Alaska Fisheries Field Technician at Lynker Technologies in Sitka, Alaska

Job Description:

Lynker Technologies


Alaska Fisheries Field Technician

US-AK-Sitka

Job ID: 2025-1320
Type: Temporary
# of Openings: 1
Category: Field Technicians
NOAA - Little Port Walter Marine Station

Overview

Lynker is seeking to hire two (2) Fisheries Field Technicians to support NOAA Fisheries' Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) Auke Bay Laboratory (ABL). Work will be conducted on-site at the Little Port Walter (LPW) Marine Research Station, situated on the remote east side of Baranof Island about 44 miles southeast of Sitka, Alaska. One field season will run June 3 - Sept 30, 2025; the other will run July 8 - Sept 30, 2025.

Background: Little Port Walter Marine Research Station (LPW) is the oldest continuously operated fisheries research field station in Alaska. The experimental Chinook salmon hatchery, the anadromous fish counting weir on Sashin Creek, and its close proximity to the ocean environments of the Gulf of Alaska are the principal assets of the station. Operated and maintained by the Auke Bay Laboratories Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment program, scientists from many different institutions visit the station to conduct research on aquaculture, genetics, groundfish research, and ocean ecology of Chinook salmon. Chinook salmon originating in Little Port Walter contribute to the understanding of the ecosystems in Southeast Alaska and other parts of the North Pacific Ocean where they reside during their life cycle.
AFSC Auke Bay Lab requires support at LPW in collecting and processing samples, and analyzing data in support of ongoing fisheries research projects. The tasks will involve sampling, tagging, spawning, and processing fish; husbandry support for aquaculture research, data collection, data entry, data analysis, and project reporting.

Responsibilities

Duties of the Fisheries Field Technician will include:

• Serve as coordinator for field work, which includes 90% of work on vessel surveys and research field stations.
• Coordinate and assist in fish collection, sampling, coded wire tagging, and spawning activities.
• Coordinate and assist with fish husbandry work including maintenance of equipment.
• Coordinate and assist in daily environmental data collection.
• Record any deviation from scientific protocols.
• Coordinate and participate in all staging and de-staging of field work, including the installation, conversion, and removal of NOAA’s research salmon weir on Sashin Creek over the course of the work season.
• Coordinate and participate in maintenance required for the safe, daily operation of NOAA’s research salmon weir on Sashin Creek.
• Coordinate and assist in all cleaning, assembly, disassembly, and dissemination of all related elements to research projects, including data, samples, supplies and equipment.
• Assist in data entry into spreadsheets and databases and literature review.
• Assist in the preparation of reports and manuscripts related to climate change on, genetics, growth, condition, migration, and survival of salmonids and other commercially important species.
• Provide a written report on all data collected, all data entry and analyses, and locations of data files.

Qualifications

The Fisheries Field Technician selected should meet the following Minimum required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, or higher, from an accredited college or university with a major directly related in a field of study: fisheries, aquaculture, genetics, biology, natural science, or mathematics.
• An additional three (3) years of experience in related field.

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• A combination of such totaling seven (7) years combined education and experience. A higher education Degree in science may be substituted for experience.

Additional required qualifications of the Fisheries Field Technician include:

• Experience in salmon husbandry techniques
• Experience entering data into databases
• Experience working in remote Alaska areas
• Experience working for extended hours in adverse environmental conditions
• Experience working on or operating powered small boats in Alaska waters
• Experience safely operating power tools necessary for fieldwork
• Due to the physical nature of fieldwork the individual must be able to lift and move items up to 20kg without assistance

About Lynker

Lynker is a growing, employee owned, small business, specializing in professional, scientific and technical services. Our continually expanding team combines scientific expertise with mature, results-driven processes and tools to achieve technically sound, cost effective solutions in hydrology/water sciences, geospatial analysis, information technology, resource management, conservation, and management and business process improvement.

We focus on putting the right people in the right place to be effective. And having the right people is critical for success. Our streamlined organization enables and empowers our talented professionals to tackle our customers' scientific and technical priorities – creatively and effectively.

Lynker offers a team-oriented work environment, and the opportunity to work in a culture of exceptionally skilled professionals who embrace sound science and creative solutions. Lynker's benefits include the following:

• Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
• Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
• Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
• 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we're all company owners!
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life and accident insurance
• Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
• Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
• Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
• Employee Referral Program
• Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
• Personalized career growth plans for every employee

Lynker is an E-Verify employer.

Lynker is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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