Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kleinschmidt Associates is seeking a Senior Fisheries Engineering Consultant to lead fish passage projects and manage client relationships. The ideal candidate will utilize their engineering expertise to creatively solve problems related to fish passage while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
- Lead fish passage projects and manage people, projects, and client relationships
- Design and manage fisheries projects such as technical fishways, hatcheries, and floating surface collectors
- Work with clients, agencies, and contractors during planning and construction of projects
- Lay out and design fishway projects as part of a multi-discipline team
- Mentor junior-level staff and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team
- Establish long-lasting relationships with clients to assist them in solving complex engineering challenges
Skills
- Licensed Professional Engineer
- BSCE or MS
- Minimum of 16 years' experience in fisheries or a closely related field
- Experience designing and managing fisheries projects (e.g., technical fishways, hatcheries, floating surface collectors, and/or downstream passage)
- Knowledge of standards and codes applicable to fisheries engineering and related disciplines
- Experience working with clients, agencies, and contractors during planning and construction of projects
- Experience laying out and designing fishway projects as part of a multi-discipline team
- Must possess permanent authorization to work in the United States
- Able to acquire authorization to work in Canada when project needs dictate
- Must be willing to travel and possess a valid driver's license
- Must possess and maintain a P.E. or be committed to getting licensed within a year
- Specialty in structural, mechanical, hydraulics, or civil engineering
- Ability to work in AutoCAD Civil 3D, Revit, and/or MEP
- Familiarity with regulatory and permitting processes for fisheries engineering projects
- Construction experience
- Fish hatchery experience
- Nature-like fishway experience
- Design drawing development
- Project management and business development experience
- Experience collaborating with regulators and biologists
- P.Eng license
Benefits
- Our flexibility and core value of relationships allows us to offer employees the opportunity to work in an office, or remotely, based on their personal needs
- Bonus Target: 8%+
- Must be willing to travel and possess a valid driver's license (anticipate 0-10% travel)
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