Managing Wetland Scientist

Title: Managing Wetland Scientist

Location: Seattle WA OR Portland OR

Job Type: Regular Full-time

Whats the Opportunity

Anchor QEA is seeking a Managing Wetland Scientist to lead wetland and aquatic resource studies in the Northwest. This is a senior role to lead field survey efforts and to mentor staff in wetland delineation habitat assessment wildlife ecology fisheries biology botany and habitat restoration. The work will include writing to present ecological data and document environmental findings to support projects and obtain regulatory permits and approvals.

This position offers the opportunity to join a growing firm with a strong foundation in restoration resilience and development. Working alongside Anchor QEAs multidisciplinary teams of planners scientists natural resource specialists permitting professionals landscape architects engineers and construction managers the Managing Wetland Scientist will help mentor our team of junior wetland scientists.

This position includes responsibility for managing project scope schedule budget and client relationships while supporting projects through permitting contributing information that affects design construction and post-construction monitoring. The successful candidate will work closely with private-sector clients federal state and local agencies port authorities and non-governmental organizations to support development restoration and mitigation projects that achieve environmental regulatory requirements and improve ecological function and environmental outcomes.

The role also offers some opportunities for business development and strategic growth including cultivating client relationships identifying new opportunities preparing proposals and helping expand Anchor QEAs restoration practice throughout the Northwest and beyond.

Responsibilities

The Managing Wetland Scientist responsibilities include:

• Manage natural resource assessments from planning through permitting and supporting design construction and leading post-construction monitoring of restoration and mitigation areas.
• Lead wetland and aquatic resource field surveys to collect data for environmental projects coordinating with senior and junior staff subconsultants and clients. This includes wetland delineations vegetation classification and habitat mapping stream habitat assessment bird surveys and endangered species occurrence.
• Serve as primary author of environmental documents including critical area reports wetland and habitat mitigation plans impact evaluations biological and habitat evaluations and scientific discipline reports
• Serve as project manager deputy project manager or task lead depending on project complexity. Develop and manage project scopes schedules budgets resource allocations and contract requirements.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients maintaining strong relationships and ensuring client objectives are achieved.
• Lead and advise on the development of permitting and mitigation strategies. Coordinate with federal state and local regulatory agencies to support project permitting environmental compliance and stakeholder engagement efforts.
• Lead teams completing technical studies that support permitting efforts. Provide technical review and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) for project deliverables including reports plans specifications permit applications and construction documents.
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations to clients regulatory agencies public stakeholders and professional organizations.
• Provide mentorship for a team of junior and senior wetland scientists and habitat specialists.

What Are We Looking For

Ideal candidates will have the following:

• Bachelors degree and/or masters degree in biology or a related environment or ecological field.
• 8 years of progressively responsible experience leading wetland and natural resource studies to support development habitat restoration mitigation or related environmental consulting projects.
• Proven ability to develop and manage project scopes schedules budgets contracts and subcontracts.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams and successfully delivering projects on schedule within budget and in accordance with client expectations.
• Experience with local critical area codes Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act.
• Experience leading Wetland and Stream Reports critical area reports mitigation plans impact evaluations scientific discipline reports and permit applications such as Joint Aquatic Resource Permit Applications and Joint Permit Applications.
• Ability to lead field survey efforts and data collection for environmental projects including the ability to safely traverse uneven ground creeks and other obstacles
• Experience coordinating with federal state and local agencies including organizations such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers state environmental agencies and local governments.
• Strong client management skills with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with private-sector federal state municipal and port clients.
• Excellent written verbal and presentation communication skills including experience facilitating meetings and presenting technical information to diverse audiences.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) or other relevant professional certification is preferred but not required.

What Can You Expect

A collaborativework environmentwhere we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offercompetitivecompensationand benefits. Benefitsdetailed below.

Who Are We

Anchor QEA provides environmental planning science and engineering consulting services with the mission of transforming our environment and communities with integrity and vibe. With more than 500 people in offices across the United States our collective vision is to be an inclusive sustainable and growing environmental innovator making generational impacts. By embodying our core values we strive to be our clients first choice for solving their most challenging problems and to be our employees reason to be excited about going to work each morning. Learn more about Anchor QEA at.

How to Apply

Apply online through Anchor QEAs Open Positions page at Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may e-mail their request to

Additional Information

We work hard to embrace diversity and an equal opportunity employer Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employmentbased onage race creed gender religion marital status veterans status national origin disability or sexual is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.

Salary and Other Compensation

• Salary:$141052 - $158684
• Annual Bonus
• Other potential bonus types: Billable Time Bonus Spot Bonus Milestone Anniversary Bonus Receiving Professional License/Certification Bonus Peer-reviewed Publication Bonus Employee Referral Bonus.

Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions:

• Healthcare: Medical dental vision basic life and AD&D insurance
• Paid Company and Floating Holidays: 7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
• Vacation: 2 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service. Vacation may vary by level.
• Sick and Safe Time: 80 hours annually
• Retirement Plan: 401k plan with an employer match * Further information on benefits: is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check
  
  

  Required Experience:

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