Coastal Engineer/Coastal Modeler

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Demonstrated understanding of risk-based statistics and probability distributions. 
• Demonstrated high level of understanding of the principles and practices of coastal engineering, coastal hydrodynamics, wave theory, and sediment transport.
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of experience with numeric models commonly applied to coastal environments. Ability to set-up, calibrate, validate, and trouble shoot numerical models.
• Demonstrated experiences in developing pre and post processing scripts using Python, MATLAB,, or other programming language.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Coastal Engineering or Oceanography
• 0-5 years of experience with the subject matter focus on one of the areas of expertise listed above

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current registration as Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain within 2 years.
• Demonstrated project experiences through professional publications and presentations.
• Completing design calculations for coastal and civil engineering practice: including marine structures, rubble mound structures, geotechnical/foundation designs, hydrodynamics/fluid mechanics, drainage and flood control infrastructure, dredge/fill, and sediment disposal site designs.
• Coastal engineering analysis in support of coastal flood hazard studies under a predefined framework, specifically wave runup/overtopping analysis, and wave overland propagation analysis.
• Experience with water resource engineering projects including those with a focus on assessment and design for aquatic habitat restoration such as dam removal, culvert replacement, flood risk assessment, coastal resilience and stream restoration and enhancement.
• Construction management of coastal project and contractor oversight/inspection experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to conduct effective client and agency presentations and written technical report preparation.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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