Coastal Engineering Lead

Coastal Engineering Lead

Austin, Dallas, Houston, Round Rock, TX

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Category: Water / Stormwater

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Coastal Engineering Lead to join our growing Water Resource Practice. This is a distinctive leadership opportunity to manage and expand Lochner's technical capabilities while contributing to high-profile Coastal and impactful Coastal Watershed projects and programs throughout Texas.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and Grow the Team: Hire, manage, and mentor a talented group of coastal watershed professionals in Texas, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team culture with strong partnerships.
• Shape Regional Strategy: Collaborate with leadership and staff to craft and execute a long-term strategy for the growth and development of Lochner's Coastal Practice in Texas.
• Deliver Complex Projects: Lead the design and delivery of high-impact Coastal projects, including master planning, environmental restoration, flood mitigation studies, Coastal resiliency, and navigational channel processes and shoreline restoration initiatives.
• Drive Business Development: Lead & cultivate client partnerships, direct project pursuits, and guide proposals, contracts, and presentations.
• Promote Technical Excellence: Apply advanced expertise in modeling tools that may include models such as ADCIRC+SWAN, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, InfoWorks ICM, ADC/RC, SMS, ArcMap, QUAL2K, ModFlow, Python, MATLAB, SPSS, and Vensim, etc to ensure innovative project delivery that meets client needs.

Requirements:

• Texas PE license and a bachelor's or master's degree in coastal, civil or environmental engineering.
• 8+ years of experience delivering coastal projects, with at least 3 years of experience in a leadership or project management role.
• Proven success working with governmental agencies, especially TxGLO, NGO, USACE, NOAA, local municipalities, Texas ports, and the local maritime industry.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for effective collaboration with clients and teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing Texas Coastal projects a plus.
• Expertise in Coastal and Floodplain FEMA flooding modeling and floodplain mapping.
• Background in channel design, shoreline restoration, beneficial use of dredge material process, habitat restoration and navigation planning.
• PE with strong experience in Coastal design and Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) is a strong plus.

Joining Lochner means gaining access to a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to support your health and financial well-being throughout your career.

• Competitive Premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Paid Time Off and Flexible Holiday Program
• Company Paid Disability (includes paid Maternity Leave), and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with Employer Contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical Expenses and/or Dependent Care
• Paid Family Leave
• Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Flexible Work Schedules (Hybrid or Remote, when possible)
• Wellness Program for Physical and Mental Health
• Lochner Cares Non-Profit 501c3
• Education and Training Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discounts
• Paid Time Off for Charitable Acts of Service

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

The physical requirements must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Intermittent sitting, walking, standing, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, twisting, stoop, crawl, and lifting. The employee must frequently lift and/or move light equipment up to 20 pounds. Must be alert to equipment in the field, occasional need to work near hazardous equipment and machinery, occasional need to walk on uneven ground, exposure to dust, gas or fumes, exposure to noise, extremes in temperature or humidity, and potential work at heights.

Lochner is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. Lochner provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.