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ID #54825631
State Colorado
City Denver
Job type Full-time
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source AECOM
Showed 2025-11-14
Date 2025-11-14
Deadline 2026-01-13
Category Et cetera
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Fish Passage Engineer

Colorado, Denver, 80221 Denver USA
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AECOM is seeking an enthusiastic Fish Passage Engineer to expand our fish passage, fish screening, and aquatic connectivity practice across the U.S. Mountain Region. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience designing and evaluating fish passage and exclusion structures, working alongside fisheries biologists and regulatory agencies. This position will integrate engineering with ecological principles to deliver innovative solutions for fish passage, stream restoration, and river infrastructure projects.Responsibilities include leading the technical execution of projects including inspection, analysis, design, and regulatory compliance activities associated with a variety of fish passage design at hydraulic structures and the design of fish exclusion structures.Responsibilities include:Hydrologic analyses including flood frequency estimates, statistical hydrology, model preparation, calibration, and verification.Hydraulic structure modeling including river diversions and intakes, using one- and two-dimensional modeling approaches as well as spreadsheet calculations.Technical expertise in the fields of fish passage, hydraulic engineering, hydrology, sediment transport and fluvial geomorphologyLead design and evaluation of fish passage and fish exclusion structures (fish ladders, screens, nature-like bypasses, barriers for native fish protection, etc.)Preparing technical reports.Preparing drawings, specifications and calculations.Performing detailed reviews of technical deliverables prepared by others.Communicating with multi-disciplinary teams, clients, and other stakeholders.Planning, directing, managing and supervising small to large scale projects.Managing project finances.Leading and mentoring junior staff.

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