Port & Coastal Engineer

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Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful applicant will join our growing and exciting Maritime team as a Port & Coastal Engineer, with a focus on technical excellence, innovative thinking and teamwork. In the process we become global thought leaders in our various fields. We positively influence the industry and people around us, both locally and on exciting international projects, leveraging the global WSP platform and reach. The successful applicant will take part in Coastal Engineering aspects such as:

• Pre-feasibility to detailed port & coastal engineering feasibility studies, including designs and reporting.
• Concept up to detailed port & coastal engineering designs, technical specifications, capital and operational cost estimations.
• Evaluations and reviews.
• Preparation of proposals and winning work.
• Client liaison, managing teams and projects.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Upholding standards for SHEQ performance and behaviour consistent with the company’s health, safety, environmental and quality vision and policies by influencing those around you.
• Contributing to the identification of SHEQ risks and driving processes to achieve Zero Harm.
• Embracing, displaying and promoting the company values and ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc Eng / BEng Civil Engineering degree.
• Post-graduate masters (MEng/MScEng) qualification in Port & Coastal Engineering is a requirement.
• 3 – 7 years’ relevant post graduate work experience, all in aspects of Port & Coastal Engineering
• Registration as Professional Engineer with ECSA will be an advantage.
• Experience in any of the following aspects of Port & Coastal Engineering will be an advantage:
  1. Experience with marine intake and outfall systems, including hydrodynamic on-bottom stability, hydraulic designs, diffuser configuration design and near-field modelling.
  2. Experience with design of coastal structures, e.g. revetments, breakwaters, shore protection and scour protection.
  3. Experience with evaluation of the coastal environment of a specific site, taking into account all local coastal processes (may include site reconnaissance).
  4. Experience in modelling/analysis of coastal processes and beach/nearshore morphology, e.g. to inform development setbacks and/or dredging requirements.
  5. Experience in coastal engineering and associated processes, e.g. assessments of extreme water levels (min/max), structure overtopping and wave loading.
  6. Experience in defining the environmental design conditions and interpretation of environmental parameters.
  7. Translation of numerical modelling results into representative design conditions to establish a basis of design.
  8. Experience in port planning and operations.
• Concept to detail design and construction drawing production on the type of projects mentioned above, demonstrating a deep understanding of the coastal processes involved in this work.
• Experience in coastal engineering and other software tools will be an advantage:
  1. 1. 1. AutoCAD Civil3D, Revit, BIM
        2. UNIBEST-CL+, XBEACH or similar (shoreline models, storm erosion models)
        3. Modelling software such as SWAN, Deltares Delft-3D and DHI Mike
        4. Orcaflex
• Key competence in digital engineering and computer proficiency using MATLAB / PYTHON to facilitate designs. 
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience in using coastal design guidelines and standards, e.g. Rock Manual, CEM, DNV, BS codes, EuroTop.

KEY COMPETENCIES AND GENERIC SKILLS:

• Analytical and problem-solving thinking and approach
• Ability to work effectively and to be focused on delivery
• Ability to work independently by own initiative, as well as part of a team
• Ability to manage and plan his/her own time and workload to meet deadlines and in line with appropriate standards
• Good verbal and written communication skills, especially within a team set-up, ability to explain technical work clearly
• Attention to detail
• Willing and keen to learn
• Creative and critical thinking in terms of challenging the normal and the abnormal
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing environments
• Trustworthy and a team worker, with leadership capabilities

Additional Information

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP – we can!

WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important – be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.