Senior Coastal Engineer or Coastal Planner

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Stantec Consulting Services Inc. seeks a driven Senior Coastal Engineer, or Coastal Planner to join our growing Coastal Engineering practice. The candidate will be a leader and a mentor with a minimum of 10 years of coastal experience. Candidate must be located in the San Francisco Bay Area and will serve as the Practice’s on-the-ground presence for coastal work in SF Bay.

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 be able to contribute to projects in the coastal environment through planning, restoration, adaption, 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 CA.
• 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 development 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

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

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