Senior Sediment Remediation Design Engineer

Title:

Senior Sediment Remediation Design Engineer and Project Manager

Location:

Remote (Atlanta)

Job Type: Regular Full-time

Anchor QEA is seeking a senior design engineer and project manager with 10 to 15 years of relevant experience to deliver upland remediation and contaminated sediment cleanup projects in the Southeast. You will spend most of your time focused on developing solutions for our clients' most challenging issues, combining engineering design with management of scopes, schedules, budgets, and multidisciplinary teams. Your work will span investigations, feasibility studies, remedial excavation, dredging and capping design, contractor procurement, and engineering support during design and construction.

You will collaborate with experienced scientists and engineers, mentor junior staff, and develop practical, protective remedies for rivers, lakes, and industrial waterfronts.

• Manage concurrent remediation projects and design tasks, coordinating staff, subcontractors, scopes, budgets, and schedules to meet client commitments and project financial goals.
• Prepare engineering calculations, basis of design reports, dredge plans, cap designs, construction drawings, specifications, and cost estimates for practical, protective sediment remedies.
• Plan investigations and evaluate sediment chemistry, bathymetry, geotechnical conditions, and other site data;
• Evaluate and compare remedial alternatives and their costs and benefits.
• Work with geotechnical, coastal, structural, groundwater modelers and environmental specialists across offices to address cap performance, cap settlement, dredge slope and riverbank stability, erosion, residuals, ground and surface water quality, and adjacent infrastructure.
• Develop approaches for dredging, capping, sediment processing, disposal, and habitat restoration.
• Support pilot studies through vendor coordination, permitting, field planning, and evaluation of results.
• Support contractor procurement, bid evaluation, submittal review, construction oversight, and resolution of field questions and proposed construction changes.
• Direct junior staff on project and field assignments, establish clear safety and technical expectations, verify their interpretation of results, and coach them in design and project management.
• Prepare and review reports, plans, specifications, and proposal content in accordance with project quality requirements.
• Communicate clearly with clients, agencies, contractors, and colleagues.
• Track progress and project costs, communicate status promptly, document and obtain authorization for scope and budget changes, and coordinate timely invoice preparation and follow-up on outstanding payments.
• Strengthen client relationships through reliable project delivery, recognize opportunities for additional work, and support proposals and selected client development activities.
• Travel to attend client meetings and site visits in person, up to 25% of the time depending on project stage.

Ideal candidates will have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, environmental, geotechnical, ocean, chemical, or a related engineering discipline.
• 10 to 15 years of relevant engineering experience, including hands-on contaminated sediment remedial design and project or task management.
• Professional Engineer license, or ability to obtain licensure within one year.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare engineering calculations, plans, specifications, cost estimates, and contractor procurement documents for upland and sediment cleanup projects.
• Experience with dredging and capping remedies and the design considerations that affect constructability, performance, and cost.
• Experience coordinating multiple assignments, managing…