Hydrology / Water Quality Consultant

Hydrology / Water Quality Consultant

McMillen, Inc. is seeking a motivated, self-directed Hydrology / Water Quality Consultant (1–5 years of experience) to join our Environmental Services Group to support hydro projects across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. This role involves project work from study design through field implementation, data analysis, and reporting. We're looking for someone adaptable, collaborative, and eager to grow with our team of biologists, scientists, and regulatory specialists, while building strong, lasting client relationships. This is a full-time (40 hours / week) position and when not in the field, the hired individual would be expected to be in the office assisting with other natural resource and permitting tasks. Depending on the location of the individual, that person may be in a McMillen office, home office or hybrid.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in field studies related to water quality and hydrology.
• Water quality instrumentation installation and maintenance.
• Streamflow measurements and bathymetric / topographic surveying.
• Aquatic habitat mapping and fluvial geomorphology.
• Develop and manage study plans, technical reports, and licensing documents (PADs, study plans, reports, and license applications) that meet state, federal, and FERC requirements.
• Analyze and synthesize scientific data (including large datasets) into clear, well-organized reports and presentations for diverse audiences.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues and clients; communicate clearly in both in-person and remote settings.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines with strong problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.
• Build productive partnerships through integrity, accountability, and effective communication.
• Adapt to challenges and changing priorities while consistently delivering results.
• Travel regularly and spend extended time in the field, often in remote and physically demanding conditions. Up to 50% of the time for this role will be travel / field work and 50% in the office.

Qualifications

Compensation Package

Who We Are

McMillen, Inc. (McMillen) is an engineering, environmental, and construction firm providing scalable, multi-disciplinary capabilities. We are a design and build firm providing clients with balanced perspective and realistic solutions. With experts in the United States, Canada, Australia, and France, our staff bring best practices from the water resources, energy, dams, infrastructure, fisheries, aquaculture, and restricted access markets.

We balance technical precision with collaborative delivery throughout all project phases. We have the resources and expertise to contribute to a project at the feasibility and planning stage, navigate the regulatory and permitting requirements, develop detailed designs, self-perform construction, and participate in startup, testing, and commissioning. We offer strategic planning, technical expertise, comprehensive project management, and integration of multi-disciplinary studies for traditional and alternative project delivery methods.

We want our employees to make a career doing what they love to do. We aren't looking for the complacent or the comfortable. We are looking for the highly technical, the creators, the manic obsessives, the outliers who know being the best is a journey, not a finish line. We support our employees\' efforts to stay on the cutting edge of technology while fostering a great work-life balance.

EEO : McMillen, Inc. is an EEO / Affirmative Action Employer and will make all employment related decisions without race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Visa sponsorship, including renewal during employment, will not be provided for this position.

No recruiters, please.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

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