[Hiring] Staff Ecoengineer III @Verdantas

Role Description

Join our growing Eco Engineering team and play a key role supporting complex, multi-objective projects across rivers, wetlands, and estuarine systems. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to meaningful, nature-based solutions while advancing your technical expertise within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

In this role, you will support hydrologic, hydraulic, and geomorphic analysis, numerical modeling, and reporting for technical studies, multi-objective river and floodplain management projects, and restoration design efforts. Your work will integrate engineering principles with geomorphic and hydraulic understanding to deliver practical, implementable solutions.

• Performing technical studies in the fields of hydrology, hydraulics, geomorphology, water quality, and restoration design
• Developing numerical hydrologic, hydraulic, sediment transport, and water quality models
• Performing field data collection that includes topographic and bathymetric surveys; discharge and sediment transport measurements; water quality monitoring; and geomorphic assessments
• Contributing to writing and figure production for technical reports
• Communicating technical concepts and analyses to clients, stakeholders, and project teams
• Contributing to proposal development and technical documentation, supporting continued growth of the Eco Engineering department

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, water resources, hydrology, or fluvial geomorphology (or similar)
• 4+ years of applied technical experience
• Familiarity with open channel hydraulics and proficiency with developing, applying, and using hydrologic and hydraulic computer modeling applications, such as HEC-RAS (1D and 2D), HEC-HMS, MIKE 11, MIKE 21, SRH2D, FLO-2D, TUFLOW, and Delft3D
• ESRI ArcGIS experience, including managing geodatabase infrastructure and using Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst tools
• Strong communication skills and ability to interface effectively with clients and stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to manage one’s time and work within a set scope, schedule, and budget

Requirements

• Licensed professional civil engineer or an Engineer-in-Training status
• Experience with aquatic habitat restoration design, including streams, rivers, floodplains, wetlands, estuaries, and salmonid habitat
• A master’s degree or Ph.D. in civil engineering, environmental engineering, water resources, hydrology, hydraulics, fluid mechanics, or fluvial geomorphology (or similar)

Benefits

• Flexible Work Environment
• 401(k) with Company Match

Company Description

Verdantas strives to develop new ways to increase diversity awareness within our organization. We recruit and reward our employees based on capability and performance — regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or physical ability. For us, it is imperative to build balanced teams from all walks of life and we believe that a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce.

Verdantas is an EOE race/color/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/vet.