Senior Environmental Scientist / Practice Builder
The Watershed Company, a regional leader in science-based and sustainable design, is seeking qualified senior environmental sciences candidates. Successful candidates will work with a multidisciplinary team of accomplished scientists, planners, engineers, arborists, and landscape architects in a growing 37-year-old employee-owned company based in Kirkland, WA. For more details about our firm, visit www.watershedco.com.
Responsibilities:
Manage environmentally complex projects, specializing in streams, wetlands, wildlife, and shorelines.
Oversee all stages of project development, including site assessment and delineation, public involvement, conceptual through final design, permitting, construction documents (PS&E), quality control, and construction oversight for landscape architecture and environmental projects.
Within the candidate’s scope of expertise, grow a practice within the company that is complementary to existing services and aligns with the firm’s mission, including fostering clients, sales and marketing, mentor-ship to and hiring of junior staff.
Minimum qualifications:
Strong entrepreneurial goal to invest as a partner in the practice.
5+ years of relevant experience involving Puget Sound-area critical areas and shoreline regulations and State and Federal regulations for natural resource related projects.
Excellent writing, organizational, critical thinking, and communication skills are required.
Experience managing design teams and projects; desire to work in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.
Experience writing scopes of work, project budgeting and responding to RFPs. Grant writing experience a plus.
Familiarity with local environmental regulatory processes and requirements; familiarity with development codes and standards.
Professional Wetland Scientist or Certified Fisheries Professional highly desirable
Salary and Benefits:
Salary depends on experience and qualifications. Benefits include medical/dental insurance, continuing education, performance bonuses, retirement program with future matched payments, and opportunities for ownership.
The Watershed Company is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and respected. Individuals of all cultures, communities, abilities, and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Send cover letter and resume to Jobs@watershedco.com.
Please include the word “Sr. Env Sci” in the subject line.
