Senior Environmental Scientist - Field & Permitting Leader

HDR, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Employee ownership culture

Job summary

HDR, Inc. seeks a Senior Environmental Scientist to lead wetland, stream delineations, wildlife surveys and habitat evaluations across WA state. You will manage project scope, budgets and schedules while ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will prepare environmental permits, lead critical areas and waiver reports, and contribute to NEPA/SEPA documents. Travel to client sites is required and a PWS credential is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environment Science or closely related field.
• 10 years experience in complex environmental planning/compliance projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the NEPA process.
• Experience managing large, complex EIS documents for transportation, large facility, land management, or other infrastructure projects.
• Technical expertise in design, implementation, interpretation and presentation of data for environmental studies.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct wetland and stream delineations, functional assessments, wildlife surveys, and habitat evaluations.
• 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.
• Contribute as an author and/or strategic advisor on natural resource documents such as NEPA/SEPA documents, and biological evaluations/assessments (BAs).
• Provide QA/QC review of technical documents from noted disciplines.
• Support project managers and other technical staff with client-agency communications.
• Develop proposals for biological-related tasks (scopes, schedules, budgets).
• Collaborate with junior/mid-level environmental staff, planners, engineers, GIS specialists, and clients to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Perform other related duties as needed.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Technical writing

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science

Tools

GPS units

GIS software

Webmaps

MS Office

Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS)

Job description

HDR, Inc. seeks a Senior Environmental Scientist to lead wetland, stream delineations, wildlife surveys and habitat evaluations across WA state. You will manage project scope, budgets and schedules while ensuring regulatory compliance.

You will prepare environmental permits, lead critical areas and waiver reports, and contribute to NEPA/SEPA documents. Travel to client sites is required and a PWS credential is highly valued.