MARINE INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATOR

State of careers Rhode Island • South Kingstown, RI

1d • $96,726 - $109,617 • Hybrid

About The Position

This position coordinates and supervises the state's interests in marine infrastructure management, planning, and construction. It facilitates and coordinates marine transportation, harbor management, and port management issues. The role is responsible for the management and supervision of the uses of the state's submerged lands. It oversees the maintenance and creation of marine infrastructure projects for the state, and assists with negotiating agreements with various entities regarding marine infrastructure, harbor management, port safety, and submerged lands management. This role acts as the primary point of contact for commercial marine infrastructure construction and management, port safety, and harbor management. The position is also responsible for supervising studies, programs, and special projects related to marine infrastructure, marine energy, and related activities, providing direction and consultation. It oversees federal and private projects concerning commercial marine infrastructure, and plans, supervises, reviews, and evaluates all state marine infrastructure-related activities. The role is responsible for the construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of marine-located energy issues, and oversees port safety and harbor management plans and projects. It manages Public Trust resources relative to marine-based activities and oversees all aspects of dredging and dredged material management for the state. A comprehensive database for commercial marine infrastructure activities, including dredging, marine energy projects, navigation, and submerged lands uses, will be developed and maintained. The position coordinates state interests in sediment management, marine infrastructure, marine energy, dredging, and dredged material management and planning, and is responsible for its implementation and management. It assists in formulating legislation for marine infrastructure management, harbor management, port safety, and submerged lands management, and reviews proposed legislation. The role is responsible for the development, management, use, and monitoring of the state's confined aquatic disposal cells, and plans for new long-term dredged material disposal sites. It prepares statements, policies, plans, and regulations for marine infrastructure, port safety, harbor management, and submerged lands management goals. The position is responsible for the planning and long-term assessment of the capacities of state confined aquatic disposal cells and for policy and planning functions associated with marinas, commercial docks, and port facilities. It processes applications for energy and alternative energy activities, providing expert advice and assistance on related federal processes. The role implements and investigates a fitness for purpose program for the state's port and harbor structures. It prepares comprehensive reports on marine infrastructure, dredging, port safety, harbor management, and submerged lands management issues. The position performs complex professional work related to dredging and dredged material management, and develops funding proposals. It serves as a liaison between the agency and federal, state, and other organizations, and prepares and delivers papers at meetings and conferences. The role performs pre- and post-marine investigations of dredging activities and dredged material disposal, and marine investigations of marina and port facility perimeter definitions. It inventories and analyzes marina dockage, including slips, pump out facilities, and boat launch facilities, and is responsible for regulatory programs for recreational boating facilities. The position maintains an inventory of residential docks and researches techniques on the valuation of submerged lands. It manages federal government plans and sales of surplus submerged lands and develops and manages an annual fiscal accounting program for leasing state submerged lands. The role performs harbor infrastructure maintenance needs assessments and conducts compliance inspections. It assists in developing legislation for marine infrastructure, dredging, energy, federal navigation projects, port safety, and marina policies. The position coordinates with state and federal agencies, local NGOs, and the state marine trade association for the Rhode Island clean marina program and is responsible for working waterfront policy developments. It conducts hydrographic and geophysical surveys and integrates GIS data into marine infrastructure development. The role assists in the development of a state artificial reefs program and represents the agency in meetings with environmental agencies. It establishes and supervises the maintenance of essential records and files.

Requirements

• Possession of a degree in civil engineering or a closely related field.
• Considerable employment in a responsible supervisory position involving the performance of complex professional work in the field of coastal policy development and planning, with related work in marine infrastructure management, dredging and dredged material management, port safety and harbor management, and submerged lands management analysis and planning.
• Any combination of education and experience that shall be substantially equivalent to the above education and experience.
• Possession of a Rhode Island Professional Engineering License or the ability to obtain such licensure through reciprocity within 6 months from date of hire and must maintain such licensure as a condition of employment.
• A thorough knowledge of the principles, practices, procedures, and technology of the marine construction, coastal structures, and engineering, dredging, navigation principals is required in order to coordinate all aspects of commercial marine infrastructure in the State.
• A thorough knowledge of the principals and practices of engineering, state and federal environmental laws and regulations as they relate to all aspects of marine infrastructure construction and maintenance.
• The ability to analyze, interpret, and apply laws, rules and regulations.
• The ability to gather geophysical data (hydrographic, side-scan and sub-bottom) interpret geophysical information, tides, currents and meteorological data as it relates to new and existing marine infrastructure.
• The ability to research, analyze and apply scientific work as it applies to materials, environmental impacts, sediments, foundations, sea level rise.
• The ability to prepare, interpret and analyze highly technical reports and scientific documents, proposals and technical correspondence.
• The ability to design a system of essential infrastructure records including lease holders and payments, implement and manage the system.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with federal, state and local, private and public agencies and organizations.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working groups for working waterfronts, dredging and navigational needs.
• The ability to supervise staff.

Nice To Haves

• Possession of a Rhode Island Professional Engineering License, an Engineer-in-Training certificate, or the ability to obtain such licensure through reciprocity within 6 months from date of hire and must maintain such licensure as a condition of employment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise the interest of the state with regard to marine infrastructure management, planning, and construction.
• Facilitate and coordinate marine transportation issues, harbor management and port management issues.
• Be responsible for the management and supervision of the uses of the state's submerged lands.
• Be responsible for planning, assigning and supervising all aspects of maintaining and creating marine infrastructure projects for the state.
• Assist with and negotiate agreements with state, federal, and private entities with regard to marine infrastructure, harbor management, port safety, and submerged lands management.
• Act as the initial and primary point of contact for commercial marine infrastructure construction and management, port safety and harbor management, and related issues.
• Be responsible for and supervise studies or programs, special projects and phases of major marine infrastructure, marine renewable and non renewable energy and related activities.
• Provide direction, advice, assistance, and consultation on marine infrastructure, navigation projects, port safety and development, marine energy projects.
• Be responsible for supervising and overseeing all federal and private projects with regard to commercial marine infrastructure.
• Plan, supervise, coordinate, review, and evaluate all marine infrastructure-related activities of the state.
• Be responsible for the supervision of the construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of all marine-located energy issues.
• Be responsible for overseeing port safety and harbor management plans and projects.
• Be responsible for managing Public Trust resources relative to marine-based activities.
• Be responsible for overseeing all aspects of dredging and dredged material management for the state.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive database for all commercial marine infrastructure activities in the state, including dredging and dredged material disposal, marine energy projects, navigation projects and activities, and submerged lands uses and activities.
• Coordinate the interests of the state with regard to sediment management, marine infrastructure, marine energy, dredging and dredged material management and planning, and be responsible for its implementation and management.
• Assist in the formulation of legislation implementing marine infrastructure management, planning and construction, harbor management and port safety and state submerged lands management and objectives; and as requested, to review and comment on proposed legislation.
• Be responsible for the development, management, use and monitoring of the state's confined aquatic disposal cells.
• Plan for the development of new long-term dredged material disposal sites, including on-shore, near-shore and off-shore options, as well as new confined aquatic disposal cells.
• Prepare statements, policies, plans, and regulations of short, intermediate, and long term goals necessary to implement the marine infrastructure, port safety and harbor management, and submerged lands management goals of the state.
• Be responsible for the planning and long-term assessment of the capacities of the state confined aquatic disposal cells.
• Be responsible for the policy and planning functions associated with marinas, marina expansions, commercial docks, port facilities and activities.
• Be responsible for the regulatory requirements regarding marinas, marina expansions, commercial docks, and port facilities and activities.
• Assist and process applications for energy and alternative energy and related activities.
• Provide direction, advice, assistance, and consultation on energy and alternative energy and related activities; and to provide expert advice and assistance on related federal processes.
• Implement and investigate a fitness for purpose program for the state's port and harbor structures.
• Prepare and direct the preparation of clear, technically sound, scientifically accurate and comprehensive reports regarding marine infrastructure, dredging and dredged material management, port safety and harbor management, and submerged lands management issues, problems, and matters containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Perform the most complex and professional work related to dredging and dredged material management.
• Develop proposals for submission to federal agencies and the state for funding.
• As required, to serve as liaison between the agency and federal, state, and other establishments, organizations and departments and agencies.
• As required, to prepare and deliver general and technical papers at lay and scientific meetings and conferences.
• Perform for pre- and post-marine investigations of dredging activities at marinas and port facilities; and to perform pre- and post-disposal of dredged materials at the state CAD cell facilities.
• Perform marine investigations of marina and port facility perimeter definitions.
• Inventory and analyze marina dockage inventories, including permanent and transient slips, pump out facilities and boat launch facilities.
• Be responsible for the regulatory programs for recreational boating facilities, including residential docks.
• Keep an inventory of all residential docks in the marine environment of the state.
• Research, analyze and assess techniques on the valuation of submerged lands.
• Manage any federal government plans and sales of surplus submerged lands.
• Develop and be responsible for the management of an annual fiscal accounting program for the leasing of state submerged lands.
• Perform harbor infrastructure maintenance needs and conduct compliance inspections of same.
• Assist in the development of legislation for issues associated with marine infrastructure; dredging and dredged material management; energy and alternative energy; federal navigation project planning and coordination; port safety and harbor management; and, marina policies development.
• Coordinate with state and federal agencies, local NGOs and the state marine trade association and the management and implementation of the Rhode Island clean marina program.
• Be responsible for conducting working waterfront policy developments.
• Conduct hydrographic and geophysical surveys.
• Integrate GIS data into marine infrastructure development, dredging and dredged material management, and port safety and harbor management submerged lands management, and marina development.
• Assist in the development of a state artificial reefs program.
• Represent the agency in meetings with federal, state, regional, and local environmental agencies.
• Establish and supervise the maintenance of essential records and files.
• Do related work as required.

Benefits

• For information regarding the benefits available to State of Rhode Island employees, please visit the Office of Employee Benefits' website at http://www.employeebenefits.ri.gov/.
• Direct deposit for all employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager