Senior Coastal Engineer (PE)

HDR • Houston, TX

7h

About The Position

HDR is seeking a Senior Coastal Engineer (PE) to join our nationally ranked team of coastal and waterfront professionals across the United States. We’re looking for individuals passionate about restoring and protecting coastlines through innovative, resilient, and sustainable solutions. As a Senior Coastal Engineer, you’ll play a key leadership role in delivering complex dredging, navigation, beach nourishment, and coastal restoration projects. You’ll bring deep technical expertise and project leadership to initiatives that create lasting environmental and economic impact, while mentoring teams and collaborating across disciplines.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent field
• A minimum of 10 years Water Resources experience
• Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered (e.g., Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license).
• Experience with HEC-1, HEC-RAS, GEO-RAS, Storm CAD, Haested Methods
• Experience in water resources planning, hydrology/hydraulics and drainage/flood control design
• Familiarity with DOT drainage design criteria
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a project team
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Nice To Haves

• Masters or PhD degree in Coastal, Ocean, or Civil engineering
• Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) environments
• Experience with the application of artificial intelligence software to coastal and marine modeling.
• Experience in FEMA studies

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis and design for dredging and navigation projects, coastal processes and beach nourishment design, and coastal restoration and resilience initiatives.
• Develop channel layouts and alignments, borrow area design and dredging production estimates, and placement area and beneficial use designs.
• Provide project and task management on complex assignments.
• Perform and oversee advanced wave, sediment transport, and hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, and coastal project and channel development design.
• Lead preparation of engineering plans, specifications, and design calculations, and technical reports, memos, and client deliverables.
• Collect, analyze, and present data to clients, stakeholders, and in public forums.
• Manage and mentor multidisciplinary teams on medium to large projects.
• Serve as Project Manager on larger efforts, as needed.
• Support business development by preparing proposals, scopes of work, and cost estimates.

Benefits

• Employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day.
• Fostering a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities.
• Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute.

What This Job Offers

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