Junior Coastal Engineer

Title:

Junior Coastal Engineer

Location:

Portland, OR
Job Type: Regular Full-time

Anchor QEA offers an opportunity to have a career with the premier employer in the coastal, port, and harbor engineering industry. Anchor QEA is a water related environmental and engineering company focusing on the protection and restoration of coastlines, the development of port and harbor infrastructure, marina improvements, and navigation related projects.

Experience with coastal engineering concepts such as beneficial use of dredged material, shoreline protection, living shorelines, marsh restoration, and engineering with nature based solutions are preferred.

Experience with water resources concepts such as hydrology, water quality, and dam removal are also preferred, as is proficiency using CAD, GIS, and/or programming languages, such as python.
Anchor QEA is currently looking for a Junior Coastal Engineer with 0-3 years of experience in coastal engineering and design for our Portland, Oregon office.

• Support engineering design projects with a focus on the coastal environment
• Assist in developing data collection plans for surveying, geotechnical exploration, and environmental data
• Conduct analysis and numerical modeling of coastal processes such as currents, waves, storm surge, sediment transport, morphology, and wave-current-structure interaction.
• Perform engineering analysis, preliminary, and detail design of coastal and marine facilities
• Assist in developing plans, specifications, and construction documents on projects
• Perform costs estimating on projects during the design phase
• Work with sub-consultants and team members and assure quality control of work throughout project execution
• Periodic construction oversight for regional projects
• Support report and technical memorandum development

• Bachelor's degree in Coastal, Civil and/or Ocean Engineering or related field
• Engineering design experience in ports, harbors, marinas, boat launch facilities, and/or coastal engineering or construction industry
• Coastal engineering design such as beach nourishment, marsh creation, living shorelines, breakwaters, bulkheads, dredging, and dredge material management
• Harbor structure design such as jetties, offloading structures, berthing and mooring structures
• Coastal resource agency coordination
• Demonstrated teamwork and leadership skills
• Demonstrated technical writing and presentation skills
• Familiarity with industry standard analysis and design software
• Ability to be PE licensed in Oregon within 4 years of hire
• Flexibility to travel regionally
• Proficiency in MS Office
• AutoCAD Civil 3D experience a plus
• ArcGIS experience a plus
• Python experience a plus
• Critical thinking and strong problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

A collaborative work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits. Benefits detailed below.

Anchor QEA provides environmental planning, science, and engineering consulting services with the mission of transforming our environment and communities with integrity and vibe. With more than 500 people in offices across the United States, our collective vision is to be an inclusive, sustainable, and growing environmental innovator making generational impacts. By embodying our core values, we strive to be our clients' first choice for solving their most challenging problems and to be our employees' reason to be excited about going to work each morning.

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We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multi‑cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran's status, national origin, disability or sexual orientation. Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check.

• Annual Bonus
• Other potential bonus types:
  Billable Time Bonus, Spot Bonus, Milestone Anniversary Bonus, Receiving Professional License/Certification Bonus, Peer‑reviewed Publication Bonus, Employee Referral Bonus.

• Healthcare:
  Medical, dental, vision, basic life and AD&D insurance
• Paid Company and Floating Holidays: 7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
• Vacation: 2 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service. Vacation may vary by level.
• Sick and Safe Time: 80 hours annually
• Retirement Plan: 401(k) plan with an employer match
• Further information on benefits: