Restoration Engineer

Who We Are
Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities' built and natural infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.

As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek's culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders' interest to help clients achieve project goals.
We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.

At Dudek, we abide by shared values:
Trust: We trust each other to use good judgment.
Respect: We act professionally and treat each other fairly.
Teamwork: We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.
Fun: We take our work seriously...not ourselves.
Well-Being: We care about each other's health, safety, and total wellness.

Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work. We empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work! Our cultural programs include:

• DuGreen: Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our environmental footprint
• DuGood: Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the communities in which we live and work through fundraising challenges, office based giving and opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year.
• eDUcate: Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster interest in our work and careers in the environmental and engineering field by participating in educational events in our communities.
• DuWell: Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care

At Dudek, we recognize that different perspectives, inclusivity, trust and belonging build a stronger culture and add value to our firm. Dudek's Employee Resource (ERGs) operate as diversity champions within Dudek and create a safe space for underrepresented employees and their allies to support, collaborate, network, and brainstorm ways to make Dudek's work community more inclusive. We currently have ERGs for:

• Women at Dudek
• Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community
• Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
• Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)

Learn more about our culture.

About The Job
We are seeking a Mid- to Senior level Restoration Engineer to join Dudek's Habitat Restoration Practice, where you will provide technical leadership and expertise on river and stream restoration design projects throughout California. In this role, you will collaborate with an experienced team of engineers, geomorphologists, and restoration professionals in conceptual design, design development, construction document preparation, and quality assurance and quality control reviews, and construction support for instream and off-channel habitat restoration, fish passage projects, and flow enhancement projects, among other things. You will be empowered to help market and grow Dudek's restoration practice while putting your passion for river and watershed restoration to work. You will also play a role in mentoring, guiding, and learning from our interdisciplinary team, fostering knowledge-sharing and professional growth.

Learn more about the projects you will have the opportunity to shape.

Who You Are
To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability, collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and independent thinker. We look for curious, solution-focused people who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.

Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below):

• Lead the engineering design process and perform in-depth reviews for complex restoration projects.
• Overseeing the precise preparation of engineering plans, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Provide mentorship and support to staff, promoting skill development, knowledge sharing, and technical training.
• Implement and uphold rigorous quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) protocols, ensuring adherence to best practices in civil engineering.
• Collaborate with and take direction from multidisciplinary team of geomorphologists, ecologist, and biologist to advance river restoration projects from initial concept through to successful completion.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Civil Engineering or a closely related field
• 7+ years of experience in river engineering, geomorphology, hydrology and hydraulic analysis and modelling, and/or stream restoration
• 3+ years of experience serving as lead engineer for river restoration projects
• Proven expertise in river restoration design and engineering with completed and successful projects to demonstrate skills
• Strong collaboration skills with working knowledge of geomorphology, stream morphology, hydrology, and landscape ecology
• Field experience in directing and managing crews on-site, construction supervision, and able to direct field adaptations as needed to solve problems and remain within contracting limits
• Specialized skills in fish passage design and barrier removal techniques
• Must possess a valid driver's license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment

* As a federal contractor, successful candidates are required to pass the following pre-employment requirements prior to beginning employment: pre - employment drug test and background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven leadership abilities with experience in managing interdisciplinary teams and mentoring junior staff
• Expertise in biotechnical bank treatments, precision grading, large wood structure engineering, and various state-of-the-art construction methods
• Proficiency in hydrology and hydraulics modeling and/or sediment transport analysis and modeling
• California Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Project experience or PE licensure within Oregon, Washington, and/or Idaho

Physical Requirements
Working Conditions:

• This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
• This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met in order to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

• This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
• This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing and listening are required.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Outdoor activity may involve walking/trekking in uneven terrain over long distances in extreme weather conditions for extended periods of time.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Proposed Salary Range: $120,000-185,000 annually/hourly*

*Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual's related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.

Perks of Being a Dudekian
At Dudek we will provide you with a competitive salary in an environment that promotes growth, career development, and a flexible work-life balance. Dudek offers an array of benefits, from medical, dental, and vision coverage, to the discretionary bonuses, based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance.

We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership program, and dog friendly offices! To honor our key value of well-being, Dudek provides a generous vacation package. If you're tired of an overly bureaucratic decision-making process and want to be part of a work culture that puts its employees first, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a Dudekian.

Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S. and require U.S. work authorization.