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Jr. Restoration Engineer

full-time•Bellingham•$65k - $73k

Summary

Location

Bellingham

Salary

$65k - $73k

Type

full-time

Experience

0-2 years

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About this role

Title:  Junior Restoration Engineer

Location:  Bellingham, Wenatchee, Tacoma, Seattle, WA

Job Type:  Regular Full-time

 

What’s the Opportunity?

Anchor QEA is seeking a full-time junior engineer to support habitat restoration planning, analysis, design, and construction projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. The applicant will have 0 to 2 years of experience working on river and stream restoration and/or fish passage projects including providing field assessments, data collection and analysis, hydraulic modeling, fluvial geomorphology, fish passage and restoration design and construction. An understanding of and experience with fluvial, coastal, and estuarine systems is required.

 

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

  • Performing hydrologic, hydraulic, and geomorphic analyses to support habitat restoration and fish passage projects.
  • Participating in the collection of field data; completing complex analyses and calculations with oversight.
  • Preparing design plans, specifications, and construction cost estimates for restoration projects with oversight.
  • Developing project work and reports with oversight.
  • Developing construction planning and observation documentation with oversight.
  • Providing on-site construction observation and field engineering.

What Are We Looking For?

Ideal candidates will have the following:

  • S. degree in stream restoration, ecological, or hydraulic engineering.
  • Proficiency in hydrologic analysis for rivers and streams.
  • Proficiency in 1D and 2D hydrodynamic modeling software (HEC-RAS 1D/2D, SRH-2D).
  • Experience with technical report writing.
  • Construction observation and field engineering experience.
  • Experience with topographic or bathymetric field surveying.
  • Knowledge of Washington State’s environmental planning and regulatory environment and fisheries biology of the Pacific Northwest. 

What Can You Expect?

A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits.  Benefits 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
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.

 

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

 

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.  Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.

 

Salary and Other Compensation:

  • Salary Range: $65,100-$73,000
  • 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: https://anchorqea.com/careers/benefits/

 

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check

 

 

What you'll do

  • The successful candidate will perform hydrologic, hydraulic, and geomorphic analyses to support habitat restoration and fish passage projects. They will also participate in field data collection and prepare design plans and specifications with oversight.

About Anchor QEA

Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Anchor QEA is a nationally recognized environmental science and engineering consulting firm specializing in aquatic, shoreline, and water resource projects, including coastal and flood resiliency. With more than 500 employees in 26 offices across the United States, Anchor QEA works with public and private sector clients to address environmental issues at some of the most challenging sites in the nation by providing planning and strategy development, scientific investigation, engineering design, and construction management.

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