Senior Coastal Engineer or Coastal Planner

Senior Coastal Engineer / Coastal Planner

The Stantec Coastal Solutions group is a diverse and collaborative team who lead and support a wide variety of coastal work across the US and Canada. Team members are expected to contribute to projects in the coastal environment through planning, restoration, adaptation, and/or engineering and to be an expert or developing expert in at least one of the following areas:

• Natural hazards and coastal flood risk management
• Coastal hydrodynamics and morphology
• Coastal vulnerability, and adaptation planning
• Design and analysis of coastal structures, ports, harbors, and waterways
• Coastal management, environmental restoration, and enhancement
• Nature-based solutions to address coastal ecosystem restoration and sea-level rise adaptation and resilience

• Develop coastal adaptation plans, engineering designs and modeling, and/or review the work of coastal staff
• Provide leadership overseeing Stantec’s on‑going coastal work in the San Francisco Bay Area, and potentially throughout California
• Project management, including the development and management of scopes, schedule and budgets for coastal oriented projects and tasks
• Participate and eventually lead proposal efforts for coastal engineering or adaptation projects
• Contribute to Stantec’s business developments efforts in coastal engineering, adaptation and planning in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Establish and grow Stantec’s connections to coastal clients by tracking business opportunities and developing relationships with clients
• Work with and mentor junior staff
• Oversee staff involved in coastal engineering and planning work
• Communicate effectively and apply with a high level of understanding the principles and practices of coastal engineering, planning or adaptation

• Master of Science degree in Civil, Coastal, Environmental Engineering, Planning, or related field with 10+ years of experience in one of the areas of expertise listed above OR Bachelor of Science degree in Civil, Coastal, or Environmental Engineering, Planning, or related field with 15+ years of experience in one of the areas of expertise listed above
• Demonstrated high level of understanding of the principles and practices of coastal engineering, planning or adaptation
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to conduct effective client and agency presentations and produce written technical reports
• Experienced in client engagement, business development and have an established professional network in SF Bay
• Strong understanding and experience in navigating the coastal regulatory and planning landscape in SF Bay

• Current registration as Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in California
• Strong project management experience, with the ability to organize and rally a diverse team to execute a scope on schedule and on budget
• Have established relationships with potential clients and local public agencies
• Track record of winning coastal engineering, adaptation or planning work in the SF Bay Area

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Locations in NYC & CA (Bay Area) & NJ (RP) – $ - $ Annually

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part‑time roles will be pro‑rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Regular full‑time and part‑time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short‑term/long‑term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition…