WNR Service Area Manager Our client is a highly-regarded multidisciplinary design firm, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a rich history that spans over three decades. Known for its integrative and collaborative approach, our client specializes in creating sustainable solutions in architecture, urban design, civil engineering, and water resources, operating primarily within the infrastructure and environmental sectors. The firm excels in developing innovative, aesthetically pleasing, and sustainable projects that range from public works and transportation to environmental restoration and urban development. Position Profile Our client is currently seeking to hire a WNR Senior Project Manager/Stream and River Restorations Service Area Manager to join their Water and Natural Resources team in their Redmond, WA office. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in supporting their project and business development efforts across several service areas, including fish passage, stream and river restoration, flood hazard mitigation, and natural systems design. Your responsibilities will encompass managing multidisciplinary teams and overseeing projects focused on replacing culverts for fish passage throughout the Puget Sound region. Their team of engineers and scientists possesses extensive expertise in various fields, including surface water management planning and design, water quality, wetland science, fluvial geomorphology, ecology, botany, aquatic biology, and fisheries. They produce comprehensive technical reports that meticulously document environmental baseline conditions, meeting and surpassing regulatory reporting standards for permitting and compliance requirements at the local, county, state, and federal levels. Position Responsibilities Facilitate business development, training, project delivery process, and operational needs with a focus on fish passage, river/stream restoration, and flood mitigation projects in Puget Sound. Provide technical excellence and guidance in the areas of river/stream restoration, fish passage design, open-channel hydraulics, and bridge hydraulics and scour countermeasure design. Prepare technical approaches/scope, schedule, and budgets for proposals. Manage water resources planning and design projects in and around natural areas, including workload planning and overseeing financials, schedule, deliverables, and quality control. Direct and oversee the preparation of floodplain and watershed studies, hydrologic and hydraulic design reports, and construction documents. Supervise and mentor project staff responsible for design calculations, design drawings and specifications. Collaborate with our client's Transportation, Structures, Urban Planning, and Architecture business units.
Position Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Water Resources, or Environmental Engineering required. Master's degree preferred.
Minimum of ten (10) years of previous Project Management/Project Engineering experience in stream/river restoration design, or related field.
Valid Professional Engineer (PE) license in the state of Washington required or ability to obtain within six months.
Demonstrated successful project management from design through construction.
Supervisory experience with SWMM, HSPF, HEC-RAS, SRH2D or similar hydrologic and hydraulic models (note that technical experts will continue to provide technical training, guidance, and quality control to project level staff).Ability to work collaboratively within a creative, professional, team environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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