Title: Principal Scientist, Technical Advisor to 4Rs
Location: Full Remote (Georgia)
Job Type: Part-time Flex
What’s the Opportunity?
Anchor QEA is seeking a highly experienced Technical Advisor for its 4Rs Solutions Programs: Remediation, Restoration, Resiliency, and Revitalization. This role is intended for a recognized industry leader with deep technical expertise in nature-based solutions, resiliency, restoration, remediation, and related environmental disciplines.
The Technical Advisor will provide senior-level technical guidance, thought leadership, mentorship, and strategic support across Anchor QEA’s 4Rs work. This role is designed to provide entrepreneurial freedom to apply technical knowledge, industry perspective, and professional relationships in ways that strengthen project outcomes, support strategic growth, and elevate Anchor QEA’s reputation in the marketplace.
Responsibilities:
- Provide senior-level technical advisory support across Anchor QEA’s 4Rs work: Remediation, Restoration, Resiliency, and Revitalization.
- Serve as a subject matter expert in nature-based solutions, resiliency, restoration, remediation, and related environmental disciplines.
- Advise project teams on high-impact projects by offering strategic technical review, external perspective, and innovative solutions.
- Collaborate with Market Sector and Strategic Initiative Leads to identify and support high-value project opportunities.
- Support client development, strategic pursuits, peer-review opportunities, and market positioning.
- Mentor technical leaders and project teams by sharing expertise, industry perspective, and best practices.
- Represent Anchor QEA externally through conferences, presentations, publications, client meetings, and professional networks.
- Partner with marketing and communications teams to promote Anchor QEA’s 4Rs expertise and project successes.
What Are We Looking For?
Ideal candidates will have the following:
- Master’s degree or higher with 25+ years of relevant experience
- A recognized leader in remediation, restoration, resiliency, revitalization, nature-based solutions, and related environmental disciplines.
- Demonstrated ability to provide senior-level technical guidance, technical review, strategic advice, and thought leadership on complex projects.
- Strong professional network across clients, agencies, industry partners, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and/or community stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills, including public speaking, technical writing, client engagement, and executive-level advising.
- Demonstrated commitment to mentorship, collaboration, innovation, and technical excellence.
What Can You Expect?
A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self.
Who Are We?
Anchor QEA provides environmental planning, science, and engineering consulting services with the mission of transforming our environment and communities with integrity and vibe. With more than 500 people in offices across the United States, our collective vision is to be an inclusive, sustainable, and growing environmental innovator making generational impacts. By embodying our core values, we strive to be our clients’ first choice for solving their most challenging problems and to be our employees’ reason to be excited about going to work each morning. Learn more about Anchor QEA at
www.anchorqea.com.
How to Apply?
Apply online through Anchor QEA’s Open Positions page at https://www.anchorqea.com/careers/careers-open-positions/. Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to [email protected]
Additional Information
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability or sexual orientation. Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.
Skills Required
- Master's degree or higher
- 25+ years of relevant experience
- Deep technical expertise in nature-based solutions, remediation, restoration, and resiliency
- Demonstrated ability to provide senior-level technical guidance
- Strong professional network across various stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills
What We Do
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Anchor QEA is a nationally recognized environmental science and engineering consulting firm specializing in aquatic, shoreline, and water resource projects, including coastal and flood resiliency. With more than 500 employees in 26 offices across the United States, Anchor QEA works with public and private sector clients to address environmental issues at some of the most challenging sites in the nation by providing planning and strategy development, scientific investigation, engineering design, and construction management.
