# Coastal Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: 77,400 - 102,500 CAD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Coastal Engineer to join our team in Quebec, Canada. As a mid-level coastal engineer, you will contribute to protecting coastal communities, enhancing infrastructure resilience to climate change, and supporting sustainable marine environment development.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Designing resilient coastal solutions to protect communities from erosion and support sustainable coastal development and maritime infrastructure.

- Conducting hydrodynamic and hydro-sedimentary modeling to inform design, planning, and climate adaptation decisions.

- Producing rigorous technical plans, estimates, calculations, and reports to support safe, compliant, and sustainable projects.

- Collaborating with environmental, hydrological, geoscientific, and infrastructure specialists to deliver integrated solutions to clients.

- Contributing to site inspections, technical surveys, and construction monitoring in coastal and marine environments.

- Advancing methodologies, digital tools, and design approaches that enhance innovation and technical quality at WSP.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Maritime Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, or a related field, along with a professional engineering license and membership in the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.

- Relevant experience in coastal or maritime engineering, hydraulics, or coastal process modeling applied to infrastructure projects.

- Proficiency in specialized tools such as MIKE 21, SWAN, Delft3D, geographic information systems, AutoCAD, or equivalent platforms.

- Practical knowledge of climate resilience, coastal adaptation, sustainable shoreline management, and related regulatory requirements.

- Ability to perform fieldwork, inspections, and site monitoring in coastal environments, in compliance with health and safety requirements.

- Experience collaborating with clients and multidisciplinary teams; experience with port infrastructure, maritime structures, or coastal protection projects is an asset.

Why choose WSP?

- We are a Canadian company recognized as one of the best employers in Canada.

- We offer a global community of bright minds, where your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.

- We provide unlimited possibilities to adapt your role to your ambitions, because your growth fuels ours.

- We prioritize flexibility and work-life balance, encouraging you to prioritize yours.

Salary:

- AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: 77,400 - 102,500 CAD

- MB & ON: 70,600 - 97,200 CAD

- NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: 69,900 - 92,900 CAD

## Skills

### Required
- coastal engineering
- hydrodynamic modeling
- hydro-sedimentary modeling
- MIKE 21
- SWAN
- Delft3D
- GIS
- AutoCAD
- climate resilience
- coastal adaptation
- sustainable shoreline management

### Nice to have
- port infrastructure
- maritime structures
- coastal protection projects

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