senior water resource engineer / Practice Builder
The Watershed Company, a regional leader in science-based and sustainable design, is seeking qualified senior water resources engineering candidates. Successful candidates will work with a multidisciplinary team of accomplished scientists, planners, engineers, arborists, and landscape architects in a growing 37-year-old employee-owned company based in Kirkland, WA. For more details about our firm, visit www.watershedco.com.
Responsibilities:
Manage environmentally complex projects, specializing in streams, wetlands, wildlife, and shorelines.
Oversee all stages of project development, including site assessment, public involvement, conceptual through final design, permitting, construction documents (PS&E), quality control, and construction oversight for landscape architecture and environmental projects.
Within the candidate’s scope of expertise, grow a practice within the company that is complementary to existing services and aligns with the firm’s mission, including fostering clients, sales and marketing, mentor-ship to and hiring of junior staff.
Qualifications:
Strong entrepreneurial goal to invest as a partner in the practice.
Professional Engineer licensed to practice in Washington State; must have water resources project experience involving stream culverts and natural open channel streams and rivers.
Excellent writing, organizational, critical thinking, and communication skills are required.
Experience managing design teams and projects; desire to work in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.
Experience writing scopes of work, project budgeting and responding to RFPs. Grant writing experience a plus.
Familiarity with local environmental regulatory processes and requirements; familiarity with development codes and standards.
Salary:
Salary depends on experience and qualifications. Benefits include medical/dental insurance, continuing education, performance bonuses, retirement program with future matched payments, and opportunities for ownership.
The Watershed Company is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and respected. Individuals of all cultures, communities, abilities, and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Send cover letter and resume to Jobs@watershedco.com. Please include the phrase “Sr. WRE” in the subject line.
