­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Announcement #

2024-070

Issue Date:

03-05-24

Closing Date:

03-25-24

Project Manager

Yakima, Klickitat Fisheries Project (YKFP)

Department of Natural Resources

Hourly Wage: $41.81-$47.05/Regular/Full-Time

Location: Yakima, Toppenish, Richland

The project manager hired for this position will work strategically with other entities to manage all stages of the project lifecycle for large capital projects throughout the Yakima River Basin. Projects will include work on instream infrastructure such as dams and diversions, as well as complex stream restoration projects. Project work emphasizes improvements to fish passage, and landscape scale restoration and protection in priority watersheds and reaches that support native salmonid stocks, with emphasis on projects that have the greatest benefit for treaty fish resources. Specific duties include coordination with Yakama Nation bookkeepers and regulatory and partner agency project managers to ensure that budgets and performance reporting are accurate and up to date. Review of regulatory documents, providing information to decision makers, attending public hearings and study sessions that are pertinent to fish passage and habitat within the Yakima River Basin.

Examples of Work Performed:

Assist the Project Lead with budget matters and ensure that work products comply with tribal policy and funding agency requirements. Manage project scope, budget, work schedule, timelines, and deliverables. Submit project status reports and final summary reports. Assures that project activities are consistent with tribal and federal policies and regulations.

The Project Manager will work frequently with U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, NOAA, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Washington State Department of Natural Resources staff and other resource managers, including -non-profit organizations, conservation and irrigation district employees, city and county representatives, tribal colleagues and other state and federal agency engineers, hydrologists, and biologists.

Procurement of consultants and independent contractors pertaining to federal requirements. Evaluation of bids and proposals of these subcontractors before award. Determine responsiveness, responsibility, technical evaluation, cost, and price analysis, and conduct a pre-award survey of the contractor. Analysis of the subcontractors past performance technical abilities, and financial resources.

Coordinate subcontracts on a wide variety of fish passages, habitat restoration, protection and assessment contracts and projects with Yakama Nation bookkeepers.

Project Managers oversee all project activities and oversee the work of subcontractors including the construction manager and engineers, ensuring compliance with federal and state laws and rules.

Regulatory work performed may include leading, reviewing, and providing input on federal actions through the NEPA process, federal consultations and permits such as ESA Section 7 consultation. CWA Section 404 permit and Section 401 certification, Washington State SEPA process. Critical areas regulations and other local regulations, ordinances, and plans as required, as well as attendance and participation at public hearings and study sessions, many of which occur in the evening.

Prepare and submit funding proposals to federal, state, and private organizations and complete financial and reporting requirements. Manage grants, cost-share, and partnership agreements including invoicing and reimbursement requests.

Technical writing, design and implementation of fish passage, habitat restoration, and acquisition projects. Project presentation of restoration and monitoring findings in professional forms.

Interaction with private landowners and representatives of resource agencies to promote and coordinate habitat restoration and protection strategies.

Develop and review management plans for habitat protection areas in consultation with tribal, state, and federal resource managers, other public officials, and private landowners.

Drive to project sites and occasional night meetings.

Ability to multi-task on several different activities will be critical.

Perform all other job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of life histories of anadromous and resident fishes in the Pacific Northwest.

Knowledge of scientific disciplines related to fisheries and watershed management including hydrology,

fluvial geomorphology, soil science, plant ecology, channel dynamics, sediment transport and the influence

on stream behavior and fish habitat.

Knowledge of federal natural resource management policies and law (e.g., Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Code of Federal Regulations, etc.).

Knowledge of sampling theory and habitat inventory principles.

Hiring of consultants, independent contractors, contracted services, and the purchasing of capital equipment and hardware. Technical and price proposal evaluation, non-conformity of bids, materiality and minor informalities in a subcontractor's bid, cost analysis elements and procedures, and examination of the contractor's integrity.

Knowledge of federal construction contracting administrative procedures, bidding procedures, applicable laws, and regulations, awarding contracts, and bonding requirements.

Ability to make formal, scientific presentations of original findings and the work of others, both orally and in writing.

Ability to make effective oral and written presentations to non-technical audiences.

Knowledge and demonstrated expertise in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess water sources, mapping, and spatial data management.

Sensitivity to Tribal culture and values and ability to bring together individuals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.

Demonstrated expertise in handling difficult private and public situations with firmness, tact and courtesy.

Ability to travel and work outdoors under various weather conditions and perform physical labor.

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, Hydrology, Fisheries Science or related field.

A Master's Degree with a major in Civil Engineering, Hydrology, Fisheries Science, or a closely related field may be substituted for two years of professional work experience.

Two years demonstrated experience as a team member or task lead with primary responsibility of managing construction projects or multi-objective investigations related to fish passage, fish habitat, or water resources projects. Experience in these roles must have included management of scope, scheduling, estimating, budgeting, tracking, and reporting throughout the project lifecycle. Preference will be given to the candidates whose experience includes working in complex interdisciplinary settings.

Six years of civil engineering, water resources, or fisheries professional work experience.

Must be physically able to work in remote areas under a wide range of weather conditions.

Required to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Must possess a valid Washington State Driver's License with the ability to obtain a Yakama Nation Driving Permit.

Enrolled Yakama Preference, but all qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.