Ecosystem Restoration Professional

As an Ecosystem Restoration Professional with Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) in our Nashville-area office in Franklin, TN, you’ll lead the ecosystem restoration design team and oversee the planning, design, and implementation of stream, wetland, floodplain, and other ecosystem restoration projects throughout Tennessee and the surrounding region.

Your work will encompass stream channel, wetland, and floodplain restoration, along with other nature-based solutions designed to improve water quality, habitat, and ecological function. You’ll apply your experience in ecosystem restoration—which may include stream morphology, fluvial geomorphology, ecology, hydrology, hydraulics, or natural channel design—to guide projects from initial field assessment and conceptual design through final design and construction.

You’ll lead and work alongside a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists while collaborating with experienced restoration professionals across CEC. In this player-coach role, you’ll contribute directly to project work while managing projects, mentoring and developing staff, strengthening client relationships, and helping grow CEC's ecosystem restoration practice in Middle Tennessee.

At CEC, every team member is personally invested in serving our clients with integrity, delivering results that matter, and growing meaningful careers. As employee-owners, we’re accountable not just for our work, but for creating an environment that supports and challenges one another. Our people are our priority — and that’s what drives us to dig deeper, collaborate smarter, and build lasting relationships inside and outside of our company.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and work alongside the Nashville ecosystem restoration design team in planning and designing stream channel, wetland, and floodplain restoration projects
• Guide the application of ecosystem restoration principles including natural channel design, stream morphology, ecology, hydrology, and hydraulics across restoration projects
• Prepare, lead and review grading plans, construction drawings, quantity calculations, technical specifications, cost estimates, and other design documents
• Perform and guide hydrologic, hydraulic, ecological, geomorphic, and other technical evaluations in support of restoration design
• Conduct and oversee stream, wetland, floodplain, and other ecological field assessments and data collection to support project design
• Provide and lead construction-phase support and while coordinating field oversight with the ecosystem restoration team
• Collaborate with engineers, scientists, contractors, clients, and regulatory agencies throughout project delivery
• Manage projects, mentor and develop design staff, and work with the team to coordinate workload and deliver projects
• Contribute to the continued growth of CEC's ecosystem restoration practice

Our Nashville-area office in Franklin, TN, is home to a passionate and growing team of professionals. Located just minutes from downtown Nashville, Franklin offers small-town charm with convenient access to the region’s outdoor recreation, live music, professional sports, and dining. Middle Tennessee offers a great place to grow both personally and professionally.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, ecology, geomorphology, environmental science, or a related discipline
• Experience leading multidisciplinary design teams, managing projects, mentoring staff, and coordinating project delivery
• Working knowledge of ecosystem restoration principles, including relevant experience in one or more areas such as stream morphology, fluvial geomorphology, ecology, hydrology, or hydraulics
• Experience designing ecosystem restoration projects in one or more practice areas, such as…