Coastal Engineer (PE)

Coastal Engineer (PE)

HDR is seeking a Coastal Engineer (PE) to join our nationally ranked team of coastal professionals. We're looking for individuals passionate about restoring and protecting coastlines through innovative, resilient, and sustainable solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful projects along the Texas coast while collaborating with a team of leading engineers, scientists, and modelers.

About the Role:

In this role, you will support and lead the analysis and design of dredging, beach nourishment, and coastal restoration projects, helping deliver solutions that enhance resilience, improve ecosystems, and support coastal communities. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the analysis and design of coastal restoration projects, including marsh restoration, beach nourishment, and shoreline protection and stabilization.
• Performing engineering design for dredging, beach nourishment, and coastal restoration projects, including channel layout and alignment, dredging production estimates, placement area and beneficial use design, and shoreline protection and stabilization.
• Developing construction plans and specifications for successful project implementation, particularly along the Texas coast.
• Contributing to and collaborating with a growing team of numerical modeling experts, supporting the development of wave models, tidal circulation models, storm surge analyses, and vessel-induced wave modeling.
• Supporting and leading proposal development, scope definition, cost estimating, and project management activities.
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships, representing HDR within the community and industry.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS degree in Coastal, Ocean, or Civil engineering preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in coastal engineering projects.
• Experience with numerical modeling of waves, tidal circulation, and storm surge. Alternatively, strong experience in development of construction plans, specifications, and project management.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Demonstrate familiarity with wave growth and transformation, coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics, littoral processes, sediment transport, marine dredging, and basic geotechnical or structural systems.
• Ability to work independently in addition to planning, organizing, and assisting groups of medium to large teams of professionals and technicians dependent on project/task.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent field.
• Previous experience in water resources engineering projects.
• 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 oral and written communication skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

HDR is committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.