Principal Coastal Scientist

3 weeks ago

Christchurch, New Zealand Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Full time

**Your Impact**:
Are you a passionate coastal scientist or engineer with specialist skills and knowledge in coastal processes, coastal hazards, and coastal resilience or adaptation? Do you want to help communities and organisations navigate the complex issues associated with climate change and sea level rise? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you to make a significant impact

Our coastal team is growing, and we are looking for a **Principal Coastal Scientist **to join us. In this role, you will help deliver and grow our strong forward pipeline of coastal adaptation planning work. You will nurture our client relationships and support the team by providing coaching and mentoring. You will form a key part or our ANZ Water Resources leadership team and support development and implementation of our growth strategy.

**Responsibilities**:
Our Principal Coastal Scientist will be responsible for the technical aspects of delivery of projects across our coastal science offering. You will nurture our brand and reputation for excellence in coastal hazards, resilience and adaptation.

As a leader in our coastal team, responsibilities include: Lead analysis of coastal processes and provide advice on the nature of these risks in the future. Support coastal communities to evaluate resilience and adaptation options. Lead interdisciplinary teams to design and manage coastal resilience programs. Effectively communicate scientific findings, risk assessments and adaptation plans to stakeholders. Providing expert evidence to panels and courts. Driving innovation in coastal science and adaptation approaches. Grow your network to identify new opportunities for our collective coastal science and engineering expertise.

**Here’s what you’ll need**:

- Relevant tertiary education, preferably in environmental science, physical geography or engineering which included studies in coastal processes.
- At least fifteen years working experience on relevant coastal process, hazard resilience or adaptation projects.
- Significant experience in writing proposals for, winning and leading both complex and smaller coastal projects in both the public and private sector.
- Adept in fostering networks and actively participating in industry discussions centered around safeguarding our coastal communities and environments.

**Location**

Members of our New Zealand team are currently located in our Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland offices. We are flexible to this role being based in any of these locations and open to discussion on remote working from other locations.

**Why Jacobs?**

From our inclusive employee networks, to our positive mental health champions - we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximise your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good too - from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture and achieve your goals - all at a single global company.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s Network - find out more about our employee networks here.

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