Senior Coastal Engineer

Senior Coastal Engineer page is loaded## Senior Coastal Engineerlocations: Tampa, Florida: New Orleans, Louisiana: Jacksonville, Florida: Houston, Texas: Orlando, Floridaposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR102989Freese & Nichols, Inc. (FNI) is currently seeking to add a **Senior Coastal Engineer** for our offices located along the **U.S. Gulf or Atlantic Coasts**. Preferred candidates should have knowledge related to coastal restoration, beach nourishment, shoreline protection, dredging, coastal structures, coastal hazard analyses, hydrodynamic modeling and coastal process analyses. Roles and responsibilities of this position include:* Project management and/or senior technical oversight of planning, engineering, design, and construction-phase services for coastal and/or navigation multi-disciplinary projects* Leading coastal and/or navigation project delivery decisions regarding technical approaches, cost estimating, project scheduling, project resourcing, safety, and subcontractor coordination and management.* Team management, mentoring, and professional development of coastal engineering technical staff.* Marketing of FNI’s coastal and navigation services to include meeting with current/prospective clients and leading proposals and statement of qualification development.* Contribution to strategic initiatives to expand FNI’s service offering geographically and technically to a wide variety of client types including federal and state agencies, local government clients, ports, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other types of private sector clients.# Qualifications**Required or Preferred Qualifications & Skills:*** Professional Engineer license required in one or more states located along the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic coast.* Master’s or higher degree in Coastal, Ocean, or related Engineering preferred.* Minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, design.* Working knowledge of numerical modeling of coastal storm risk management projects and navigation and dredging projects preferred.* Project Management Professional certification preferred.* Experience in delivering projects for and working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers required. Experience working with additional Federal agencies preferred.* Project management skills with experience in managing project delivery teams and coordinating with clients and regulatory agencies required.* Intimate understanding of coastal engineering and science principles required; and/or, dredge engineering and science principles.* Knowledge of wind-wave-water levels, coastal sediment processes, coastal morphology, storm-induced erosion analyses required, and dredging and dredged material conveyance and management preferred.* Understanding of mare vessel maneuvering and environmental forces characteristics preferred.* Experience with contributing to and/or leading strategic initiatives to develop and expand business opportunities with new clients and new geographic locations.* Experience at recruiting, managing, directing and mentoring a team of professional coastal design staff.* Ability to oversee the preparation of construction plans and other graphics using CAD and ArcGIS.* Must have experience with technical writing and professional writing, and the ability to deliver presentations at public and client meetings.# **About Freese and Nichols**At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at ), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at .Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.### #LI-Hybridlocations: 2 Locationsposted on: Posted 22 Days Agolocations: Tampa, Floridaposted on: Posted Todaylocations: Houston, Texasposted on: Posted Today #J-18808-Ljbffr Freese and Nichols, Inc.