Full-time · Tacoma, United States
Title: Senior-level Scientist / Habitat Restoration
Location: Bellingham, Seattle, or Tacoma
Job Type: Regular Full-time
What’s the Opportunity?
Anchor QEA is seeking an experienced scientist to help expand our habitat restoration practice in the Pacific Northwest. We are particularly interested in an individual who has a background in designing, planning, and overseeing restoration for marine, estuarine, and/or freshwater tidal marsh and/or riverine and floodplain habitat, with a strong multidisciplinary technical background along with project management, client management, and business development experience. The ideal applicant will have 10 or more years of experience providing engineering or landscape architecture design along with habitat assessments for wetland, river, stream, estuary, and/or coastal restoration projects, overseeing field assessments and data collection and analysis, and overseeing restoration design and construction. The ideal candidate would be able to perform technical work, including technical studies and design work, and help manage interdisciplinary restoration teams from planning through design and construction of projects. The ideal candidate would also help our teams manage and develop projects for existing clients, as well as develop new clients and projects.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be responsible for most, if not all, of the following:
What Are We Looking For?
Ideal candidates will have the following:
A bachelor's or master’s degree in hydraulic, water resources, coastal, or civil engineering; landscape architecture; fluvial or coastal geomorphology; biology; hydrology; or similar science with a focus in habitat restoration
10 or more years’ experience in aquatic, shoreline, or wetland habitat restoration projects, including progressive project management experience
A comprehensive understanding of fisheries biology in the Pacific Northwest, including salmon and steelhead ecology, behavior, and population structure
Familiarity with the implementation of the hydraulic modeling, design standards, regulations, and requirements for a diversity of water resource, fish passage and restoration projects in Washington and Oregon
An understanding of and experience with coastal, freshwater, and estuarine systems
GIS experience and familiarity with standard hydrologic, hydraulic, and data analysis software
Knowledge of federal and Washington and Oregon state environmental planning and regulatory environment
Ability to excel in a fast paced, detail- and client service-oriented team environment
Ability to work across disciplines internally and externally
Ability to work well in diverse multi-disciplinary project teams
Ability to work with multiple stakeholders at a time with different project objectives
Strong written and verbal communications skills
Experience with planning, project management, client management, and/or business development in the Pacific Northwest
Self-motivation, drive, and the ability to work independently
The following additional qualities are desired but not required:
What Can You Expect?
A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits which are detailed below.
Who Are We?
Anchor QEA is an environmental science and engineering consulting firm that is focused on improving the environment and our communities by solving challenging problems. We employ more than 400 people in offices around the United States. Our vision is for a growing company that is our clients’ first choice for solving their most challenging problems and our employees’ first choice as a company where they want to work. Learn more about Anchor QEA at www.anchorqea.com
How to Apply?
Apply online through Anchor QEA’s Open Positions page at https://www.anchorqea.com/careers/careers-open-positions/. Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Additional Information
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.
Salary and Other Compensation:
Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions:
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