Senior Environmental Scientist

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At HDR, we specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts and artists. That’s why we believe diversity is our greatest strength.

HDR is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

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HDR is looking for a Senior Environmental Scientist to join our inclusive, diverse, and highly collaborative environmental team. This position will be based out of any of the following Florida offices:
Tampa, Sarasota, or Orlando.

This individual must be an exceptional senior level environmental scientist with expansive environmental permitting experience. Candidates with extensive experience obtaining environmental permits for ports projects are preferred. Candidates that strive for excellence in their day-to-day work, scientific practice, and careers; as well as those individuals that are interested in continuing to expand their scientific knowledge through collaboration and continued learning will integrate nicely into our environmental practice.

While the focus of this role is to lead benthic surveys, seagrass surveys, wetland delineations, species surveys, and associated regulatory permitting, biologists on our team have the opportunity to crosswalk all facets of project delivery including botany, fisheries, and NEPA.

Our team spends time in the field and in front of a computer throughout the year. Field work includes benthic surveys, seagrass surveys, wetland and other surface waters delineations, habitat surveys, and wildlife surveys that are performed to support impact assessments, impact avoidance, regulatory permitting efforts, and pre- and post-construction compliance. When we are at our computers, we perform desktop surveys, analyze the data collected in the field and use those data to prepare natural resource reports, mitigation and monitoring plans, regulatory permit applications, and other technical papers as needed.

As a Senior Marine Environmental Scientist, this individual would be a primary point of contact for our internal and external Ports and Maritime clients (project managers).

This position involves supporting market needs and client-focused solutions, including support of client management efforts, as well as strategic thinking to expand our Environmental practice in the Florida/Puerto Rico area. Responsibilities will include managing environmental projects and tasks in the state, identifying client opportunities, supporting major proposal efforts and mentoring and training staff. The position may also include functioning as an environmental team leader through supervising mid- to junior-level environmental staff.

• Function as a Senior Marine Environmental Project Manager for permitting ports and maritime projects and related environmental services
• Provide technical expertise at the project level and support growing HDR’s environmental program
• Remain up-to-date with regulatory policy changes
• Prepare, plan and analyze/review technical studies, permit applications, NEPA documents, and similar reports/documents
• Accomplish work independently and through coordinating or supervising small to large technical and professional teams from local and regional offices
• Manage and deliver several projects concurrently, including developing and managing budgets, schedules, and quality of product
• Support client relations and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings
• Assist public and private clients with permit coordination, acquisition and compliance for seagrass, benthic species, wetland, other surface waters, essential fish habitat, and threatened/endangered species
• Orchestrate marine survey sand assessments, biological field surveys or assessments, data interpretation, analysis and…