Anchor QEA

Engineer

• Support our growing industrial compliance practice by developing, implementing, and reviewing regulatory compliance programs for industrial and port facilities
• Assist with air quality compliance (e.g., Clean Air Act permitting), wastewater and stormwater compliance (NPDES permits), waste management compliance (RCRA regulations)
• Provide technical and regulatory expertise to help clients comply with environmental regulations
• Conduct environmental compliance audits, regulatory assessments, and permitting support
• Develop and assess environmental management programs across air, water, waste, and chemicals

Environmental Scientist/Environmental Engineer

Architect

• Lead landscape architecture design from concept through implementation for waterfront development, shoreline resilience, habitat restoration, public access, and recreation projects
• Lead development of graphic deliverables
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive site analyses and to identify project opportunities and constraints
• Communicate design, planning, and analyses through graphic presentation materials, reports and memoranda
• Lead restoration design including grading, materials, planting, and irrigation design
• Prepare and coordinate construction document packages including drawings, technical specifications, and construction cost estimates with limited oversight and direction
• Develop and document constructable design details
• Conduct construction administration during project implementation
• Serve as project manager on small- to medium-sized projects, including developing and tracking project schedules, managing and tracking project budgets and reviewing monthly invoice tracking, developing project scopes and fee estimates, and managing internal and external teams.
• Lead meetings with clients, Tribes, stakeholders, and the public
• Support business development efforts, including proposal preparation, client engagement, relationship development, and identification of new waterfront and coastal permitting opportunities
• Provide technical oversight and mentorship to junior staff and contribute to strategic planning for restoration and resiliency initiatives

Managing Landscape Architect

• Lead landscape architecture design from concept through implementation for waterfront development, shoreline resilience, habitat restoration, public access, and recreation projects
• Lead development of graphic deliverables
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive site analyses and to identify project opportunities and constraints
• Communicate design, planning, and analyses through graphic presentation materials, reports and memoranda
• Lead restoration design including grading, materials, planting, and irrigation design
• Prepare and coordinate construction document packages including drawings, technical specifications, and construction cost estimates with limited oversight and direction
• Develop and document constructable design details
• Conduct construction administration during project implementation
• Serve as project manager on small- to medium-sized projects, including developing and tracking project schedules, managing and tracking project budgets and reviewing monthly invoice tracking, developing project scopes and fee estimates, and managing internal and external teams
• Lead meetings with clients, Tribes, stakeholders, and the public
• Support business development efforts, including proposal preparation, client engagement, relationship development, and identification of new waterfront and coastal permitting opportunities
• Provide technical oversight and mentorship to junior staff and contribute to strategic planning for restoration and resiliency initiatives

Human Resources

• Manage administrative tasks related to the recruiting process in the applicant tracking system, including posting positions, tracking candidate progress, and maintaining accurate records
• Coordinate interview scheduling and logistics across multiple time zones
• Support candidate communications throughout the hiring process to ensure a positive experience
• Prepare and send offer letters and manage pre-employment documentation
• Administer new hire paperwork, background checks, E-Verify, and I-9 verification
• Coordinate onboarding logistics, including orientation scheduling and system access requests
• Support recruiting inbox management and respond to internal and external inquiries
• Assist with travel arrangements for candidates when needed
• Provide general administrative support to the HR team, including document management, record keeping, and compliance tracking
• Assist with other recruiting-related tasks and special projects as needed

HR Coordinator

Compliance

• Lead permitting efforts for complex waterfront development, dredging, shoreline resilience, sediment remediation, habitat mitigation, and restoration projects in the San Francisco Bay Area and along the California coast, with opportunities to support similar projects in other regions, including the Pacific Northwest.
• Develop and implement regulatory strategies that support project feasibility, environmental compliance, and successful project delivery.
• Serve as a project manager or regulatory lead on interdisciplinary teams, coordinating permitting scopes, schedules, and deliverables and ensuring alignment between regulatory strategy and project objectives.
• Support business development efforts, including proposal preparation, scope and budget development, client engagement, relationship development, industry networking, and identification of new waterfront and coastal permitting opportunities.
• Lead agency coordination and support regulatory negotiations for complex or high-visibility projects, serving as a primary liaison with resource agencies.
• Oversee preparation and submittal of permit applications and supporting documentation, including biological resources studies and related environmental analyses, for federal, state, and regional approvals, including Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, Clean Water Act Sections 401 and 404, Section 1600 Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements, Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) permits, California Coastal Act authorizations, Regional Water Quality Control Board requirements, and federal and/or California Endangered Species Act coordination.
• Provide technical oversight and mentorship to junior staff and contribute to strategic planning for waterfront and coastal initiatives.

Regulatory Permitting Lead

Civil Engineer

• Under the supervision of a principal engineer, serves as the design engineer leading waterfront infrastructure projects and associated upland components
• Performs waterfront structural engineering planning and design including, but not limited to, concept designs, alternative studies, general arrangement plans, basis of design requirements, construction drawings, technical reports and specifications, civil/structural calculations, and construction cost estimates
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers
• Coordinates with geotechnical, coastal, and dredging engineers, planners, and biologists
• Coordinates with client’s project manager and/or technical staff
• Analyzes complex problems and develops value-engineered solutions
• Leads the preparation and coordination of project deliverables including construction documents
• Ensures that work products are prepared in accordance with Anchor QEA’s quality management program
• Ability to travel for field site visits and project meetings in various US locations
• Perform existing condition assessments of facilities and infrastructure and gather pre-design information
• Participate in construction support activities including review of contractor requests for information and submittals and oversight of construction activities

Senior Waterfront Structural Engineer

• Support engineering design projects with a focus on the coastal environment
• Assist in developing data collection plans for surveying, geotechnical exploration, and environmental data
• Conduct analysis and numerical modeling of coastal processes such as currents, waves, storm surge, sediment transport, morphology, and wave-current-structure interaction.
• Perform engineering analysis, preliminary, and detail design of coastal and marine facilities
• Assist in developing plans, specifications, and construction documents on projects
• Perform costs estimating on projects during the design phase
• Work with sub-consultants and team members and assure quality control of work throughout project execution
• Periodic construction oversight for regional projects
• Support report and technical memorandum development

Junior Coastal Engineer

Project Manager

• Project and task management, including team assignments and coordination, client interaction, and production of deliverables
• Reviewing and preparing remedial investigation and feasibility study reports deliverable and supporting remedy design document development.
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis of environmental data
• Mentoring and training of junior staff

Remediation Project Manager

Accounts Payable

• Process invoices received from external subcontractors and vendors daily in collaboration with the rest of the Accounts Payable team, including ensuring all invoices received are valid, coding invoices to the proper project and account, routing to the proper employee for approval, and following up on outstanding/unapproved invoices with internal stakeholders.
• Perform regular reconciliation processes at least monthly by receiving and reconciling vendor statements to invoices received and processed to ensure that all payments are valid and made timely to our partners.
• Assist with the vendor setup process, including validating vendor tax and bank information, and ensuring accuracy of inputs into the Company’s accounting system.
• Lead the annual 1099 reporting process.
• Lead the weekly ACH/Check payment process.
• Assist the Assistant Controller in ensuring data quality of all related reports, including timely posting of external invoice activity and punctual responses in regard to questions from internal and external customers.
• Assist the Assistant Controller in research and payment activities with Project Managers, Project Accountants and Clients (as needed).
• Assist the Assistant Controller and Controller with cash forecasting activities.
• Assist the General Ledger Accounting team with research payment activity identified during the Bank Reconciliation process.
• Assist the Assistant Controller and Controller in month-end and year-end activities (example: audits) as needed.
• Assist the Assistant Controller and Controller in other activities as required.

Accounts Payable Lead

• Serves as the engineer supporting development and design for projects involving coastal engineering, including coastal processes, shoreline erosion protection, maintenance dredging and beach nourishment, wetland protection and restoration, and engineering with nature and nature-based solutions concepts
• Leads engineering planning and design including, but not limited to, concept designs, alternative studies, basis of design requirements, construction drawings, technical reports and specifications, and construction cost estimates
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers
• Manages team and coordinates with client’s project manager and/or technical staff
• Develops client relationships, leads proposals, and contributes to the sales process
• Analyzes complex problems and develops value-engineered solutions
• Leads the preparation and coordination of project deliverables including construction documents
• Ensures that work products are prepared in accordance with Anchor QEA’s quality management program
• Ability to travel for field site visits and project meetings in various US locations

Coastal Engineer

• Deliver a defined capstone project with assistance from senior engineers, scientists, planners, and other professionals.
• To support this goal, interns may be asked to: Support implementation of remedial investigations/feasibility studies and design evaluations
• Conduct research and analysis around prospective clients, trends, strategies, industries, activation needs, etc.
• Assist with field planning, data analysis, and report writing
• Assist with research and data entry for new business initiatives
• Partner to complete field sampling activities in-water and/or on land, project field documentation and supporting preparation of figures and tables for project deliverables
• Conduct field activities, including collection of sediment, soil, water, air, waste, or biota samples or other field tasks
• Complete OSHA HAZWOPER training as required
• Update documents, calendars, schedules, weekly statuses, etc.

Environmental Scientist/Environmental Engineer

Managing Landscape Architect

Managing Landscape Architect

HR Coordinator

HR Coordinator

Regulatory Permitting Lead

HR Coordinator

HR Coordinator

Senior Waterfront Structural Engineer

Junior Coastal Engineer

Remediation Project Manager

Remediation Project Manager

Accounts Payable Lead

Coastal Engineer

Internship – Engineer, Environmental Sciences