Resilience and Coastal Engineering Expert

APTIM is hiring a Senior Resilience Specialist in San Diego, CA, to enhance its climate change mitigation and adaptation services. The role involves conducting vulnerability assessments, climate scenario analysis, and project management for resilience projects. Candidates should have 2-7 years of experience in resilience planning, a relevant bachelor's degree, and skills in data analysis, technical writing, and collaboration with government agencies. The position offers growth opportunities.
• Company Overview*

APTIM, a leading engineering firm with a global presence and thriving Coastal Resilience practice, is pleased to announce an immediate opening for a Senior Resilience Specialist in California. This position plays a crucial role in expanding APTIM's climate change mitigation and adaptation service offerings, supporting ongoing city and regional planning, benefits assessment, and project design for energy, flood, infrastructure, and natural systems resilience.

The APTIM team is multidisciplinary, offering community resilience program management, infrastructure engineering, energy efficiency program management, disaster recovery, and coastal restoration services. We work with both government and private clients on various urban, environmental, and coastal issues.

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated, energetic, and personable engineer with experience in vulnerability and risk assessments, complex data analysis and visualization, resilience planning, technical or grant writing, climate scenario analysis, and managing local, state, and federal resilience projects. This position offers tremendous growth and career development potential for a passionate and experienced engineer.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
• 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.
• Presentation 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.

Basic Qualifications:
• Experience in resilience planning and hazard mitigation (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.
• Willingsness to travel in support of business and project activities.
• Preferred office location is Irvine, California or San Diego, California.