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BSC uses design, engineering, science, and technology to Build, Support, and Connect with our co-workers and communities. We recognize different passions and perspectives and strive to inspire and empower each other to create meaningful change. As a trusted advisor and neighbor, our team is personally invested in every action we take. We remain focused on diversity, sustainability, and social accountability in the services we provide to our clients.

A successful team member must:

• Enjoy a challenge! Internal debates keep us learning and growing.
• Be passionate about seeking, sharing, and applying new knowledge and skills to improve individual, team, and company performance.
• Be committed to continuous upskilling and lifelong learning
• Maintain a high standard for being ethical, respectful, and fair with your BSC team, clients, and communities.
• Have the courage and strength to show character. Bring your whole self to work!

BSC is currently seeking a Waterfront Engineer to strengthen BSC’s coastal services practice.

The ideal candidate for this position will have technical experience in designing and permitting a variety of coastal projects and must be a licensed or registered professional engineer in MA, NH or CT, and have the ability to acquire licenses in the other New England states. As a technical expert, the candidate will work with a staff of interrelated professionals dedicated to providing high-level expertise on a broad range of coastal engineering projects.

The candidate who fills this position will join a high performing team that provides clients with multi-disciplinary engineering and science-based solutions to coastal management challenges including coastal engineering, structural review and design of coastal structures, and preparing plans and details. Responsibilities of this position include both leading and supporting the technical execution of projects along the New England coastline.

Exceptional candidates of any experience level will be considered.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development of SOQs and proposals for coastal infrastructure-related projects.
• Manage and perform engineering analysis, preliminary, and detail design of coastal structures.
• Manage projects (scope, budget, schedule) and work with sub-consultants and BSC team members and assure quality control of work throughout project execution, including:
  • all aspects for the design and permitting of waterfront developments including piers, marinas and boardwalks;
  • analysis and design of structures for flood and erosion control such as seawalls, bulkheads, revetments and breakwaters, wave fences and fendering, and private and waterfront recreation structures such as fishing piers, marina docking structures, and boat launch ramps;
  • contributing to beach nourishment and erosion solutions;
  • conducting/reviewing technical analyses/calculations;
  • completing mooring and berthing analyses and design;
  • preparation of project specifications, bid and contract documents;
  • construction contract administration; and
  • site inspections and reports;
• Demonstrated technical and analytical skills, including technical writing and presentation skills.
• Familiarity with industry standard analysis and design software.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated teamwork and leadership skills.
• Experience working on multidisciplinary teams involving surveyors, environmental scientists, structural engineers, civil engineers, landscape architects and planners.
• Support regional dredged material management and coastal restoration efforts
• Knowledge of FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program and experience implementing FEMA’s coastal flood hazard analysis and mapping methodologies.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree with a focus on coastal/ocean, waterfront engineering, oceanography, or related field.
• Proven experience with project delivery for multiple Federal, State and local coastal agencies/clients, specific experience with USACE, FEMA, USGS, NOAA strongly preferred.

We understand each BSC team member is unique, as are definitions of work-life balance.Some of our team members are 100% remote and some enjoy an office environment. However, the majority of BSC’s workforce embraces a hybrid model, which allows people to work from home, job sites, and other remote locations, as well as any of our office locations when necessary.

BSC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to diverse representation on our teams, in our services, and all layers of leadership. We are focused on identifying and dismantling barriers that lead to a more diverse workforce including working diligently to expose underrepresented groups to engineering, science, and design through STEM programs, education and outreach, and industry involvement. We continue to strive to maximize benefits to the communities we impact through diversity and inclusion in strategy and design.