[ES_JOBS_NET] Long-Term Field Technician Position in Alaska

[Rebecca B Neumann]

The hydro-biogeochemistry group <https://www.uwhydrobiogeochem.com/> at the
University of Washington in Seattle has an opening for a full-time, field
technician position starting May 2022 and ending January 2025. The
technician will be a University of Washington employee based out of
Fairbanks, Alaska. They will be working at a permafrost-thaw bog complex
located in the Bonanza Creek LTER research forest
<http://www.lter.uaf.edu/>. The
site is well-instrumented and actively studied by multiple research groups.
The technician will be working on a project aimed at understanding how
methane emissions from permafrost-thaw bogs are affected by climatic
change.

Position responsibilities include independently making routine field
measurements (e.g., gas flux, water levels, snow depth, active layer depth,
etc.), assisting the field efforts of a graduate student researcher,
processing and analyzing field samples in the laboratory, and digitizing,
cleaning, and quality-checking data. Much of the technician’s work will be
conducted independently. The graduate student researcher and other project
personnel will visit Fairbanks and the site regularly over the project
duration. It is anticipated that fieldwork will dominate the technician's
time for nine months of the year (March – November) with the winter months
spent doing lab and computer-based work. The technician must be comfortable
visiting the site daily, carrying heavy loads of equipment to and from the
site (~1-mile distance), driving on dirt roads, operating a snowmobile
(after appropriate training), walking on boardwalks, and working in an
outdoor environment with mosquitoes and a wide range of temperatures (below
freezing to >80 °F).

The field technician will earn $43,860 per year and the position is benefits
eligible <https://hr.uw.edu/professional-staff-program/>. They will be
responsible for finding and paying for housing in Fairbanks. Travel to and
from the field site will be conducted with a project vehicle. The project
will pay for the technician to travel to and from Fairbanks from their
current location at the start and end of the employment period.

If you are interested, please contact Rebecca Neumann (rbneum at uw.edu)
with:
1) A cover letter expressing why you are interested and qualified for the
position
2) A CV or resume
3) Names and contact information of three individuals able to provide a
letter of recommendation

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Rebecca B. Neumann, Associate Professor (she/her)  |  Civil and
Environmental Engineering  |  University of Washington  |  168 Wilcox Hall,
Box 352700  |  Seattle, WA 98195  |  twitter: @BeccaNeum  |  ph:
206.221.2298 | www.uwhydrobiogeochem.com  |
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