Senior Environmental Scientist

In the role of Senior Environmental Scientist, we’ll count on you to:

• Lead and direct wetland and stream delineations, functional assessments, wildlife surveys, and habitat evaluations while managing task level scope, budgets, and schedules.
• Oversee preparation of natural resources permitting applications at federal, state and local level (e.g., Clean Water Act permitting Section 404/401 and WA State/local natural resources permitting)
• Lead development of critical areas reports, wetland and water delineation reports, mitigation and monitoring plans and documents to address project impacts
• Contribute as an author and/or strategic advisor on natural resource documents such as NEPA/SEPA documents, and biological evaluations/assessments (BAs).
• Provide quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) review of technical documents from disciplines noted above.
• Support project managers and other technical staff with client-agency communications.
• Develop proposals for biological-related tasks (preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets).
• Effectively collaborate with junior and mid-level environmental staff, planners, project engineers, GIS specialists, and clients to achieve regulatory compliance on a variety of projects.
• Perform other related duties as needed

• Field experience with wetland and wildlife species and habitats in Washington State.
• Applied knowledge of ecological assessment, environmental impact analysis, environmental due diligence studies, natural/biological resources management and
• Strong organization skills and ability to work in a fast-paced work environment with changing deadlines and priorities.
• Demonstrable technical writing/editing ability, commitment to quality in both work processes and products and willingness to assume new roles are critical.
• A demonstrated commitment to safety and quality, and an attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture are essential.
• Candidates will need to travel for specific project assignments.
• Field data collection expertise in wildlife species, habitat, and wetlands and streams using GPS units
• Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS)
• Experience with GPS units, GIS software and webmaps, to support data collection, mapping, and reporting.
• Local candidates preferred
• Valid Washington State Driver’s license and ability to travel locally on a regular basis to conduct field work.

• Bachelor’s degree in Environment Science or closely related field
• 10 years experience in complex environmental planning/compliance projects
• Demonstrated knowledge of the NEPA process
• Experience managing large, complex EIS documents for transportation, large facility, land management, or other infrastructure projects
• Technical expertise in the design, implementation, interpretation and presentation of data for environmental studies and investigations in specialized discipline
• Proficient with MS Office
• Self‑starter with excellent writing and communication skills
• Strong conceptual, organizational, problem‑solving and research abilities
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Staff management experience beneficial
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must