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Position range in Nueces County $69k - $165k Per Year Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate I
UNIVERSITY
OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Occupation:
Engineers, All Other
Location:
PORT ARANSAS, TX - 78373
Job Type:
Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift
Posted:
09/02/2026
Positions available: 1
Source:
WorkInTexas
Web Site:
WorkInTexas
Onsite /
Remote:
Selection Required
Updated:
09/02/2026
Expires:
10/02/2026
Agency Job ID:
R_00048534
Job #: 17064467
Job Requirements and Properties
Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Work Onsite
Full Time Schedule
Full Time Job Type
Regular Duration
Permanent Employment Shift
Day Shift Help for .
- Conduct emergent and submergent vegetation and sea level monitoring along the entire Texas coast and other wetland sites as assigned. Overall duties include sampling and data entry via boat, hiking, swimming, and wading through mud and water in wetland habitats.
- Analysis of water samples in laboratory for Total Suspended Solids, chlorophyll, and nutrients.
- Process plant and sediment cores for organic matter, moisture content, dissolved pore water components, CHN and isotopic analysis, sediment grain size, and algal epiphyte enumeration and identification.
- Computer data entry, data QA/QC, some basic and preliminary data analysis.
- Assist with additional research related duties related to lab (sieving and sorting of biological material), field (instrumentation deployment), and outreach activities (with school children).