Job Reference Number
12-0416
Job Type
Professional
Schedule
Full Time
Job Location
North America; United States; Oregon
Job Summary
Cardno ENTRIX has one of the largest private groups of agricultural and natural resource economists in the United States. Economics expertise is integrated into most of the Company’s other practices, particularly water resources, land use management, litigation support, and environmental liability management. Economists are located in offices throughout the country, but work as a national team to meet our clients’ needs.
We are seeking a Senior Economist to help us expand our natural resource economics practice in the Northwest. The ideal candidate has 10 or more years of experience, with an emphasis in water resource economics, and a proven track record in establishing and building client relationships. The ability to successfully manage multi-disciplinary teams and mentor staff is also critically important.
We are seeking a Senior Economist to help us expand our natural resource economics practice in the Northwest. The ideal candidate has 10 or more years of experience, with an emphasis in water resource economics, and a proven track record in establishing and building client relationships. The ability to successfully manage multi-disciplinary teams and mentor staff is also critically important.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities include:
- Develop and actively pursue new markets to acquire additional work for the company, and maintain client relationships on existing projects
- Provide technical support and economic analyses for a wide range of projects
- Manage small- and large-scale tasks, projects and marketing efforts
- Provide guidance to other economists on research methods and analytical techniques
- Assist in fostering a strong team environment and developing high-quality products
Other Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Economics
- Ten years of relevant professional experience, including college research and work experience
- Demonstrated track record of business/client development
- Experience in economics related to water, land and agriculture, environmental issues, energy, and related issues
- Strong analytical and quantitative capabilities, including economic theory, mathematics and statistics, and quantitative methods to measure economic benefits and costs of projects and policies
- Demonstrated project management experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Solid time-management and follow-through skills, with the ability to simultaneously work on and manage multiple tasks and projects with tight deadlines
- Ability to work well independently and with a diverse, multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced, team-oriented work environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills, as the candidate will work closely with clients and ohter employees on a variety of projects
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship
- Masters or PhD in Resource or Agricultural Economics
- Strong experience developing client or other business relationships
- Experience preparing proposals including scopes of work and qualifications
- Litigation and expert witness experience
- Expertise in fisheries, water resources, energy, ecosystem services, or mining
- Coursework in business, finance, planning, environmental sciences, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Word & Excel, and demonstrated ability to work with statistical software
- Bilingual capabilities (Spanish) is a plus.
Employee Benefits
Cardno ENTRIX rewards employees with competitive compensation, generous benefits package and a lot of other perks too.
Contact
Please contact jobs@entrix.com
