EMPLOYMENT
Working at Snohomish Conservation District
Working or serving for a Conservation District is a great experience! We get to work with motivated landowners, dedicated professionals, well-respected leaders in conservation, and with students just starting their careers.
The District offers a supportive and vibrant work environment with opportunities to grow in your career and state benefits for permanent positions. We hope you will consider joining our team!
Position Openings
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Click on the position above or scroll down to learn more about the position, download complete job description, and apply via our Smartsheet form. We only accept submissions in response to open, posted positions.
Environmental Educator
Snohomish Conservation District (SCD) has an opening for a full time Environmental Educator position. The person in this position must have a passion for SCD’s mission and for providing high quality, hands-on environmental science education to the public. This role will be responsible primarily for coordinating, scheduling, and teaching Wheat Week lessons to 4th and 5th grade classes throughout Snohomish County and Camano Island This role will also teach Watershed Week lessons to elementary students and assist SCD’s Education and Outreach Team in conservation education activities within the community.
Required qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, environmental education, environmental science, natural resources, OR three years of relevant experience and one year of experience teaching youth in an indoor or outdoor setting. This role also requires demonstrated experience managing students with hands-on STEM curriculum.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and will be accepted until the position is filled. Priority deadline for applications is Thursday, November 14, 2024.
Engineer or Engineer-in-Training
Snohomish Conservation District (SCD) has an opening for a full-time Engineer or Engineer-in-Training position. The primary responsibility of this position is to provide natural resource engineering services to landowners, District staff, and partner organizations. The primary geographic region for this position will be Snohomish County and Camano Island, however, some work will also be completed in Clallam, King, Pierce, Kittitas, Chelan, Okanogan, and Douglas counties. This position will report to the Engineering Program Manager and will work in tandem with the Senior Professional Engineer.
The individual in this position will have expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Green stormwater infrastructure design, such as rain gardens and bioswales
Agricultural best management practice design, in accordance with NRCS design standards
Fish passage barrier removal
In-stream and floodplain habitat restoration
Applications will be reviewed beginning December 9th, 2024. Position open until filled.
Washington Conservation Corps - Field Crew
Apply to work for Washington Conservation Corps: www.ecology.wa.gov/wcc
As a member you will:
Gain hands‐on experience restoring the environment
Develop your resumé
Serve outdoors throughout Washington
Serve on a field crew: (5‐member crew + 1 supervisor)
Plant native trees & shrubs along streams, rivers & forests
Support salmon recovery & habitat enhancement projects
Construct backcountry and urban trails
Mitigate and restore wetlands
Clean up marine debris
Construct bridges, boardwalks, and other trail structures
Improve campgrounds & parks
Participate in seasonal spikes, as available (8 days on, 6 days off service schedule)
