Rocky Mountains Region Engineer

• Assist TU program and project managers with planning and managing engineering work completed by outside consultants, including crafting scopes, budgets, and schedules, reviewing project designs/deliverables, and providing construction oversight.
• Collaborate with existing engineers and national restoration center staff to build a sustainable internal engineering services division within the organization.
• Conduct stream geomorphic surveys, stream habitat assessments, aquatic passage assessments, and topographic surveys using total station and/or GPS equipment.
• Prepare construction-level designs for stream restoration and conservation projects, including cost estimates, specifications, and drawing sets in Civil 3D, and serve as Engineer of Record.

This role directly contributes to protecting, reconnecting, and restoring coldwater fisheries and their watersheds, ensuring cleaner water, healthier communities, and stronger fisheries for future generations.

• Professional Engineering (PE) licensure, or ability to promptly gain licensure, in Colorado and other nearby states.
• Advanced education in hydraulic, civil, environmental, or biological systems engineering with at least 10 years of relevant experience; M.S. preferred, B.S. required.
• Extensive experience with stream restoration, fish passage, and watershed conservation projects, including natural channel design and large wood addition techniques.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, self-motivated with excellent time-management, and willingness to travel and work in variable weather conditions.

Full-time position with a generous benefits package and a salary range between $90,000 and $120,000 annually. TU values diversity and strives to create a healthy and family-friendly atmosphere.

Trout Unlimited (TU) brings people together across the country to be champions for their rivers, working to make water cleaner, communities healthier, and fisheries stronger through conservation of coldwater fisheries and their watersheds.