Senior Geomorphologist

Title : Senior Geomorphologist

Location : Tacoma WA

Job Type : Regular Full-time

Whats 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

Were seeking a collaborative solutions-oriented geomorphologist who is ready to step into a leadership role. The ideal candidate will have :

Desired but not required skills :

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

How to Apply

Apply online through Anchor QEAs Open Positions page at 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

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 veterans status national origin disability or sexual orientation. Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.

Salary and Other Compensation :

Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions :

Further information on benefits : Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Graduate Engineering,Accounts Administration,Building Materials,Customer Support,Horticulture

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 101260 - 114000