Principal Engineer

We are SLR Consulting (US) a 500 coast-to-coast team of advisory environmental/engineering and regulatory professionals. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory technical environmental and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen.

As our new Principal Scientist/Engineer/Geologist Growth & Practice Leadership you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.

Role

Many talented professionals reach a point in their careers where theyre ready to leadbut dont yet have the platform visibility or autonomy to do so.

This role is designed for that next step.

We are seeking a principal-level environmental professional (Scientist Engineer or Geologist) to join and help grow our Bothell WA Land Quality & Remediation (LQR) practice. This is an opportunity to:

• Step into immediate leadership responsibility
• Work with an existing base of projects and clients
• Build and expand your own client relationships over time
• Lead a small high-performing collaborative team
• Help shape the future direction of the practice

You will not be one layer among many. Your contributions will be visible valued and impactful.

Responsibilities:

What Youll Do

• Practice & Client Development
  • Grow and expand a portfolio of workleveraging both existing SLR clients and your own emerging relationships
  • Build and deepen client relationships over time supported by leadership marketing resources and established accounts
  • Lead proposals scopes and pricing strategies with increasing autonomy
  • Identify new opportunities markets and service offerings
• Technical Leadership
  • Serve as Principal-in-Charge or senior technical lead on complex environmental projects
  • Provide high-level oversight of investigation remediation and regulatory strategy
  • Review and guide technical deliverables (work plans RI/RA reports remedy design etc.)
  • Support innovative and practical solutions across MTCA VCP and PLIA projects
• Team Leadership
  • Lead and mentor a small dedicated team of staff across experience levels
  • Provide coaching development and day-to-day direction
  • Help shape team culture priorities and growth
• Business & Operations
  • Operate in a seller-doer capacity with flexibility based on your strengths and career goals
  • Manage project budgets schedules and staffing
  • Contribute to hiring team growth and practice strategy

Why This Role is Different

• Immediate leadership Step into a team leadership role now not years from now
• Platform to grow Inherit active work while building your own book at your pace
• High visibility Your impact directly shapes the practice
• Entrepreneurial environment Help define strategy services and growth
• Support without heavy bureaucracy Access national resources with local autonomy
• Real career acceleration Grow into a larger leadership role as the practice expands

Working @ SLR

With us there is no doubt youll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run and if you ask our team theyll tell you thats just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.

Heres what else youll enjoy as part of our team:

• Competitive total compensation package including medical dental orthodontia vision FSA/HSA generous PTO accrual 10 paid holidays 401(k) retirement account with company matching program company paid life insurance short & long term disability insurance and employee assistance program.
• The salary range for this position is $130000 - $160000. Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education professional designation experience internal parity and location.
• Full-time permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement

Youll be part of a tight-knit Bothell team where collaboration trust and quality matter. We value:

• Accessible leadership
• Practical decision-making
• Giving people room to grow into their potential

At SLR youll benefit from both local team culture and global resources.

Qualifications/Education/Memberships:

• Typically 1015 years of experience in environmental consulting including time operating at or near the principal level
• Strong technical background in site investigation and remediation (soil groundwater vapor sediment)
• Familiarity with Washington regulatory programs (MTCA VCP PLIA)
• Demonstrated ability to build client relationships and contribute to business development
• An emerging or developing network of clientseven if relationships are still early-stage
• Experience supporting or leading proposals and client engagements
• Entrepreneurial mindset and desire to help grow a practice
• Interest in taking on greater leadership responsibility and mentoring others
• Strong communication project management and collaboration skills

Preferred

• WA PE LG or LHG
• Existing connections in industrial real estate energy municipal or redevelopment sectors
• Experience with vapor intrusion sediment or emerging contaminants
• Background working in larger firms or matrixed organizations

Diversity equity and inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and want to be.

SLR is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / AffirmativeAction Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin gender sexual orientation civil union status age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or expression genetic information or veteran status.

At SLR we embrace diverse cultures perspectives skills and experiences within and outside our organization. We respect and celebrate differences and want to ensure that we continuously strive to build a place where everyone feels included and is encouraged to be their authentic self.

We are committed to these values and our SLR Culture & Diversity Team works to actively promote diversity equity and inclusion across our people and talent processes operations and client work around the you have a disability and need reasonable accommodations at any point in the application or interview process please contact us at