{"content":[{"text":"City of Portland","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.070842,"width":0.133888,"height":0.019195000000000004}},{"text":"Job Code: 30002037","bbox":{"left":0.709526,"top":0.070842,"width":0.17321600000000004,"height":0.019195000000000004}},{"text":"CLASS SPECIFICATION \n Field Science Specialist","bbox":{"left":0.388121,"top":0.109359,"width":0.22382399999999997,"height":0.04113599999999999}},{"text":"FLSA Status: \n Union Representation:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.169878,"width":0.132838,"height":0.028188999999999992}},{"text":"Exempt \n Professional and Technical Employees (PTE)","bbox":{"left":0.264739,"top":0.169878,"width":0.26779400000000003,"height":0.028188999999999992}},{"text":"GENERAL PURPOSE \n Under direction, performs advanced environmental investigations and monitoring activities and projects; \n prioritizes, performs and directs multiple or complex weather dependent field studies for environmental \n permit compliance, investigations into sources of pollution, and determining ambient environmental \n conditions; coordinates large, multiple and/or complex natural resources and environmental monitoring \n and sampling projects including developing time lines, schedules and budgets; provides lead direction to \n field sciences staff. Incumbents utilize analytic skills and professional judgment in the independent \n evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of environmental or natural resource \n science techniques, procedures and criteria; and perform related duties as assigned.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.218298,"width":0.752939,"height":0.152652}},{"text":"DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS \n This is a lead-worker, project management and/or upper-level specialist position in an environmental field \n science area. Employees occupying positions of this class are responsible for directing in a lead role the \n work of lower level Field Sciences Technicians in all phases of a water quality and/or natural resource \n monitoring project. Incumbents have specific knowledge in environmental science areas of water \n resources planning, hazardous materials and industrial waste management, environmental impact \n analysis, biological or earth sciences, and regulatory process.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.396063,"width":0.764086,"height":0.12079599999999996}},{"text":"Field Science Specialist is distinguished from Field Science Technician by the emphasis of the former on \n applying advanced environmental field monitoring and sampling knowledge to satisfy environmental \n data needs for diverse and complex projects and problems, whereas Field Sciences Technician positions \n are responsible for coordinating more specialized technical and public works project monitoring and \n sampling duties.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.530082,"width":0.756371,"height":0.08255999999999997}},{"text":"The Field Science Specialist is distinguished from the Environmental Specialist by spending a majority of \n time in the field and its increased focus on environmental monitoring and sampling and analyzing \n sampling results. It requires a comprehensive knowledge of and ability to perform a vast variety of \n monitoring and sampling techniques including those in remote natural areas and in confined spaces.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.626016,"width":0.76149,"height":0.06647400000000003}},{"text":"Field Science Specialist is distinguished from environmental classes’ supervisors in that incumbents in the \n latter classes are responsible for supervising professional and technical staff. Supervisory incumbents \n have less involvement in the technical and operational work and more supervisory and managerial \n responsibilities.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.705865,"width":0.7515590000000001,"height":0.06647300000000012}},{"text":"ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES \n Any one position in this class may not perform all the duties listed below, nor do the listed examples of duties \n include all similar and related duties that may be assigned to this class.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.79749,"width":0.7176580000000001,"height":0.05389699999999997}},{"text":"1. Serves as project manager; oversees or performs monitoring and sampling plan development; assists in \n evaluation of consultant proposals, oversees completion of project monitoring objectives and adherence \n to technical and administrative policies; assigns project resources; evaluates project costs and work \n Field Science Specialist Page 1","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.863322,"width":0.764928,"height":0.07181099999999996}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}