Senior Environmental Scientist - Field Lead & Permits

HDR, Inc.; Gig Harbor (WA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking a Senior Environmental Scientist to lead wetland and stream delineations, prepare permit applications, and develop environmental reports across multiple projects. You will coordinate QA/QC of documents, support client communications, and help plan scopes and budgets for field and analysis tasks.

Travel across WA state may be required. The role emphasizes collaboration with GIS staff, planners, engineers, and biologists, and requires strong writing and independent work

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environment Science or closely related field.
• Proficient with MS Office.
• Self-starter with excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong conceptual, organizational, problem-solving and research abilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Staff management experience beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct wetland and stream delineations, functional assessments, wildlife surveys, and habitat evaluations while managing task level scope, budgets, and schedules.
• Oversee preparation of natural resources permitting applications at federal, state and local level (e.g., Clean Water Act permitting Section 404/401 and WA State/local natural resources permitting).
• Lead development of critical areas reports, wetland and water delineation reports, mitigation and monitoring plans and documents to address project impacts.
• Contribute as an author and/or strategic advisor on natural resource documents such as NEPA/SEPA documents, and biological evaluations/assessments (BAs).
• Provide quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) review of technical documents from disciplines noted above.
• Support project managers and other technical staff with client-agency communications.
• Develop proposals for biological-related tasks (preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets).
• Effectively collaborate with junior and mid-level environmental staff, planners, project engineers, GIS specialists, and clients to achieve regulatory compliance on a variety of projects.
• Perform other related duties as needed

Skills

MS Office

Writing skills

Communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environment Science or closely related field

Tools

GPS units

GIS software

Web maps

Job description

HDR, Inc. is seeking a Senior Environmental Scientist to lead wetland and stream delineations, prepare permit applications, and develop environmental reports across multiple projects. You will coordinate QA/QC of documents, support client communications, and help plan scopes and budgets for field and analysis tasks.

Travel across WA state may be required. The role emphasizes collaboration with GIS staff, planners, engineers, and biologists, and requires strong writing and independent work