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Instructional Support Technician
Earth & Environmental Science

Situated in one of the world’s most beautiful regions – SUNY Plattsburgh’s main campus is on Lake Champlain between the Adirondack Mountains of New York and Green Mountains of Vermont. SUNY Plattsburgh is a vibrant, public, comprehensive college, and member of the State University of New York’s (SUNY) comprehensive system of higher education committed to student-centered academic excellence. While the college enrolls more than 5,200 students in 70+ baccalaureate, certificate, and master’s programs, an average class size of 22 students allows the individual attention necessary to ensure that its graduates are educated to succeed in an increasingly complex, multicultural and interdependent world.

About The Position:

The School of Arts & Sciences provides excellence in learning opportunities for all students at SUNY Plattsburgh through a core liberal arts education. We develop students who can think critically, have mastered their discipline, can communicate effectively, and are broadly educated. The Center for Earth & Environmental Science (CEES) is widely recognized for its applied and community-based research initiatives. We are an interdisciplinary department with faculty trained in the natural and social aspects of environmental science. CEES maintains active relationships with government agencies and environmental non-profits throughout the Adirondack Region and the Lake Champlain Basin. Responsibilities for this full-time, 12-month position include instruction for the undergraduate course Introduction to GIS & Mapping, as well as courses in Remote Sensing or additional contributions to the Applied GIS minor. Teaching constitutes no more than 50% of time for this position. The remainder is dedicated to support for student and faculty projects that use GIS technology, such as; maintaining GIS teaching and research laboratories, providing technical support to faculty and students, serving as a liaison between the campus information technology office and CEES, engaging in service to the department and university, and participating in the local, regional, and state GIS communities. Due to the hands-on nature of this position, the successful candidate will be required to complete the work in person and on campus. As SUNY Plattsburgh is an institution that delivers challenging and high-quality educational experiences to a diverse group of learners, the successful candidate must demonstrate an understanding of and sensitivity to diversity, inclusion, and equity-minded policies, programs, and practices. The successful candidate may be asked to teach courses in a distance learning format.

Required Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree in GIS, Geography, or a related field
  • Experience teaching using ArcGIS or ArcGIS Pro
  • Expertise in GIS methodology, applications, and ESRI ArcGIS products
  • Willingness to engage undergraduate students in laboratory, field, and applied learning techniques
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collegially with faculty, staff and administrators
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated experience in digital mapping or cartography
  • Documented evidence of college-level teaching effectiveness
  • Experience working in interdisciplinary professional setting(s)
  • GISP certificate and/or a UAV license
  • Proficiency in R, SQL, Python, QGIS, ERDAS Imagine, ENVI, and aerial photo interpretation skills

About Our Community:

The College’s 256-acre campus sits on the edge of the city’s downtown area. Plattsburgh is home to a variety of arts and cultural venues, including the nearly 100-year-old Strand Theatre. Our active waterfront location features a small town feel combined with the advantages and opportunities of a larger urban center. The Plattsburgh area offers excellent schools, a vast health network and elder care services, along with wide retail offerings. It is an emerging home to microbreweries, wineries, community supported agriculture and more. The campus is within easy traveling distance to Montreal, Quebec; Lake Placid, N.Y.; and Burlington, V.T.

Salary: $50,148 minimum, plus excellent benefits

Special Instructions to Applicants

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.  Please submit a cover letter, resume/CV, and contact information for three current professional references. Additional information may be requested at a later step in the process. Official transcripts from an accredited institution will be required prior to employment. 

EEO Statement

SUNY Plattsburgh is an equal opportunity employer, committed to excellence through diversity. As an equal opportunity employer and a government contractor subject to VEVRAA, SUNY Plattsburgh complies with hiring regulations regarding sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, age and veteran status.

Pay Equity Statement

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov



JOB POSTINGS


Geologist

Alpha Geoscience, a geological consulting firm in upstate New York, is seeking a geologist with 2-5 years of experience, with a Bachelor of Science Degree, or higher, in Geology.   

Experience or educational background in stratigraphy, structural geology, hydrogeology, petrology, and geological field methods is required. A detail-oriented individual with interest or experience in rock core logging and familiarity with drilling oversight is preferred.   

Candidate is expected to conduct field and office work related to mining, water supply, and environmental projects.  Travel is required, as needed, to support project assignments.  Key responsibilities may include:

  • Oversee soil borings and groundwater monitoring well installations, collect soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, air, and soil gas samples, collect data in complex field situations with supervision, and document field activities
  • Perform other field exploration, inspection, testing, and analyses using equipment and instrumentation
  • Prepare components of site investigation reports including work plans, data summaries, calculations, tables, figures, charts, drawings and report text
  • Assist Project Managers and project teams, ensuring effective client communication and relations
  • Organize field work, assign tasks, and work with other staff specialists and contractors to complete assignments
  • Follow company safety policies and procedures, site safety standards, and permit requirements

Physical Demands:

  • Ability to remain on feet for extended periods of time either stationary or walking
  • Field activities may require working in unfavorable weather conditions, including heat and cold.
  • Ability to lift 50 pounds.

 Other Skills/Qualifications

  • Strong written and effective spoken communication skills are required.
  • Competence in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint is also required.
  • Skill with drawing programs such as Illustrator or Canvas is preferred
  • Experience with AutoCAD, GIS (ArcGIS), and MS Access, or similar database, is preferred.
  • 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER and/or MSHA New Miner training is a plus.

About Alpha:

Alpha has been providing geological services since 1992.  From our base in upstate New York, we provide services to our clients throughout New York and North America.  The types of projects include, but are not limited to, water supply investigation and development; surface water and ground water resources evaluation; mineral and precious metal investigation and development; ground water, surface water and environmental impact assessments for mines, developments and other critical facilities; permitting support for mines, developments, water supplies and other critical facilities; subsurface investigation of soil, rock and ground water for geotechnical investigation; evaluation of environmental and property damage claims; assessments of environmental contamination; subsurface investigation and remediation of petroleum and hazardous waste contamination; documentation of site history for environmental damage claims and principal responsible party litigation; validation of chemical data; and environmental site assessments for property transfers.

Please send résumé to careers@alphageoscience.com.

Alpha Geoscience

679 Plank Road

Clifton Park, NY 12065

www.alphageoscience.com

 Posted: November 2, 2022

Environmental Geologist - Hydrogeologist

C.T. Male Associates, a multi-discipline consulting firm in the Northeast, is seeking a driven and hands-on Environmental Geologist / Hydrogeologist to join our Latham, NY team. This full-time position offers a complete benefits package (including comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) plan, bonus program, educational assistance/professional development programs, company-paid life insurance, and much more), and a variety of exciting projects across disciplines with technical and managerial growth opportunities that provide the experience necessary to obtain/maintain your professional registration. The successful candidate has strong technical abilities, and excellent organizational and communication skills.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Compile and evaluate technical data and assist in report preparation, environmental compliance plans, and permits.
  • Communicate with project manager, subcontractors, regulatory agents, and clients.
  • Coordinate and direct drilling, surveying, and laboratory services.
  • Conduct field work including aquifer testing and evaluation; drilling oversight and soil/rock logging; supply well construction observation; sampling of environmental media; soil boring and monitoring well installation observation; and well development, purging, and sampling.
  • Prepare daily reporting of field activities and relay conceptual interpretation of data.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Science, or related discipline.
  • Five to ten (5-10) years relevant environmental experience, including environmental field work.
  • OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER certification and annual OSHA 8-Hour HAZWOPER Refresher Training.
  • Valid driver's license.

Preferred:

  • Holds NYS Fundamentals of Geology (FG) license and on path to obtain NYS Registered Professional Geologist (PG) license.
  • Experience with Surfer®, Win-Situ software, AQTESOLV software and/or other groundwater plotting or modeling packages, ArcGIS, Collector, and EQuIS data management.

C.T. Male Associates is invested in its community and is more than just a place to work; it is a place to pursue your professional passions. Come join a company where your talents and motivation are rewarded.

At C.T. Male Associates, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and views. Our intent is to foster an environment where people of different backgrounds can contribute at their highest level and where their differences can make a positive impact on our firm, our clients, and our communities.

C.T. Male Associates is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. We invite all qualified applicants to be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the law.

Environmental Geologist - Hydrogeologist

C.T. Male Associates, a multi-discipline consulting firm in the Northeast, is seeking a driven and hands-on Environmental Geologist / Hydrogeologist to join our Poughkeepsie, NY team. This full-time position offers a complete benefits package (including comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) plan, bonus program, educational assistance/professional development programs, company-paid life insurance, and much more), and a variety of exciting projects across disciplines with technical and managerial growth opportunities that provide the experience necessary to obtain/maintain your professional registration. The successful candidate has strong technical abilities, and excellent organizational and communication skills.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Compile and evaluate technical data and assist in report preparation, environmental compliance plans, and permits.
  • Communicate with project manager, subcontractors, regulatory agents, and clients.
  • Coordinate and direct drilling, surveying, and laboratory services.
  • Conduct field work including aquifer testing and evaluation; drilling oversight and soil/rock logging; supply well construction observation; sampling of environmental media; soil boring and monitoring well installation observation; and well development, purging, and sampling.
  • Prepare daily reporting of field activities and relay conceptual interpretation of data.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Geology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Science, or related discipline.
  • Five to ten (5-10) years relevant environmental experience, including environmental field work.
  • OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER certification and annual OSHA 8-Hour HAZWOPER Refresher Training.
  • Valid driver's license.

Preferred:

  • Holds NYS Fundamentals of Geology (FG) license and on path to obtain NYS Registered Professional Geologist (PG) license.
  • Experience with Surfer®, Win-Situ software, AQTESOLV software and/or other groundwater plotting or modeling packages, ArcGIS, Collector, and EQuIS data management.

C.T. Male Associates is invested in its community and is more than just a place to work; it is a place to pursue your professional passions. Come join a company where your talents and motivation are rewarded.

At C.T. Male Associates, we embrace diversity and inclusion. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and views. Our intent is to foster an environment where people of different backgrounds can contribute at their highest level and where their differences can make a positive impact on our firm, our clients, and our communities.

C.T. Male Associates is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. We invite all qualified applicants to be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the law.

NYSCPG is the principal organization of professional geologists responsible for the advancement of the competent and ethical practice of geology in New York State.
If you are a geologist working or studying in New York State, we invite you to join the NYSCPG. We also welcome and appreciate academic and corporate sponsorship. Keep current, keep connected! 

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