Upper Peninsula Lead Field Technician

Core responsibilities:

• Serve as the Lead Technician for TU's seasonal crew in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, ensuring field work is completed safely and timely.
• Oversee and assist Seasonal Technicians in completing road-stream crossing inventories, coordinating logistics, and ensuring data quality.
• Lead and assist with field-based stream and aquatic surveys including fisheries assessments, habitat assessments, and macroinvertebrate sampling.
• Ensure data integrity through proper recording, organization, entry, and reporting, and assist with field gear maintenance and outreach efforts.

This role creates positive change by restoring aquatic connectivity and habitat in rivers and streams, promoting long-term conservation values to protect wild trout and salmon populations for future generations.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in fisheries management, aquatic ecology, watershed management, geomorphology, or biological sciences.
• Demonstrated experience with safe field operations, leading a field crew, and fisheries survey techniques and equipment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office; experience with Esri Applications (Survey123, Esri Field Maps) preferred.
• Ability to travel overnight, work in rugged terrain carrying heavy equipment, camp in remote locations, and navigate remote roads with a valid driver's license.

Compensation and perks:

• Paid at $17 per hour with per diem pay while camping.
• A rental work vehicle is provided.
• Position is remote but requires being based near Marquette, Michigan, with travel around the UP region.
• Anticipated employment from May through October 2026, with potential for re-hire in future seasons.

Trout Unlimited's mission is to bring together diverse interests to care for and recover rivers and streams, ensuring future generations can experience wild and native trout and salmon.