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Applied Ecology, Inc. · 1 month ago

Senior Water Resources Scientist– Florida

Palm Beach County, FL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Applied Ecology, Inc. is a small environmental consulting business seeking a highly motivated Senior Scientist/Project Manager to support and expand their Water Resources and Compliance Service Lines. The role involves leading water resources monitoring, planning, and restoration projects while ensuring compliance with Clean Water Act requirements and managing project scope, schedule, and budget.

ComplianceEnvironmental ConsultingManagement ConsultingRemote SensingWater

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develops and leads water resources monitoring, planning, and restoration projects, using data analyses techniques, available regulatory guidelines, historical information, and innovative approaches to provide science driven management tools to clients

Effectively organizes, writes, and edits technical reports, user guides, peer review summaries, data collection memos, and other technical documents. Writes analytical methods and technical documents so they are understandable to lay readers and accurately represent processes and results

Peer reviews technical reports and documentation, ensuring the company’s high-quality standard is met prior to product delivery

Coordinates multidisciplinary research teams to design research and field sampling methods to solve real-world environmental problems

Manages the scope, schedule, and budget of water resources projects from concept to completion including design, scoping, permitting, installing, collecting and analyzing data collection, and reporting

Plans and manages project staffing requirements, reports project performance, and identifies and addresses work outside of the approved scope as well as schedule or quality issues to ensure the successful delivery of final products on time and within budget

Presents at public workshops and community forums as needed to gather input on policy recommendations, restoration activities, adaptation planning and other activities

Effectively communicates with clients, regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and the public

Writes scope documents in response to specific client task requests

Assists with business development opportunities and written products, including proposal technical approaches, company capability statements, and project descriptions

Successfully delivers projects within the clients’ budget and schedule requirements, while delivering targeted profit to the firm

Occasionally travels to client sites for kick-off meetings, project investigations, workshops, charrettes and other project meetings

Advocates for performance excellence and high-quality deliverables; working proactively with the technical team to standardize forms and processes to facilitate consistent and accurate outputs

Assists with expanding the water resources service line through team building and business development

Qualification

Water resources managementProject managementTechnical writingClean Water Act complianceWater quality standardsGroundwater modelingSurface water modelingAnalytical skillsMicrosoft OfficeCommunication skillsTeam leadershipProblem-solving skillsInterpersonal skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Biology, Engineering, Water Resources Management, Chemistry, or a related water resources discipline; Master's degree or higher preferred

≥10 years of water resources management experience

≥3 years of project management experience

Excellent project management skills

Candidate must have solid technical writing skills and effective inter-communication skills

Candidate must be accountable for their productivity and actions

A valid Florida Driver's license is required, and a clean driving record must be maintained

Must be able to pass drug testing and a background check

Ability to work on DOD contracts (US citizenship required)