| Title | Watershed Environmental Scientist/Engineer |
| City | Columbia |
| State | MD |
| Description | Versar, Inc. is a global project management company based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with project offices around the world. Since 1969, Versar has provided technical and management support to federal, state, and local government clients as well as to industries worldwide, delivering construction management, environmental sciences and engineering infrastructure solutions. Versar offers tailored and secure solutions in harsh environments providing clients with comprehensive engineering and construction management, environmental and professional services. Versar, Inc., in Columbia, MD, is seeking to diversify and grow its current watershed planning and restoration business with expanded expertise in watershed assessment, analysis, and management. Strong candidates would have technical as well as management experience in conducting assessments using field, GIS, and modeling approaches, and developing watershed assessments and restoration plans. Technical expertise desired include demonstrated experience in several of the following areas: • Development of innovative stormwater management and stream restoration solutions, including environmental site design (ESD) approaches; • Stormwater BMP inspections; • Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans for industrial stormwater permittees, including quarterly and annual inspections and SWPPP development; • Watershed planning, including upland watershed assessments using Center for Watershed Protection methods; • Assessment of watershed features affecting stream water quality/quantity and ecological status; • Geomorphic assessments of stream channels to evaluate impacts of watershed urbanization; • Data analysis using ArcGIS, hydraulic/hydrologic and water quality models (e.g., HEC-RAS, TR-20/55, SWMM), and other analytical tools. |
| Requirements | Minimum requirements would be a Masters degree and 3 to 5 years experience in a relevant discipline of the environmental sciences or engineering. Virginia Stormwater Inspector certification a plus. Good oral and written communication skills are required; additional experience in scientific research and technical writing are also desirable. The ability to work on multiple projects in a multi-disciplinary team setting is necessary. Successful candidates must be flexible, self-starters, able to think on their feet, able to creatively solve problems, and capable of good client interactions and development of new projects. Management experience sought includes at least 2 years of managing tasks or projects, interacting as a corporate representative with clients in areas of special expertise, and participation in proposal writing. Marketing and business development experience is not essential but would be a plus. |
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