Entry Level Coastal Engineer

Are you looking to help make our coastal communities more resilient to the impacts of climate change? If so, this is the opportunity for you! You’ll have tremendous growth potential supporting coastal infrastructure projects around the world from planning through construction. The successful candidate could be located in New York City. You will join an established and thriving coastal engineering team to work on projects that make a difference to coastal communities and our environment. Working predominantly in the design of nature-based solutions, coastal protection projects, flood resilience, and/or numerical modeling studies you will be involved in a multitude of projects spanning from regional coastal resilience projects to waterfront development projects to climate adaptation projects for a range of public and private sector clients across the globe. We have a growing portfolio of projects that are helping to make our communities and businesses more sustainable and resilient tothe impacts of climate change. You will have the chance to assist in the delivery of our portfolio of exciting projects working as part of an integrated and forward-thinking team with the opportunity to learn from and assist key specialists. Working together, we’ll help you grow and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future - big and small, global and local. At Jacobs, we’re partnering across the globe to create the best project outcomes by maximizing the design, digital technology, and support capabilities of our Global Integrated Delivery (GID) teammates. By joining Jacobs, you’ll commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other. Your key responsibilities will be to: - Learn and engage in the design of coastal structures, with an emphasis on nature-based solutions and grey infrastructure to enhance resilience to coastal flooding - Contribute to the preparation of design drawings, technical memorandums, technical specifications, and design reports for the successful delivery of our coastal projects - Work collaboratively across the various disciplines and markets within Jacobs to further develop your professional career and knowledge while being a key part of our project delivery teams projects Typical salary range for this position is $64,000 - $80,000/year and is commensurate with experience relative to the position. For "remote" positions, salary to be offered is geographic dependent. - Bachelor’s Degree in Coastal, Ocean or Civil engineering - Ability to work in-person in our New York City our Houston office a minimum of 2-days a week - Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams and subject matter experts to deliver projects, in both in-person and remote environments - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Knowledge or familiarity with coastal modeling software and principles - Familiarity and experience with GIS and/or 2D/3D drafting software ( i.e. AutoCAD, Civil3D, Revit, etc.) - Strong data analysis skills with computer programming (i.e. Matlab, Python, FORTRAN, C, etc) Ideally, you’ll also have: - Master’s Degree in Coastal, Ocean engineering or related field - Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification or ability to get one within 1 year of joining us - Prior experience in an internship involving coastal studies, coastal structures design, or other coastal-related processes are preferred - Demonstrate experience with coastal and marine models such as Delft3D, MIKE21 suite of programs, or other coastal numerical modeling program

Salary : $64,000 - $80,000