Senior Coastal Engineer – Lead Complex Projects (Remote)

Stantec; St Leonards; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Additional leave options

Mentoring and development

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior or Principal Coastal Engineer to join a multidisciplinary coastal team serving clients across Australia and APAC. The role offers base options in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane with hybrid and work-from-home flexibility.

You will lead complex coastal projects, manage coastal investigations and provide technical leadership while growing client relationships and delivering high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, ideally with a Coastal Engineering focus.
• Significant experience in coastal engineering, with expertise across coastal processes, infrastructure assessment and engineering design.
• Desirable experience in coastal and marine data collection, environmental assessments and coastal structure condition assessments.
• Strong knowledge of coastal and ocean modelling tools and their appropriate applications.
• Strong data analysis and post-processing skills using MATLAB, Python or R.
• Proven experience managing complex coastal projects and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong commercial capability including client relationships and proposals.
• Experience in assessing and designing coastal structures such as seawalls, breakwaters and groynes.
• Strong analytical, communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading the delivery of complex coastal engineering projects with technical excellence.
• Leading coastal process investigations including hydrodynamics, waves, sediment transport and water quality.
• Managing coastal infrastructure projects from feasibility to delivery, including assessments and design.
• Providing technical leadership and advisory support to clients and project teams.
• Overseeing numerical modelling to inform design, planning and environmental assessments.
• Leading proposals and pursuing new opportunities for growth.
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Collaborating with ports, water, marine science and other disciplines for integrated solutions.
• Undertaking site inspections and fieldwork as required.

Skills

Coastal engineering

Coastal processes

Client relationships

Project leadership

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (coastal focus)

Tools

Delft3D

LITPACK

MIKE

SWAN

MATLAB

Python

R

Job description

Stantec is seeking a Senior or Principal Coastal Engineer to join a multidisciplinary coastal team serving clients across Australia and APAC. The role offers base options in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane with hybrid and work-from-home flexibility.

You will lead complex coastal projects, manage coastal investigations and provide technical leadership while growing client relationships and delivering high-quality outcomes.