Coastal & Hydrodynamic Modeling Engineer (NYC)

Energy Jobline ATTB; Théméricourt; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking a Coastal & Hydrodynamic Modeling Engineer to join our Water Resources and Coastal Engineering practice in the New York metropolitan region. The role focuses on coastal resilience, flood risk assessment, and waterfront infrastructure, with a hybrid work model requiring two days in the NYC office.

You will develop and calibrate hydrodynamic models, analyze coastal processes, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver technically rigorous solutions for public-sector

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Coastal Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in New York, or ability to obtain licensure through comity within an agreed period.
• Four to six years of professional experience in coastal engineering, water resources engineering, hydrodynamic modeling, or a closely related field.
• Minimum 2 years of project experience in New York City or the New York metropolitan market is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience developing, calibrating, validating, and applying numerical models for coastal, estuarine, riverine, or urban flood systems.
• Experience evaluating coastal flooding, storm surge, tidal processes, sea level rise, waves, or sediment transport.
• Proficiency with coastal or hydraulic modeling platforms such as EFDC+, ADCIRC, Delft3D, MIKE 21, SWAN, HEC-RAS 1D/2D.
• GIS knowledge with ArcGIS Pro for model development, spatial analysis, and results presentation.
• Strong technical writing, analytical, organizational, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Master's degree in Coastal Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with EFDC+ for hydrodynamic, sediment transport, or water-quality modeling.
• Experience with coastal sediment transport, shoreline change, dredging, or waterfront studies.
• Experience evaluating compound flooding including tides, storm surge, precipitation, drainage, and riverine flows.
• Programming or data-analysis experience using Python, MATLAB, R, or comparable tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop, calibrate, validate, and apply numerical hydrodynamic, coastal, and flood models for planning, design, and resilience studies.
• Perform coastal flooding, storm surge, sea level rise, tidal hydraulics, wave, sediment transport analyses.
• Support coastal resilience planning and waterfront infrastructure design.
• Analyze geospatial, hydrologic, hydraulic, meteorological, and oceanographic datasets.
• Prepare technical memoranda, reports, model documentation, graphics, and client presentations.
• Collaborate with engineers, scientists, planners, and GIS specialists across practices.
• Participate in project coordination, field investigations, and data-collection efforts.
• Contribute to model QA/QC and internal modeling practice improvements.
• Support proposal development and client-facing technical discussions.

Skills

Coastal hydrodynamic modeling

Hydrodynamic modeling

EFDC+

ArcGIS Pro

Python

MATLAB

R

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering / Water Resources / Coastal Engineering

Master's degree in Coastal Engineering / Water Resources

Tools

EFDC+

ADCIRC

Delft3D

MIKE 21

HEC-RAS 1D/2D

ArcGIS Pro

Job description

WSP USA is seeking a Coastal & Hydrodynamic Modeling Engineer to join our Water Resources and Coastal Engineering practice in the New York metropolitan region. The role focuses on coastal resilience, flood risk assessment, and waterfront infrastructure, with a hybrid work model requiring two days in the NYC office.

You will develop and calibrate hydrodynamic models, analyze coastal processes, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver technically rigorous solutions for public-sector