Coastal Associate IV

Moffatt & Nichol•New York, NY

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

Moffatt & Nichol has an opening for a Coastal Associate IV in New York, NY. Job duties include: Plans and designs for urban waterfront and coastal structures projects, including: marinas, marine terminals, urban waterfront developments and cruise ship facilities. Plans and designs for wetland restoration, beach nourishment, and living shorelines, dredging, shore protection structures, and flood walls. Perform ecological assessments, water monitoring and sampling solutions, and water quality assessments. Creates feasibility studies by analyzing engineering design, conducting coastal hazard assessment studies, and assembling data. Designs construction projects by studying project concept, architectural drawings, and models. Prepares engineering design by collecting and studying reports, maps, drawings, aerial photographs, and tests on soil composition, terrain, hydrological characteristics, and related topographical and geologic data. Domestic travel 10% of time. Hybrid work benefit available.

Requirements

Master's degree, or its foreign equivalent, in Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Ocean Engineering, or a closely related engineering field
6 years of experience as a Coastal Engineer or a related role/capacity (required with Master's degree)
Doctorate degree (Ph.D.), or its foreign equivalent, in Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Ocean Engineering, or a closely related engineering field (alternative requirement)
3 years of experience as a Coastal Engineer or a related role/capacity (required with Ph.D. degree)
Hydrodynamic modeling experience utilizing ADvanced CIRCulation (ADCIRC) (6 years with Master's, 3 years with Ph.D.)
Programming experience (writing new scripts and modifying already written scripts) with python, MATLAB, and Fortran (6 years with Master's, 3 years with Ph.D.)
Experience using a geospatial platform (ESRI ArcGIS or QGIS) (6 years with Master's, 3 years with Ph.D.)
Experience building or modifying numerical meshes with SMS or OceanMesh2D (6 years with Master's, 3 years with Ph.D.)
Experience with technical writing including project plans or reports (6 years with Master's, 3 years with Ph.D.)
Experience developing and presenting technical presentations (6 years with Master's, 3 years with Ph.D.)
Experience working on a team with peers (6 years with Master's, 3 years with Ph.D.)
Experience developing and running ADCIRC meshes with adaptive resolution to support other efforts such as real-time forecasting (6 years with Master's, 3 years with Ph.D.)
Experience modifying SLOSH meshes and running Sea Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricane (SLOSH) (4 years with Master's, 1 year with Ph.D.)
Experience developing catastrophic models and calculating average annualized losses (AALs) with inputs from coastal hazards (4 years with Master's, 1 year with Ph.D.)
Completed coursework in coastal engineering/modeling and fluid mechanics
Must reside within the MSA of the worksite located in NY, NY 10017

Responsibilities

Plans and designs for urban waterfront and coastal structures projects, including: marinas, marine terminals, urban waterfront developments and cruise ship facilities
Plans and designs for wetland restoration, beach nourishment, and living shorelines, dredging, shore protection structures, and flood walls
Perform ecological assessments, water monitoring and sampling solutions, and water quality assessments
Creates feasibility studies by analyzing engineering design, conducting coastal hazard assessment studies, and assembling data
Designs construction projects by studying project concept, architectural drawings, and models
Prepares engineering design by collecting and studying reports, maps, drawings, aerial photographs, and tests on soil composition, terrain, hydrological characteristics, and related topographical and geologic data