Senior Coastal Engineer

Description

• You have led, managed, mentored, and/or supervised multidisciplinary design and engineering teams including delegating and guiding Engineers through simple to complex tasks. You are an effective communicator who fosters teamwork and inclusion, and shares knowledge and expertise with more junior staff through mentoring and direct supervision. You have provided senior engineer review and oversight on large-scale coastal engineering projects, with an emphasis on Living Shorelines, nature-based solutions and multi-benefit flood and erosion protection.
• Help manage workflow and make staffing and recruitment recommendations. Collaborate with other engineers, hydrologists, fluvial geomorphologists, landscape architects, ecologists, biologists, and other specialists in advancing coastal engineering and habitat restoration approaches and other project solutions from concept to implementation.
• As a senior leader, contribute to annual and long-term strategic planning for our coastal engineering and coastal resilience practice. In addition, cultivate best practices; facilitate knowledge sharing and technical training; mentor and manage more junior staff; and develop and oversee implementation of engineering QA/QC protocols specific for coastal engineering and wave analysis.
• Help plan, design and/or manage a wide of array of challenging and exciting projects including Living Shorelines design, ecosystem restoration, climate change resilience, fisheries habitat enhancement, engineering with nature, and coastal flood & erosion management.

Requirements

• Thrive in a fast-paced, challenging environment and be able to manage multiple responsibilities and deadlines, while working on a team or independently.
• Be located in one of ESA’s Regions: Northern California and/or Pacific Northwest.
• You have led and managed complex coastal engineering tasks/projects that have included preparing engineering evaluations, flooding and/or erosion studies, technical reports, design plan sets, specifications, cost estimates, construction schedules and construction support. You are highly familiar with all the engineering steps to get from concept to construction bid package, including working closely with related engineering fields such as geotechnical, structural, and hydraulic engineers and landscape architects.
• A professionally licensed coastal engineer with 20+ years of professional experience designing and managing coastal engineering projects with an emphasis on nature-based solutions, coastal resilience, and flood management along the Pacific Coast.
• You hold a Bachelor’s degree or higher in coastal engineering or a closely related discipline, and have a Professional Engineers license in California, Washington, and/or Oregon.

Benefits

• Oceanside Local Coastal Program Update
• Ocean Beach Master Plan
• Giant Marsh Living Shoreline

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance