Prevailing Wage, Field Services Technician

Prevailing Wage Field Technician

WSP is seeking a 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

WSP Benefits : WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on 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) : $24.64- $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 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.

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.

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.