Senior Sediment Remediation Design Engineer

Title: Senior Sediment Remediation Design Engineer and Project Manager

Location: Remote (Atlanta)

Job Type: Regular Full-time

Whats the Opportunity

Anchor QEA is seeking a senior design engineer and project manager with 10 to 15 years of relevant experience to deliver upland remediation and contaminated sediment cleanup projects in the Southeast. You will spend most of your time focused on developing solutions for our clients most challenging issues combining engineering design with management of scopes schedules budgets and multidisciplinary teams. Your work will span investigations feasibility studies remedial excavation dredging and capping design contractor procurement and engineering support during design and construction. You will collaborate with experienced scientists and engineers mentor junior staff and develop practical protective remedies for rivers lakes and industrial waterfronts.

Responsibilities:

• Manage concurrent remediation projects and design tasks coordinating staff subcontractors scopes budgets and schedules to meet client commitments and project financial goals.
• Prepare engineering calculations basis of design reports dredge plans cap designs construction drawings specifications and cost estimates for practical protective sediment remedies.
• Plan investigations and evaluate sediment chemistry bathymetry geotechnical conditions and other site data;
• Evaluate and compare remedial alternatives and their costs and benefits.
• Work with geotechnical coastal structural groundwater modelers and environmental specialists across offices to address cap performance cap settlement dredge slope and riverbank stability erosion residuals ground and surface water quality and adjacent infrastructure.
• Develop approaches for dredging capping sediment processing disposal and habitat restoration.
• Support pilot studies through vendor coordination permitting field planning and evaluation of results.
• Support contractor procurement bid evaluation submittal review construction oversight and resolution of field questions and proposed construction changes.
• Direct junior staff on project and field assignments establish clear safety and technical expectations verify their interpretation of results and coach them in design and project management.
• Prepare and review reports plans specifications and proposal content in accordance with project quality requirements.
• Communicate clearly with clients agencies contractors and colleagues.
• Track progress and project costs communicate status promptly document and obtain authorization for scope and budget changes and coordinate timely invoice preparation and follow-up on outstanding payments.
• Strengthen client relationships through reliable project delivery recognize opportunities for additional work and support proposals and selected client development activities.
• Travel to attend client meetings and site visits in person up to 25% of the time depending on project stage.

What Are We Looking For

Ideal candidates will have the following:

• Bachelors degree in civil environmental geotechnical ocean chemical or a related engineering discipline.
• 10 to 15 years of relevant engineering experience including hands-on contaminated sediment remedial design and project or task management.
• Professional Engineer license or ability to obtain licensure within one year.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare engineering calculations plans specifications cost estimates and contractor procurement documents for upland and sediment cleanup projects.
• Experience with dredging and capping remedies and the design considerations that affect constructability performance and cost.
• Experience coordinating multiple assignments managing budgets and schedules tracking project financial performance and communicating with clients and multidisciplinary teams.
• Working knowledge of CERCLA RCRA TSCA CWA and applicable state cleanup programs with experience coordinating with regulatory agencies.
• Ability to work effectively with teams across multiple offices.
• Strong technical writing communication problem-solving and mentoring skills; willingness to travel for project meetings and field assignments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree or specialized experience in geotechnical coastal or sediment remediation engineering including experience with dredge slope and riverbank/shoreline stability or cap design.
• Construction oversight or engineering support experience including submittals contractor coordination and change evaluation.
• Environmental consulting experience Bluebeam Revu and AutoCAD Civil 3D familiarity and current 40-hour HAZWOPER training.

What Can You Expect

A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits. Benefits are detailed 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
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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 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 veterans status national origin disability or sexual orientation. Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.

Salary and Other Compensation:

• 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: minimum 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: Experience:

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