• Serve as the project manager, lead engineer or key project team member to design and implement complex habitat restoration projects.
• Identify and conduct river engineering and technical analyses appropriate to each restoration project, including but not limited to, open channel hydraulics, floodplain and river conditions, flooding and erosion hazards.
• Oversee and lead the development of engineering plans and specifications, including engineering tasks performed by other engineers.
• Determine detailed project quantities, project costs, construction techniques, construction scheduling and sequencing.
• Oversee construction of projects, including coordination of work by contractors or County forces.
• Conduct field investigations and engineering assessments of project sites, including project sites along major rivers where flood facilities, such as levees and revetments, are present.
• Design and implement engineering, feasibility and constructability studies and designs.
• Develop and oversee consultant contracts to support design, engineering analyses, permitting, and construction oversight of capital projects. Develop scopes of work, schedules and budgets and conduct technical review of contractor deliverables.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary project staff to assess project site conditions, develop concept and detailed designs, oversee construction of projects, and assist in development of monitoring plans appropriate to complex river, floodplain, wetland and stream restoration projects.
• Review engineering and related technical work products prepared by County contractors, agencies, and other parties, including the review of digitally developed topographic mapping, river channel cross-section data, site surveys, hydrologic analyses and open channel hydraulic computer model outputs, operating and procedural manuals, and related engineering analyses associated with habitat restoration projects and multi-objective habitat restoration/flood protection projects.
• Collaborate with senior engineering and technical staff in conducting problem site investigations, and recommending and reviewing projects designs.
• Coordinate with County and city staff, consultants, and local, state, federal and tribal agencies and organizations.
• Write technical reports and issue papers for various technical and non-technical audiences to summarize and convey project findings.
• Lead the development of engineering analyses and engineering products for complex river and floodplain habitat restoration projects, including the review of engineering proposals, computer modeling reports and supporting engineering calculations prepared by private consultants and other parties. Assess the technical quality of engineering computations and calculations and engineering plans and products.
• Determine consistency of engineering plans and products with all appropriate industry standards, as well as local, state and federal laws and regulations, including county floodplain management policies and associated flood hazard regulations.
• Present to and discuss technical information with managers and staff, project teams, tribal biologists and cultural resource specialists, landowners, elected officials, and other jurisdictions and agencies.
• Respond to data and information requests, and provide technical analyses for a broad spectrum of surface water management projects and proposals.
• Develop and support the development of grant applications by providing engineering expertise. Manage and administer grants and budgets for grant funded projects.
  

• Bachelor of Science in civil engineering, environmental engineering, water resources, or closely related field, and at least five years of increasingly responsible program and project management work that is applicable to the primary job functions of this position.
• Minimum three years of open channel hydraulic engineering, river mechanics, and/or floodplain management project design and construction management experience.
• Licensed Washington State professional civil engineering (P.E.) or licensed in another state with the ability to obtain Washington State license through reciprocity.
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary team settings and to actively engage in the development of project designs that encompass multiple project objectives, while accommodating site constraints.
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art river, floodplain, stream and wetland habitat restoration principles and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to apply technical and engineering knowledge and modeling skills to problems and projects in open channel hydraulics and floodplain management.
• Knowledge and experience in implementation of habitat restoration, flood risk reduction or related capital projects including planning, design, and construction management and oversight.
• Knowledge of relevant construction techniques and approaches. Proficiency in reading and interpreting design plans, specifications, drawings, and technical maps and documents.
• Experience in successfully managing projects, including preparing and monitoring scopes, budgets and schedules.
• Ability to develop and review technical hydrologic and hydraulic studies and engineering reports for completeness and accuracy, and for conformance with County codes, standards and administrative policies and procedures.
• Experience in assessing flood hazard problems in a river-scale setting relative to habitat restoration designs and project proposals.
• Experience in interpreting flood and channel migration hazard mapping and using federal Flood Insurance Rate Maps and Studies.
• Experience in conducting field investigations and evaluating river, floodplain and stream conditions.
• Ability to manage and provide quality assurance of consultant project tasks and deliverables.
• Experience in the preparation of reports and presentations to a wide variety of audiences, e.g., engineers, scientists, management/policy makers, and community members.
• Demonstrated ability to write and communicate technical, policy and political issues in a clear and effective manner with varied levels of staff, consultants, business and professional groups, citizens and landowners.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and cooperatively across department lines and with senior level managers, supervisors, technical leads and program staff.
• Experience developing, applying and using contemporary hydrologic and hydraulic computer modeling applications, including HEC-RAS, HEC-FFA and HEC-GEORAS.
• Experience using MS-Excel and MS-Word.
• Ability to work effectively in a rapidly evolving work environment that requires multi-tasking, planning and organizing work on a daily basis, responding to changing priorities and tight deadlines, and grasping and responding to complex issues quickly.
• Ability to take initiative and function independently on assigned projects, while keeping team members and stakeholders apprised of key issues and developments.
• Ability to work long hours outside conducting field work and occasionally in inclement weather.
  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: This position requires the ability to conduct physical site inspections and evaluation, including during inclement weather conditions. There is often a need to walk on uneven terrain for extended periods of time. Field conditions include brushy, forested environments; river, stream and wetland corridors; and slippery, uneven surfaces; and adverse outdoor weather conditions. Work tasks also may include in-water situations involving wading and the use of rafts or canoes.

NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS:

• A valid Washington State Driver’s License or the ability to travel throughout the County in a timely manner.
• A final offer of employment will be contingent upon successfully passing a pre-employment physical examination.
  

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s of Science in civil engineering, environmental engineering, water resources, or closely related field.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of hydrologic and open channel hydraulic principles and geomorphic processes.
• Experience serving as technical lead/expert, providing technical guidance to others and working successfully in interdisciplinary and inter-jurisdictional technical teams on highly visible river and floodplain habitat restoration projects, multiple objective habitat restoration/flood protection projects, and other natural resources projects.
• Knowledge and experience working in river and floodplain conditions in one or more of the following King County river basins: Snoqualmie / South Fork Skykomish, Cedar / Sammamish, Green River and White River. Knowledge and understanding of floodplain management issues and familiarity with the 2006 King County Flood Hazard Management Plan and floodplain regulations.
• Experience in standard survey methods and experience using field equipment, such as Total Station, GPS, clinometers, and range finders.
• Experience using AutoCAD, Arc-View GIS, and Powerpoint programs.