Stream Restoration Engineer/Designer

This is a mid-level position that requires a B.S. degree in engineering discipline and typically 5-10+ years of project-related environmental experience, or an M.S. degree with 5+ years of project-related environmental engineering experience. Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred. Expert knowledge of project management, stream restoration design, computer-based data analysis and design, where site characterization and remediation programs a plus.  Applicants in the greater Baltimore, MD, Richmond, VA areas are encouraged to apply! 

Position provides final technical advisement, review, and approval on project documents, contract negotiations, regulatory negotiations, and complex remedial applications (in conjunction with the professional engineer). Must be capable of prioritizing and integrating various complex tasks. Serves as a technical resource for highly-complex environmental projects. Must have excellent communication, technical writing, negotiation, project management, problem solving, decision-making, and analytical skills. Excellent leadership skills with the ability to interact with senior-level client management are required. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Upholds and executes leadership and decision making consistent with GES’ Core Values.
• Adheres to all GES HSSE standards and company policies and procedures in all work activities.  Provides leadership and high-level involvement in implementation of GES’ Loss Prevention System Program.
• Responsible to ensure all operations personnel comply with applicable federal, state, local statutes, regulations, or policies, insuring technical integrity of project execution. 
• Team engineer for complex remedial designs and compliance projects; may be assigned project PE.
• May serve as an expert witness from a technical perspective in legal/regulatory/compliance matters.
• Provides final technical review and approval of project documents that legally bind the organization.
• Provides technical and regulatory training and mentoring to P4 and P5 engineering staff.
• Provides expert direction and final technical advisement on complex engineering design, stream restoration and other ecological restoration design, research and development, risk assessment management, regulatory negotiations, and contract negotiation matters.
• Proactively identifies continuous technical improvement initiatives and champions shared best practices within GES operations.
• May develop new client relations by identifying future opportunities through contributions to major proposals and client presentations, active participation in client meetings, and overall understanding of the environmental climate.
• Actively contributes to the identification of new technical initiatives and opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor. 
• Attends prescribed professional development training as required for this position to expand working knowledge and increase skills associated with position requirements. Must include maintenance of applicable professional license/certification.

Must have Rosgen Level I-IV training and 5 years of stream restoration design, design plans, and other county submittals.