Coastal Engineering Technical Lead

Resource Environmental Solutions LLC•Orlando, FL

About The Position

As a Coastal Engineering Technical Lead at RES, you’ll bring deep technical expertise and leadership to coastal resilience projects in Florida. You’ll serve as a subject matter expert in your discipline—leading and assisting projects through innovative coastal resilience projects requiring regulatory approvals, project delivery, and implementation. You’ll play a key role in leading the coastal design pursuits and projects, mentoring junior staff, driving quality across multiple projects, and guiding our clients through technically and logistically challenging resilience efforts. RES is a leader in innovative nature-based solutions, including coastal adaptation – you will be at home. You will be a go-to expert. Your experience and insights will guide some of our most critical technical decisions. You’ll get to lead and grow others. You’ll manage projects and mentor junior engineers—shaping not only deliverables but the next generation of RES leaders. Your work will be built. You’ll see your designs come to life on the ground. You’ll have client-facing influence. You’ll help build partnerships, manage contracts, and ensure that our technical solutions meet real-world needs. You’ll work at the intersection of ecology and engineering. Whether you're restoring an eroding shoreline in response to degradation including climate change or designing coastal resilience projects, your work will make a measurable environmental impact. A Day in the Life You may start your day by reviewing a design or plan sets for an artificial reef project headed for agency review. Tacos for lunch. Midday, you're on a call with a client to walk through design revisions, balancing technical needs with site constraints and budget. Later, you’re reviewing erosion and sediment control details submitted by a junior engineer for a coastal shoreline project in Miami—offering feedback and making sure it aligns with regulatory standards. Depending on the project phase, you might lead a shoreline conditions assessment, design a nature based coastal enhancement, evaluate value engineering for a permitted project, develop permit plans or verify construction matches the plans as the Engineer of Record. Throughout the day, you will lead conversations with marine scientists, engineers, clients, and regulators who are part of the RES Team —turning complex challenges into clear solutions and ensuring projects stay on track and consistent with permits. Please note that the “Day in the Life” section is not intended to be an exhaustive list of job duties, but rather a representative snapshot of typical responsibilities and work experiences at RES.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Coastal, Civil or Marine Engineering field
Licensed Professional Engineer in Florida, or the ability to become licensed within six months through reciprocity if licensed in another state
10+ years of progressive engineering experience designing nature-based coastal resilience and waterfront projects such as artificial reefs, living seawalls, breakwaters, mangrove shorelines
Construction management experience
Experience leading coastal proposal pursuits
Advanced proficiency with design tools such as AutoCAD Civil 3D, GIS, coastal modeling software or similar platforms
Demonstrated ability to manage large, complex design projects from concept through construction as design lead
Experience leading coastal permitting and coordination with federal, state, and county agencies

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with coastal permitting in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe Counties
Experience securing water quality improvement “credits” for nutrient reductions (TN, TP, TSS) for living shorelines projects
Experience involving innovative stormwater designs (BMP sizing, regional stormwater standards)
Direct experience with Federal/State/Local environmental regulations and understanding of the Federal Clean Water Act, State Stormwater Rule, and other state and federal environmental regulations, and permitting processes.
Presentation and public speaking experience

Responsibilities

Lead and assist projects through innovative coastal resilience projects requiring regulatory approvals, project delivery, and implementation.
Lead coastal design pursuits and projects.
Mentor junior staff.
Drive quality across multiple projects.
Guide clients through technically and logistically challenging resilience efforts.
Manage projects and mentor junior engineers.
Help build partnerships, manage contracts, and ensure technical solutions meet real-world needs.
Lead a shoreline conditions assessment.
Design a nature-based coastal enhancement.
Evaluate value engineering for a permitted project.
Develop permit plans.
Verify construction matches the plans as the Engineer of Record.
Lead conversations with marine scientists, engineers, clients, and regulators.
Turn complex challenges into clear solutions.
Ensure projects stay on track and consistent with permits.