Senior Water Resources Engineer​/Project Manager

Senior Water Resources Engineer/Project Manager to join our team based in Seattle, WA.

At Tetra Tech, we are Leading with Science to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Our industry-leading experts in engineering and consulting are committed to driving positive change in communities around the world. For 60 years, we have been at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. Today we stand as a market leader, offering cutting-edge solutions in water, environment, energy, and international development.

Our science-based planning and design improves lives in our local communities and around the world.

The Pacific Northwest regional team within the Water Division includes staff based in our Seattle, Bellevue, Portland, and Spokane offices. The team supports state and municipal clients throughout the region, as well as multiple federal agencies. They have completed some of the most technically challenging projects in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, including:

Jan Road Levee Setback Design Project, Cedar River, King County, Washington: Enhanced flood protection, habitat restoration, and roadway protection design.

Lakemont Boulevard Culvert, Bellevue, Washington: Emergency bridge replacement for failing culvert, habitat restoration and stream design.

Columbia River Rock Dikes, Washington: Hydraulic analyses and civil design of three rock dikes to protect an island from erosion, preserve important environmental habitat, direct river flow into the navigation channel, and allow for nearshore juvenile fish passage.

San Joaquin River Restoration, California: Water resources engineering, hydraulic modeling, hydrographic surveying, and fluvial geomorphology services for the largest river restoration project ever undertaken in the United States. Tetra Tech’s work included developing appraisal-level designs and cost estimates for modifications to existing structures, fish screens and bypasses, levee setbacks, river rerouting to bypass Mendota Dam, and reconnection of the floodplain and river.

We’re seeking a Senior Water Resources Engineer/Project Manager to join our team of engineers and scientists based in Seattle, WA. In this role, you will serve as the primary project manager for large, complex, multidisciplinary projects involving riverine infrastructure and restoration, fish passage design, stream restoration, hydrology and hydraulics, levee analysis and design, and flood protection—similar to the projects described above.

As a Project Manager, you will provide leadership by managing interdisciplinary teams, developing creative solutions, providing technical oversight, and delivering impactful projects that protect and improve our local communities.

The following duties are considered essential to the role. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions:

Provide hands on project management and oversight of project execution by delivering projects on time, within scope, and on budget while exceeding client expectations.

Lead the development of complete engineering calculation packages and clear, well organized technical documentation.

Be the lead, or key collaborator, for fostering existing local client relationships and expanding our client base.

Establish yourself as a technical lead for hydrologic and hydraulic analyses and design, to solve large river engineering challenges.

Tackle complex engineering challenges by selecting, adapting, and innovating standard methods and, when appropriate, developing new solutions.

Champion project quality through a robust QA/QC process and proactive technical reviews.

Prepare clear, constructible contract documents,…