Senior Environmental Scientist - Wetlands & Field Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Employee ownership

Job summary

HDR, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Environmental Scientist to lead wetland delineations, ecological assessments, and NEPA/SEPA work across Washington.

You will manage scope, budgets, and schedules while collaborating with project teams to ensure regulatory compliance on transportation, large facilities, and land-management projects. A BS in Environmental Science, 10 years of complex environmental planning experience, and a Professional Wetland Scientist credential are required.

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 the design, implementation, interpretation and presentation of data for environmental studies and investigations in specialized discipline
• 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
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Responsibilities

• Lead 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 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

NEPA knowledge

EIS management

Technical writing

Communication

Team collaboration

Self-starter

Field data collection

GPS data collection

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science or closely related field

10 years experience in complex environmental planning/compliance projects

Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS)

Tools

MS Office

GIS software

GPS units

Webmaps

Job description

HDR, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Environmental Scientist to lead wetland delineations, ecological assessments, and NEPA/SEPA work across Washington.

You will manage scope, budgets, and schedules while collaborating with project teams to ensure regulatory compliance on transportation, large facilities, and land-management projects. A BS in Environmental Science, 10 years of complex environmental planning experience, and a Professional Wetland Scientist credential are required.