the Bio Tech 3 posting, we are hiring 4 team leaders (who manage the activities of 2 crews over each hitch). Apply online to the pool before December 18, 2019 for full consideration. There will be a second consideration of all applications submitted before January 31, 2020 in February, and a final consideration after the closing date of March 31, 2020.
Bio Sci ResearchTech 1 – Pool Crew leaders and Crew members
Opening Date: 15 November, 2019 Apply by dates: 18 December, 2019; 31 January, 2020
Closing date: 1 March, 2020
Bio Sci ResearchTech 3 – Pool Team leaders
Opening Date: 15 November, 2019 Apply by dates: 18 December, 2019; 31 January, 2020
Closing date: 1 March, 2020
Please contact us at Michael.Russell@oregonstate.edu and Caitlin.Lawrence@oregonstate.edu if you have any questions.