Freshwater Ecology Technician

14 hours ago

Hamilton, New Zealand Science New Zealand Full time

**About us**

At Earth Sciences New Zealand, we're proud of our contribution to science and innovation in Aotearoa. You'll be part of a collaborative and purpose-driven organisation where your work has impact. To deliver the science needed to achieve meaningful change, we are committed to providing the best for our people, strengthening domestic and international collaborations, partnering with Māori, supporting Pacific resilience, leveraging advanced technologies, and investing wisely in essential assets and infrastructure. We also uphold our environmental responsibilities and maintain a strong focus on financial sustainability, ensuring our work continues to make a lasting difference.

**About the position**

In this position, you will be enhancing the capabilities of our Hamilton-based team by advancing research and practical solutions to address New Zealand's freshwater biodiversity challenges. We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced freshwater ecology technician for a permanent position in our Hamilton office to support a range of largely freshwater projects. The position will mainly provide technical support for research and consultancy work focused on freshwater fish and invertebrate ecology but with the expectation that you would also work across a range of other freshwater and marine areas as required.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Planning and logistics for fieldwork excursions.
- Carrying out freshwater fish surveys in New Zealand rivers and lakes.
- Performing macroinvertebrate surveys and the processing of samples in our laboratory.
- Deployment of in-situ biotelemetry equipment for monitoring of fish migrations and assessment of populations.
- Data collation, analysis and archiving

**About you**

What we are looking for
- Your strong fieldwork skills in freshwater ecology.
- Your experience in planning and leading phases of fieldwork deployments.
- Your ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, often with others but sometimes on your own.
- A good working knowledge and skill in the identification of New Zealand's freshwater fish and macroinvertebrate species.

**What you'll bring**
- A qualification in ecological science or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 to 5 years' experience in an ecological science role.
- Demonstrated experience in ecological fieldwork and data analysis.
- Strong skills in using environmental monitoring instrumentation.
- Full NZ driver license is essential

**What we offer**
- Varied, challenging and important work with talented colleagues in an organisation devoted to earth science.
- A high performing organisation with a focus on employee development and wellbeing
- Generous leave entitlements and employee benefits

If this sounds like the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Details
- Crown research institute
- NIWA
- Reference #
- 59256
- Posted on
- 29 Aug 2025
- Closes on
- 14 Sep 2025 23:55
- Location(s)
- Hamilton
- Expertise
- Biosecurity, Marine & Freshwater Science, Statistics, Environmental management systems, Technical writing, Climate change adaptation
- Job level(s)
- Technician
- Work type(s)
- Permanent
- More details (document)
- Freshwater Ecology Technician T2T3 PD - August 2025.pdf

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