We are seeking a senior environmental/civil engineering professional with deep experience inecological restoration, stream and wetland design, hydrologic/hydraulic analysis, and Florida project delivery .This is not a general environmental project management or permitting-only position. The successful candidate will combine strong technical restoration-design experience with project leadership, client management, regulatory coordination, and the ability to help grow ecological and natural-resource work across Florida and other regional markets.
What You Will Do
Location: Tampa, Florida
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Compensation: $141,000–$180,000
Employment Type: Full-time
Relocation Assistance: Not available
Visa Sponsorship: Not available You will lead ecological restoration and mitigation projects from scope development through design, permitting, construction oversight, and final delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
  • Lead the design and delivery ofstream, wetland, habitat, and ecological restoration/mitigation projects
  • Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, invoicing, quality, and subconsultants
  • Develop project management plans, project pricing, schedules, and quality plans
  • Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams
  • Perform or oversee stream and wetland assessment and restoration design
  • Support hydrologic analysis using methodologies such asTR-55, TR-20, and Rational Method
  • Support hydraulic modeling usingHEC-RASCoordinate environmental and joint-permit applications
  • Work with regulatory agencies, municipalities, counties, landowners, and other stakeholders
  • Participate in community engagement and landowner coordination
  • Support stream surveys, geomorphic assessments, sediment sampling, and field investigations
  • Provide construction management and restoration implementation oversight
  • Participate in client presentations, proposals, task-order development, and business development
  • Build and maintain relationships with Florida clients and regulatory agencies
  • Collaborate with natural resources, water resources, environmental, and civil engineering teams
  • Travel as required for projects and client needs
Required Qualifications: Applicants should meet the following requirements: Bachelor’s degree inCivil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related engineering disciplinefrom an ABET-accredited program Approximately8–12+ years of relevant professional experience, with substantial experience in ecological restoration or mitigation design Active Professional Engineer license in Florida Rosgen Level IV certification or comparable river/stream restoration accreditation Significant hands-on experience designingstream, wetland, ecological restoration, mitigation, or natural-channel projects Strong understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic analysis as applied to restoration projects Experience working withHEC-RASExperience with restoration-related permitting and regulatory coordination Demonstrated experience managing technical projects, budgets, schedules, clients, and multidisciplinary teams Established professional relationships within the Florida environmental, regulatory, municipal, county, or infrastructure market Ability to work onsite in Tampa, Florida Ability to travel as required Authorization to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship Strongly PreferredPMP or CAPM certificationESC certification Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or Micro StationGIS experience, including ArcGIS/ArcMap or equivalent2-D hydraulic modeling experience Stormwater management design experience Erosion and sediment-control design experience Experience with multiple project-delivery models such as Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, or Full Delivery Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams Experience developing proposals and winning or expanding client work Existing relationships with Florida regulatory agencies and public-sector clients Who This Role Is Best Suited ForSenior Ecological Restoration Project ManagerSenior Water Resources Project Manager Stream Restoration Engineer Principal Water Resources Engineer Ecological Restoration Practice Lead Natural Resources Engineering ManagerSenior Environmental Engineer – Restoration Senior Restoration / River Engineering Consultant Important This position requires anactive Florida PE licenseand meaningful professional experience inecological restoration design involving streams, wetlands, mitigation, or similar natural systems .Candidates whose experience is primarily environmental compliance, permitting, wetland delineation, NEPA documentation, general civil engineering, or stormwater management without ecological-restoration design experience are unlikely to be a fit.

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