Coastal Waterfront Project Engineer — Dredging & Resilience

NPAworldwide; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonuses

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

PTO

Job summary

NPAworldwide is seeking a Project Engineer for Coastal, Waterfront & Dredging Projects in the Northern California/San Francisco area, with 50%+ local travel to project sites.

You will support coastal, waterfront, and dredging projects across ports, marinas, shorelines, and marine infrastructure, working with project managers, scientists, and construction teams to bring projects from concept through construction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Coastal, Marine, Ocean Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years engineering consulting experience (civil infrastructure).
• 4+ years hands-on construction oversight/field services.
• EIT certification required.
• PE license in CA (or eligibility to obtain within 24 months).
• Coastal/marine engineering experience.
• Design-bid-build project experience.
• Regulatory coordination / permitting negotiation experience.
• Experience with proposals, cost estimates, funding strategies.
• Familiarity with state/federal infrastructure grant/loan programs.

Responsibilities

• Perform coastal engineering analyses (wave and structural calculations).
• Develop/review design drawings, technical details, specifications.
• Prepare construction documents (plans, specs, reports, memos).
• Provide construction technical oversight.
• Respond to RFIs.
• Review submittals.
• Conduct site visits (Bay Area marine/coastal projects).
• Assist in shoreline stabilization planning, engineering, rehab, construction.
• Apply firm's project delivery methodology for quality/schedule/cost control.
• Evaluate project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Maintain current knowledge of CA coastal/marine regulations.
• Support Project Managers with schedules, budgets, task coordination, deliverable tracking.
• Contribute to proposal development and technical best-practices library.

Skills

Coastal engineering

Construction oversight

Wave analysis

Regulatory coordination

Proposal development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil/Coastal/Marine Engineering

EIT certification

PE license in CA (or eligible)

Job description

NPAworldwide is seeking a Project Engineer for Coastal, Waterfront & Dredging Projects in the Northern California/San Francisco area, with 50%+ local travel to project sites.

You will support coastal, waterfront, and dredging projects across ports, marinas, shorelines, and marine infrastructure, working with project managers, scientists, and construction teams to bring projects from concept through construction.