What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Geomorphologist position at Anchor QEA?
Title: Senior Geomorphologist
Location: Bellingham, WA
Job Type: Regular Full-time
What’s the Opportunity?
Anchor QEA is seeking a full-time senior-level geomorphologist and project manager in our Bellingham, Seattle, or Tacoma WA offices. Anchor QEA delivers innovative projects across the Pacific Northwest and nationwide, including marsh and estuary restoration, riverine and stream restoration, compensatory mitigation, fish passage, living shorelines, and engineering with nature and nature-based solutions. The successful candidate will have 8 or more years of experience providing restoration-related field assessments, data collection and analysis, fluvial or coastal geomorphology, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, and restoration design and construction.
We are committed to investing in the right person and to providing support to foster your professional success and long-term impact.
Responsibilities:
In this senior-level role, you will provide both technical leadership and strategic direction on a diverse portfolio of restoration projects and will have the following responsibilities:
- Leading geomorphic analyses including sediment transport modeling, channel evolution assessment, and process-based river restoration design.
- Designing riverine, estuarine, coastal, and floodplain restoration projects from concept through construction, including engineered log jams, channel realignments, side-channel reconnections, and fish passage solutions.
- Contribute to the development of detailed design plans, specifications, cost estimates, and construction documents.
- Managing project teams, budgets, scopes, and schedules for complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
- Assisting with the development of competitive proposals.
- Collaborating with hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, and landscape architects to deliver integrated, nature-based solutions.
- Mentoring junior staff by providing technical guidance, quality assurance, and career development support.
- Engaging directly with tribes, state and federal agencies, conservation districts, and non-profits to deliver high-impact restoration outcomes.
What Are We Looking For?
We’re seeking a collaborative, solutions-oriented geomorphologist who is ready to step into a leadership role. The ideal candidate will have:
- B.S. or M.S. degree in fluvial or coastal geomorphology.
- Licensed Geologist (LG) in Washington or ability to obtain licensure within one year of hire.
- 8 or more years of experience in fluvial geomorphology, river restoration, or related fields with a minimum of 3 years of project management experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in desktop and field based geomorphic assessment, channel evolution analysis, and process-based restoration design.
- Proven ability to lead projects, including client engagement, scope and task management, budget oversight, and schedule coordination
- Proficiency in hydraulic and hydrologic modeling (e.g., HEC-RAS 1D/2D, SRH-2D) and sediment transport or coastal drift modeling.
- Proficiency in ArcGIS Pro and related coding and geospatial analysis tools.
- Experience with construction observation and field data collection.
- Willingness to travel seasonally for field work and construction projects for up to 2 weeks at a time.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work across disciplines and with diverse stakeholders.
Desired but not required skills:
- Expertise in large wood design, floodplain reconnection, and process-based restoration approaches.
- Experience processing and coding large landcover and LiDAR data sets for reach and watershed scale geomorphic assessments
- Experience with drone-based data collection and processing methods such as ortho photogrammetry
- Familiarity with Pacific Northwest geomorphic systems, fisheries ecology, and regulatory processes.
- Experience supporting proposal development and business growth initiatives.
What Can You Expect?
A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits. Benefits detailed below.
Who Are We?
Anchor QEA provides environmental planning, science, and engineering consulting services with the mission of transforming our environment and communities with integrity and vibe. With more than 500 people in offices across the United States, our collective vision is to be an inclusive, sustainable, and growing environmental innovator making generational impacts. By embodying our core values, we strive to be our clients’ first choice for solving their most challenging problems and to be our employees’ reason to be excited about going to work each morning. Learn more about Anchor QEA at
www.anchorqea.com.
How to Apply?
Apply online through Anchor QEA’s Open Positions page at https://www.anchorqea.com/careers/careers-open-positions/. Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to recruitment@anchorqea.com
Additional Information
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability or sexual orientation. Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.
Salary and Other Compensation:
- Salary Range: $92,000 - $ 103,600
- Annual Bonus
- Other potential bonus types: Billable Time Bonus, Spot Bonus, Milestone Anniversary Bonus, Receiving Professional License/Certification Bonus, Peer-reviewed Publication Bonus, Employee Referral Bonus.
Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions:
- Healthcare: Medical, dental, vision, basic life and AD&D insurance
- Paid Company and Floating Holidays: 7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
- Vacation: 2 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service. Vacation may vary by level.
- Sick and Safe Time: 80 hours annually
- Retirement Plan: 401k plan with an employer match
Further information on benefits: https://anchorqea.com/careers/benefits/
Salary : $92,000 - $103,600