Senior Restoration Engineer

About the role

Stantec’s Environmental Services practice in the Mountain Region (serving 11 states) is seeking a Senior Restoration Engineer with at least 15 years of experience leading and preparing ecological restoration projects within Rocky Mountain region. The position is to be based out of Denver or Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate, and project technical oversight of the preparation of plans and specifications for ecosystem restoration including stream restoration projects.
• Lead, author, and assemble technical reports including writing narratives, describing analytical findings, producing exhibits, and providing potential recommendations.
• Lead or support dam removal, fish passage, and aquatic organism passage (AOP) planning, design, regulatory coordination, construction oversight, and monitoring.
• Interact and interface with environmental regulators and clients; proactively assess and resolve concerns.
• Manage tasks and projects according to approved scopes of work and deliver quality reports on schedule and within budget.
• Apply technical and business knowledge and methods to develop creative, effective, and economical solutions to address current and potential project issues.
• Analyze current and emerging technical issues, and implement actions to proactively address market, business, regulatory, and/or economic issues.
• Champion Health, Security, Safety and Environment (HSSE) Policies, Procedures, Standards and Guidelines in the execution of all work.
• Provide supervision, training, technical direction and mentoring to more junior staff.
• Contribute to and lead business development activities, including proposals, pre-qualifications, and relationship building with clients and prospective clients and industry colleagues.

Requirements

At least 15 years of experience successfully executing technical aspects, design and implementation oversight of complex projects in Colorado and/or other neighboring states.

Skilled in communications and technical information exchange with clients, engineers and scientists, government regulators and agencies, and academia, as well as non-technical communication to the public.

Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills (i.e., strong writer).

Demonstrated experience with leading planning projects and ability to motivate self and others to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.

Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and to prioritize and balance sometimes heavy workloads to achieve goals while keeping up with a highly mobile and changing environment.

Experience and ability in collaborative problem solving, with teammates, stakeholders, and clients.

Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Familiarity with fluid mechanics, hydrology, and hydraulic processes.

Experience with CAD design software (AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation).

Experience with ESRI software, including ArcGIS.

Experience with dam removal and/or fish passage projects.

Experience coordinating with fisheries agencies, tribes, and federal land managers.

Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental, ecological, or civil engineering, or related field, and at least 15+ years of related experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in the State of Colorado and have or have the ability to obtain PE licensure by comity/reciprocity in other western states (e.g., NM, UT, WY, AZ, NV, CA) as project needs require.
• Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Civil, Water Resources, or Environmental Engineering or a related degree.
• Rosgen Training – Levels 1 through 4, or similar stream restoration implementation training.
• Experience with multiple stream design approaches.
• Experience with hydrologic and hydraulic models, including HEC-RAS (1-D & 2-D).
• Experience with ESRI software, including ArcGIS.
• Experience with dam removal and/or fish passage projects.
• Experience coordinating with fisheries agencies, tribes, and federal land managers.