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This Opportunity

WSP is seeking **Prevailing Wage Field Technician** to join our in-house **Habitat Restoration Team** for our **San Diego, CA** office. Our Team tackles a wide variety of projects that involve the restoration of various types of habitats. Our technicians are trained, overseen, and work in the field side-by-side with restoration ecologists and biologists, in the physical implementation of habitat restoration. Restoration Landscape Technicians are the, on the ground, hands-on, workforce, that actively transform highly disturbed areas into functional native habitat for various sensitive plant and animal species. The ideal candidate will have the interest and capacity to perform labor in various habitats daily. Candidates should be ready and willing to expand their knowledge of native and sensitive plant and animal species, in order to support our various projects and project needs.

Your Impact

+ Assist with site preparation, including earthwork such as shoveling, raking, and installation of erosion control devices

+ Assist in the installation and removal of temporary irrigation systems

+ Facilitate landscaping by hand planting container plants, distributing seed, and providing weed control

+ Use hand and power tools for weeding and restoration work tasks

+ Operate weeding equipment (weed whippers, etc.)

+ Pesticide application

+ Loading and unloading of restoration materials

+ Possess the knowledge or be willing to learn to identify native plants and invasive weeds

+ Follow instruction from supervisors to perform manual labor tasks

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

+ High School Diploma or equivalent

+ 5+ years of relevant experience with landscaping, manual labor, power tool use, and medium to heavy equipment use

+ Must have a current valid driver’s license

+ Must be legally able to work in the United States

+ Ability to obtain access credentials to federal military installations (i.e., no disqualifying record)

+ Must have no prior felony convictions

+ Must be able to pass a physical and be medically able to wear a tight-fitting respirator / Fit for Duty Exam / Medical Exam

+ Ability to meet the physical demands of the job (stoop, stand, bend, and walk for long periods of time, lift heavy loads of up to 40 pounds consistently, etc.) and work on uneven and/or difficult terrain in various weather conditions

+ Familiarity with power tools and machinery is desired, but not required

+ Ability or willingness (Able or willing) to learn to recognize common non-native invasive plant species (weeds) and distinguish them from native plants

+ Possession of a Qualified Applicators License or Certificate is highly desired, but not required

+ Ability to work a varied schedule (some Saturdays included), in varied weather conditions

+ Good communications skills

+ Ability to work as part of a team

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $30.10- $46.66

**Employees hourly rate may increase if/when they perform services that are covered by California's Prevailing Wage Laws on public sector projects** or covered by other applicable wage and hour laws.

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.