Freese and Nichols · 5 months ago
Senior Coastal Engineer
Pearland, Texas
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expFreese & Nichols, Inc. is currently seeking a Senior Coastal Engineer for their offices located along the U.S. Gulf or Atlantic Coasts. The role involves project management and technical oversight of coastal and navigation projects, team management, and marketing of services to clients.
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Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
Professional Engineer license required in one or more states located along the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic coast
Minimum of 10 years of experience in engineering, design
Experience in delivering projects for and working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers required
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
Preferred
Master's or higher degree in Coastal, Ocean, or related Engineering preferred
Working knowledge of numerical modeling of coastal storm risk management projects and navigation and dredging projects preferred
Project Management Professional certification preferred
Experience working with additional Federal agencies preferred
Knowledge of 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
Benefits
Paid overtime for salaried employees
An annual bonus
Access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico
Flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work
Alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday
Company
Freese and Nichols
Freese and Nichols, Inc. is a consulting firm offering engineering, architecture, environmental science, construction and planning services.
1001-5000 employees
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