Senior Coastal Resilience Specialist

4 days ago


San Diego, California, United States APTIM Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Coastal Resilience Specialist to join our team at APTIM. As a key member of our Coastal Resilience practice, you will play a critical role in expanding our climate change mitigation and adaptation service offerings for government clients in California.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide subject matter expertise on sea level rise, hazards, and coastal risks, coastal hydrodynamics, climate change, and engineering and construction of coastal or flood control projects.
  • Conduct coastal, future conditions (climate change), and resilience analyses and apply visualization and climate scenario tools for project evaluation and capital improvement plan and implementation plan development.
  • Collect, analyze, and interpret data from maps, tools, and models.
  • Develop maps and querying geographic informational systems.
  • Develop resilient infrastructure grant applications.
  • Evaluate innovative adaptation strategies and risk reduction strategies.
  • Write technical reports and research papers.
  • Develop cost estimates for adaptation and evaluate return on investment of infrastructure investments.
  • Identify and participate in networks focused on innovating climate mitigation projects.
  • Participate in business development activities and write proposals to expand practice in California.
  • Present at client meetings and conferences.
  • Interpret contract documents and perform contract administration.
  • Collaborate with market leads to ensure organization capacity is in place to deliver project deliverables in California.
  • Manage individual tasks and small projects while also working collaboratively as part of a team for larger or multi-disciplinary projects.
  • Independently manage multiple project schedules and deliverables.
  • Professionally communicate with clients.
  • Supervise staff or interns.
Requirements
  • Resilience planning and hazard mitigation experience (2-7 years minimum) required with focus in sea level rise, flooding, extreme wind, and heat.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Structural, Civil, Coastal, or Environmental Engineering, Physics, Environmental Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant area of study required.
  • Experience in writing vulnerability assessments and geospatial analysis of critical assets at risk to flooding.
  • Experience working with local, state, and federal government agencies with resilience or climate change mitigation related responsibilities.
  • Experience in design and construction management of waterfront construction and redevelopment projects.
  • Working knowledge of utility infrastructure and its vulnerabilities in coastal environments.
  • Working knowledge of climate scenario tools and climate change projections.
  • Working knowledge of climate adaptation and flood mitigation strategies.
  • Working knowledge of mapping tools, GIS, Power BI, and Excel.
  • Demonstrated technical and analytical skills in community and infrastructure planning.
  • Demonstrated strength in written and verbal communication skills suitable to a consulting environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to fluently communicate in spoken and written English.
  • Civil engineering skills such as stormwater management, flood control, transportation, floodproofing, and coastal infrastructure design capabilities are preferred.
  • Experience with application of Envision, LEED, Climate Disclosure Project, ICLEI, or WEDG framework, checklists, and guidance or equivalent preferred.
  • Experience with preparation of proposals, selection presentations, and business development preferred.
  • Have a passion for working in a consulting firm environment on various types of projects.
  • Willingness to travel in support of business and project activities.


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