Jacobs · 4 hours ago
Senior Ecosystem Restoration Design Engineer Lead
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$133K/yr - $251K/yr
10+ years expJacobs is a company focused on solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities and resilient environments. The Senior Ecosystem Restoration Design Engineer Lead will oversee ecological restoration projects and lead multidisciplinary teams while ensuring quality deliverables and client satisfaction.
Civil EngineeringConsultingCyber SecurityIndustrialIndustrial EngineeringInformation TechnologyInfrastructureProfessional ServicesReal Estate
Responsibilities
Performing design oversight and coordinating the use of resources to accomplish quality deliverables and respond to client needs
Lead teams consisting of stream designers, hydraulic and hydrologic modelers, fluvial geomorphologists, civil and flood management engineers, landscape architects, and aquatic and wildlife biologists
Complete multi-discipline evaluations of streams, stream/roadway crossings, watershed planning/analysis, and multi-benefit projects
Lead managerial efforts for planning, design, and engineering services
Prepare, and/or review plans, technical specifications, contract documents, and estimates
Prepare basis of design reports, provide biological and geomorphic assessments, develop H&H models, floodplain analysis, and bridge scour evaluation
Be a liaison between clients and agencies, subcontractors, and other design teams including permitting support and construction oversight
Supervise, develop and mentor other stream team members
Build trust with clients as a seller-doer, to help with early, middle, and end game sales support
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, with experience in aquatic and terrestrial biology, fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, hydraulics, permitting for habitat and floodplain management, landscape architecture, sediment transport, scour, all as a basis for stream restoration design
Minimum of 10 years of progressive stream restoration design and construction oversight experience. Experience includes building trust with clients, permitting agencies, and multidisciplinary teams
California Professional Engineer license
Experience developing restoration design plan sets, specifications, estimates, and construction documents
Demonstrated experience in leading and reviewing stream restoration designs for key technical components of survey, fish habitat, fish passage, scour analysis, hydraulics and hydrology, flood risks, geomorphology, permit ready, irrigation, and constructability of projects. Experience includes use of large woody material and boulders to provide channel complexity features, as well as experience and familiarity with design and implementation of Low-Tech Process-Based restoration techniques
Ability to communicate effectively to various levels of technical knowledge in an engaging and supportive way through various methods, including virtually
Possess time management skills, ability to prioritize multiple tasks, and ability to lead others as the task lead. You will be responsible for the scope, schedule, budget, and quality of the tasks to meet client expectations
Ability to engage external and internal clients by building trust through scoping tasks, building a team to execute tasks, then managing task delivery to meet scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives
Preferred
Masters or advanced degree preferred
Working knowledge of HEC-RAS 1D/2D and SRH-2D
Working knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D or MicroStation/InRoads/OpenRoads
Working knowledge of ArcGIS
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
Experience authoring and reviewing basis of design reports
Experience working on design-build contracts
1 or more successful constructed stream restoration projects in the last 5 years in California
Professional Engineer licensure in additional US States
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Basic life insurance
401(k) plan
The ability to purchase company stock at a discount
Deferred compensation plan
Executive Deferral Plan
Unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees
Seven paid holidays
One floating holiday
Caregiver leave
Merit increases
Performance discretionary bonus
Stock
Company
Jacobs
Jacobs leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.1B2023-08-18Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2023-02-16Post Ipo Debt· $500M
1980-09-26IPO
Leadership Team
Bob Pragada
Chair & Chief Executive Officer at Jacobs
Paul Friedman
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