Senior Fish Passage Engineer – Remote, Part‑Time

Anchor QEA; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 114,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

7 paid company and 1 floating holiday

Vacation: prorated to hours/week

Sick and Safe Time: 45 hours annually

401(k) plan with employer match

Job summary

Anchor QEA in Sacramento is seeking a Principal Fish Passage Engineer to lead complex river restoration and fish passage projects across California and the Pacific Northwest. This part-time role (20 hours/week) emphasizes technical leadership and client coordination.

The successful candidate will manage multidisciplinary teams, advance hydraulic design and dam passage studies, mentor staff, and shape Anchor QEA's growth in fish passage and reintroduction practice while contributing to proposals

Qualifications

• S. in Civil Engineering; MS coursework or advanced specialization in hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, or related discipline preferred.
• California Professional Engineer registration.
• Approximately 30 years of progressive experience in water resources, fish passage engineering, and river restoration.
• Demonstrated expertise in hydraulic design, fish passage, fish screening, salmon reintroduction, and large dam passage evaluations.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, managing budgets, and complex interagency coordination.
• Strong technical writing, presentation, and project management skills.
• Established relationships with DWR, CDFW, NOAA Fisheries, USFWS, USBR, USGS, and other resource agencies.
• Ability to identify and develop new business opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as project manager and technical lead for multidisciplinary fish passage, reintroduction, river restoration, and water resources projects.
• Lead planning, alternatives analysis, design, hydraulic evaluation, permitting support, construction oversight, and post-project monitoring for fish passage and reintroduction projects.
• Provide engineering leadership for large dam fish passage and salmon reintroduction studies.
• Prepare technical reports, engineering memoranda, proposals, budgets, and project schedules.
• Mentor engineering and scientific staff.
• Represent Anchor QEA through technical committees, conferences, and publications.
• Develop new client relationships and capture new work with fisheries, fish passage and reintroduction, and/or restoration clients.

Skills

Civil Engineering degree

California PE registration

Fish passage engineering

Hydraulic design

Project management

Interagency coordination

Technical writing

Team leadership

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering

MS coursework in hydrology or fluvial geomorphology

Tools

Hydraulic modeling software

GIS

Job description

Anchor QEA in Sacramento is seeking a Principal Fish Passage Engineer to lead complex river restoration and fish passage projects across California and the Pacific Northwest. This part-time role (20 hours/week) emphasizes technical leadership and client coordination.

The successful candidate will manage multidisciplinary teams, advance hydraulic design and dam passage studies, mentor staff, and shape Anchor QEA's growth in fish passage and reintroduction practice while contributing to proposals