Managing Environmental Planner

Role Description

Lead multidisciplinary project teams in the planning, design, permitting, and implementation of coastal resilience, habitat restoration, and sediment management projects throughout the U.S. East Coast, with a particular focus on the Mid-Atlantic region. In this role, you will oversee technical staff and coordinate with engineers, scientists, planners, and regulatory specialists to deliver a wide range of projects, including:

• Living shorelines
• Oyster reef restoration
• Thin-layer placement (TLP)
• Beneficial use of dredged material
• Marsh restoration
• Sediment remediation
• Other nature-based infrastructure initiatives

This position includes responsibility for managing project scope, schedule, budget, and client relationships while guiding projects from concept development through design, permitting, construction, and post-construction monitoring. The successful candidate will work closely with:

• Federal, state, and local agencies
• Port authorities
• Military installations
• Non-governmental organizations
• Private-sector clients

The role also offers some opportunities for business development and strategic growth, including:

• Cultivating client relationships
• Identifying new opportunities
• Preparing proposals
• Helping expand Anchor QEA's coastal resilience and restoration practice throughout the East Coast and beyond

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Coastal Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Marine Science, Coastal Geology, Environmental Science, Ecology, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred
• 6+ years of progressively responsible experience managing coastal resilience, habitat restoration, sediment management, environmental remediation, or related environmental consulting projects
• Proven ability to develop and manage project scopes, schedules, budgets, contracts, and subcontractors
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary teams and successfully delivering projects on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with client expectations
• Strong understanding of coastal processes, sediment dynamics, habitat restoration, and climate resilience principles
• Strong client management skills with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with federal, state, municipal, port, military, and private-sector clients
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, including experience facilitating meetings and presenting technical information to diverse audiences
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment
• Professional Engineer (PE), Project Management Professional (PMP), Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS), or other relevant professional certification is preferred but not required

Requirements

• Experience leading the planning, design, permitting, construction, and/or monitoring of projects such as:
• Living shorelines
• Oyster reef restoration
• Marsh restoration and enhancement
• Thin-layer placement (TLP)
• Beneficial use of dredged material
• Sediment remediation
• Coastal resilience and nature-based infrastructure projects
• Experience coordinating with federal, state, and local agencies, including organizations such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA, EPA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state environmental agencies, and local governments
• Experience preparing, reviewing, and overseeing technical reports, engineering plans, permit applications, specifications, and other project deliverables

Benefits

• Salary Range: $129,298 - $145,460
• 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: 3 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

Company Description

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 .