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Ready to supercharge your career while doing engaging engineering work that has an impact on the communities we live and work in? Our projects are based in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, where we provide technical expertise and engineering design for stream restoration and fisheries projects. As a Senior Stream Design Engineer/ Project Manager, you’ll work with a multidisciplinary team to design and deliver fish passage and stream restoration projects.
We are currently seeking to add a Senior Stream Design Engineer/ Project Managerto our Water Resource team. The typical salary range for this position is $117,000 to $154,000 and is commensurate with experience relative to this position. This is a full-time with benefits position.
What you’ll be doing:
- Serve as a project engineer and Project Manager for projects within the Water Resources group.
- Monitor scope, schedule, and budget as a Project Manager or task lead. Allocate and direct staff resources to meet project objectives.
- Execute and lead the development of technical reports and plan sets.
- Produce design calculations and clearly document design decisions in technical reports.
- Conduct site visits, evaluate stream conditions, document conditions, and collect field data.
- Coordinate and collaborate with other disciplines to develop optimal solutions, both internally and externally.
- Use 2-dimensional hydraulic models to simulate the hydraulics of water flow through natural rivers and channels (HEC-RAS, SRH2D).
- Assess scour processes and develop mitigation strategies such as scour countermeasures considering environment and natural design.
- Design stream complexity features such as engineered log jams and other Large Woody Material (LWM) features including the evaluation of stability of LWM structures.
- Prepare floodplain impact assessment reports describing project effects on floodplain conveyance, mapped floodways and FEMA and local floodplain guidelines and regulations.
Required qualifications:
- PE certification with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
- +/-10 years of experience in hydrology, hydraulics, fish passage, and/or stream restoration.
- A self-motivated, methodical, and organized problem solver that wants to learn and grow with an interdisciplinary team.
- A person who takes initiative and shows attention to quality and detail.
- Experience working with CAD software such as AutoCAD or MicroStation
- Experience working with GIS software and spatial data.
- Experience performing design calculations working with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software.
- Strong analytical thinking and communication skills.
- Strong technical writing skills and the ability to independently synthesize multiple data points into a single logical justification.
- A mentor that is authentic, empathetic, creative, and sees the key to their professional growth in their investment in others.
- Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s or Advanced degree in Water Resource Engineering or related field
- Knowledge of CAD Software such as Bentley MicroStation/InRoads and Autodesk Civil3D
- Experience with stream restoration design concepts.
- Experience with fish passage culvert replacement projects.
- Experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling using spreadsheet-based tools, and/or software.
- Experience with basin delineation, land cover analysis and hydrologic analysis using modeling software such as: HydroCAD, MGSFlood, WWHM, HEC-HMS, StormShed, XPSWMM.
- Some experience with 2D hydraulic modeling software such as: SRH-2D, HEC-RAS 2D, TUFLOW and the ability to become highly proficient with SRH-2D modeling.
- Ability to identify and analyze geomorphic and sediment transport processes.
- Experience preparing construction documents to include plans, specifications, and cost estimates.
- Hybrid work environment: You will have the ability to work from any of our four existing offices and as part of a virtual team.
- Ability to work on some of the most innovative large-scale stream restoration projects in the county.
- Join a growing team with the opportunity for career advancement.
- Learn and get mentorship from a team of expert water resources engineers.
- Support in developing your technical and organizational skills.
- PACE is committed to inclusion, equity, and diversity and our group places great emphasis on the value of our people, regardless of title or years of experience.
At PACE, we value our people and their personal and professional growth. We are a culture of learning.
Qualifying employee benefits may include but are not limited to: 401(k); ESOP; Medical; Dental; Vision: Flexible Spending Account (FSA); Health Savings Account (HAS); Employee Assistance Program; Short Term Disability; Long Term Disability; Long Term Care benefit; Life and AD&D insurance; PTO; and Paid Holidays.
PACE is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.
