Michael Baker International

Coastal Scientist / Engineer

Michael Baker International

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $97,593 - $153,000 per year

Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

Jenkins

About the role

  • Work alongside Dr. Scott Jenkins in the San Diego office, learning under his tutelage and assisting with workload and succession
  • Join a high-performing team providing multi-disciplinary numerical modeling and engineering solutions to coastal engineering and flood risk challenges
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary modeling and data solutions team and develop innovative initiatives and products in flood risk
  • Provide coastal engineering design (shore protection, nature-based solutions, revetments, scour protection), environmental restoration, and dredging/navigation project support
  • Contribute to proposal writing, business development, client interaction, project budgeting, scheduling, and financial management
  • Perform numerical modeling, technical analysis, and prepare engineering reports and documentation

Requirements

  • Proposal writing, assistance with business development
  • Staff supervision, recruitment, and training
  • Project budgeting, scheduling, financial management, and client interaction
  • Organizing and interpreting engineering data, engineering reports and technical documentation
  • Engineering design of coastal structures (shore protection structures including breakwaters, nature-based solutions, revetments, scour protection, etc.)
  • Environmental restoration (nature-based solutions such as living shorelines)
  • Dredging/navigation projects
  • Strong analytical and communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to lead coastal design tasks or projects
  • Demonstrated expertise in design and construction principles of coastal structures
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams
  • B.S. Degree in Engineering or related discipline
  • Postgraduate in Coastal Engineering or related field (preferred)
  • 10+ years of experience
  • Current registration as Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain within 1 year
  • Demonstrated technical writing skill
  • Preferred: Providing technical leadership to national coastal engineering projects involving flood risk, numerical modeling, design, and mapping
  • Preferred: Conducting numerical modeling using ADCIRC, Delft3D, Delft3D-FM, SWAN, XBeach, etc.
  • Preferred: Working with open-source products to develop numerical tools and solutions
  • Preferred: Performing statistical and probabilistic risk analysis associated with coastal hazards
  • Preferred: Providing subject matter expertise to FEMA coastal flood risk studies
  • Preferred: Background in Fluid Mechanics, Coastal Processes and Coastal Models, CFD, and EPA Mixing Models
  • Preferred: Experience in SolidWorks 3-D CAD Modeling