Technical Carbon Operations Lead
6 days ago
🏡 Remote – Anywhere in California
Description
• Work with internal teams and external partners to execute a range of quantitative and geospatial analyses and workflows necessary to rigorously diligence, design and develop carbon projects including land eligibility assessment, growth projection, biomass, leakage, risk and baseline quantification, and project success monitoring and oversight. • Conduct technical evaluation of data and reports received from project partners or other third parties, and provide constructive feedback to optimize project design for quality and efficiency. • Generate, collect and manage a wide variety of project data, including field biomass inventories, various carbon quantification parameters, eligibility documentation, ecological monitoring indicators, project boundaries and supporting remote sensing/geospatial data. • Product written technical reports to assist in project development and diligence, and contribute to Project Description Documents and Monitoring Reports. • Work directly with partners and contractors to ensure that data collection and project quantification procedures align with registry requirements, and participate in project validation and verification activities. • Partner with cross-functional teams to provide insights and contribute to the development of tools, products and procedures for Pachama to scale to hundreds of Originals projects.
Requirements
• University degree or equivalent experience in forestry, forestry engineering, environmental science or other related fields • Applied carbon project development experience in a technical/quantitative role using approved methodologies from leading registries • Excellent quantitative and geospatial (GIS) analytical background in forest systems; familiarity with common remote sensing data and analytical techniques for land use and ecosystem assessments • Specific experience with forest mensuration, including statistical sample design and overseeing field inventories • Strong technological skills, including experience or ability to interact with a variety of data analysis and workflow platforms (e.g. R, Python, Flyte) • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to give and receive feedback, work cross-functionally and communicate technical information to a variety of internal and external audiences and stakeholders • Ability to effectively operate with flexibility in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, ambiguous, team environment • Resourcefulness and tenacity with a strong sense of curiosity and passion for learning • Portuguese and/or Spanish language skills are a plus • A willingness to travel
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