Senior Coastal Engineer (PE)

About the role

This isn’t just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy. HDR is seeking a Senior Coastal Engineer (PE) to join our nationally ranked team of coastal and waterfront professionals across the United States.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead analysis and design for: Dredging and navigation projects, Coastal processes and beach nourishment design, Coastal restoration and resilience initiatives
• Develop: Channel layouts and alignments, Borrow area design and dredging production estimates, Placement area and beneficial use designs
• Provide project and task management on complex assignments
• Perform and oversee: Advanced wave, sediment transport, and hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, Coastal project and channel development design
• Lead preparation of: Engineering plans, specifications, and design calculations, Technical reports, memos, and client deliverables
• Collect, analyze, and present data to clients, stakeholders, and in public forums
• Manage and mentor multidisciplinary teams on medium to large projects
• Serve as Project Manager on larger efforts, as needed
• Support business development by preparing: Proposals, Scopes of work, Cost estimates

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters or PhD degree in Coastal, Ocean, or Civil engineering preferred
• Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) environments
• Experience with the application of artificial intelligence software to coastal and marine modeling
• Experience with wave growth and transformation, coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics, littoral processes, sediment transport, marine dredging, and basic geotechnical or structural systems
• Experience in coastal project and channel planning design and specification development
• Experience preparing scope, schedule and fee estimates to support proposal development
• Experience preparing technical reports

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field
• A minimum of 10 years Water Resources experience
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a project team