Employer Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University Job Description, Responsibilities and Required Qualifications or Skills The Institute for Natural Resources at Oregon State University is hiring field crews, crew leaders, and team leaders for sagebrush steppe sampling during the 2025 field season. Work begins April and will continue to August or September. The job involves vegetation and soil sampling using AIM protocols throughout Oregon, Washington, and Northeast California. 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 on the first and last days of the work hitch. Many crew members live in western and central Oregon as well as more dispersed places throughout the sampling region. In general, 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 harsh steppe environment, and are excited by extensive camping in remote, beautiful areas. The compensation will be between $17.59 and $21.96 per hour for crew members and crew leaders and between $18.16 and $26.44 per hour for team leaders (depending on experience, across the board 3.5% raise scheduled for June 2025) along with a health insurance benefit. We also provide a per diem of around $80 per day to cover expenses for food and wear and tear on your camping gear (this adds up to the equivalent of about an additional $7 to $7.50 per hour for an 80 hour hitch). We will be hiring 15 to 20 people under the Bio Tech 1 and 2 posting as crew members (who are part of a 2-person crew installing the plots), 5 to 10 people under the Bio Tech 2 posting as crew leaders (who manage the day to day activities of a 2-person crew), and 5 to 8 people under the Bio Tech 3 posting as team leaders (who manage the activities of 2 crews over each hitch). Apply online as soon as possible. We will be conducting interviews as applications come in and begin hiring after the full consideration date of January 12, 2025. Applications will be accepted until the closing date of March 31, 2024. Bio Sciences Research Tech 1 Crew Members Posting Number: P05105CT https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/163354Bio Sciences Research Tech 2 Crew Members and Crew LeadersPosting Number: P05106CT https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/163357Bio Science Research Tech 3 Team leadersPosting Number: P05107CT https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/163362 Opening Date: 2 January, 2025 Full Consideration Date: 12 January, 2025 Contact Michael.Russell@oregonstate.edu or Caitlin.Lawrence@oregonstate.edu with any questions.Thanks,Michael Russell Knowledge of or interest in and ability to learn about: Identification of plants of the inland northwest.Digging soil pits and description of soil characteristicsVegetation sampling methods including Line Point Intercept.Ability to camp in remote areas for 8 days at a time. Job Field: Other Job Type: Full Time Location Detail: The work is in Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington, and Northeast California. We camp for work hitches and the first and last days are travel days. We are flexible about where you can live, as long as it is less than around 8 hour drive from the field sites. Salary: The compensation will be between $17.59 and $21.96 per hour for crew members and crew leaders and between $18.16 and $26.44 per hour for team leaders (depending on experience, across the board 3.5% raise scheduled for June 2025) along with a health insurance benefit. We also provide a per diem of around $80 per day to cover expenses for food and wear and tear on your camping gear (this adds up to the equivalent of about an additional $7 to $7.50 per hour for an 80 hour hitch). Job Benefits: Health insurance Application Deadline: Mon, 03/31/2025 - 12:00pm Link to Full Job Posting: https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/163354
