Senior Coastal Hydraulic Engineer - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

About the Role

Kiewit has an immediate opening for a Senior Coastal Hydraulics Engineer with experience in the design and construction of marine and coastal infrastructure to support Kiewit’s Marine and Coastal Resiliency (MCR) business across the United States. This role presents a unique opportunity to serve as an internal engineer at Kiewit, with access to Kiewit’s resources and experience to ensure design work incorporates…

Responsibilities

• Serve as an ambassador for coastal hydraulic engineering at Kiewit, building strong and trusting relationships with Operating Districts supporting marine, ports, maritime, and coastal projects across the United States.
• Support preliminary engineering designs and EPC/design-build pursuits and projects; develop design recommendations and deliverables; and serve as lead Coastal/Hydraulic Engineer and Engineer of Record, when appropriate, with responsibility for design recommendations and deliverables.
• Ensure designs are completed through the consistent application of design standards and technical approaches and in accordance with Kiewit’s design quality management program.
• Provide oversight of subconsultant-assisted work and ensure all applicable quality standards and internal procedures are incorporated into designs.
• Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) services as part of interdisciplinary pursuit teams working to develop innovative and cost-effective bid-phase designs, identify key metocean and hydraulic design risks, and develop plans to mitigate those risks.
• Coordinate with the Design and Project Management teams to support on-time and on-budget project delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a related discipline. A master’s degree or Ph.D. is preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant coastal hydraulic engineering experience related to marine and coastal infrastructure.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, particularly in serving as an ambassador for the coastal hydraulics discipline.
• Experience with metocean analyses and hydraulic modeling, including computational fluid dynamics (CFD), as well as experience performing quality control reviews of technical analyses.
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the United States, with the ability to obtain licensure in additional states as required by project needs.
• Demonstrated efficiency, client focus, autonomy, initiative, and the ability to work independently and prioritize competing responsibilities.