Engineer: Ports & Coastal - Cape Town at WSP in Africa

KEY ROLE:

The successful applicant will join our growing and exciting Maritime team as a Port & Coastal Engineer, with a focus on technical excellence, innovative thinking and teamwork.  In the process we become global thought leaders in our various fields.  We positively influence the industry and people around us, both locally and on exciting international projects, leveraging the global WSP platform and reach. 

Graduate - Port & Coastal Engineer role will include:

• Conducting analysis/engineering/design tasks as a team member on coastal and port engineering projects, initially under the guidance of experienced coastal engineers
• Participation in project meetings
• Reporting of methods and results
• Rapid growth, ultimately leading projects and/or parts of projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Pre-feasibility to detailed port & coastal engineering feasibility studies, including designs and reporting.
• Concept up to detailed port & coastal engineering designs, technical specifications, capital and operational cost estimations.
• Evaluations and reviews.
• Preparation of proposals and winning work.
• Client liaison, managing teams and projects.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

• Upholding standards for SHEQ performance and behaviour consistent with the company’s health, safety, environmental and quality vision and policies by influencing those around you.
• Contributing to the identification of SHEQ risks and driving processes to achieve Zero Harm.
• Embracing, displaying and promoting the company values and ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• BSc Eng / BEng Civil Engineering degree.
• Post-graduate masters (MEng/MScEng) qualification in Port & Coastal Engineering is a requirement.
• 3 – 6 years’ relevant post graduate work experience, all in aspects of Port & Coastal Engineering
• Minimum Candidate Professional Engineer with ECSA. Registration is highly advantageous

Experience in any of the following aspects of Port & Coastal Engineering will be an advantage:

• Experience with marine intake and outfall systems, including hydrodynamic on-bottom stability, hydraulic designs, diffuser configuration design and near-field modelling.
• Experience with design of coastal structures, e.g. revetments, breakwaters, shore protection and scour protection.
• Experience with evaluation of the coastal environment of a specific site, taking into account all local coastal processes (may include site reconnaissance).
• Experience in modelling/analysis of coastal processes and beach/nearshore morphology, e.g. to inform development setbacks and/or dredging requirements.
• Experience in coastal engineering and associated processes, e.g. assessments of extreme water levels (min/max), structure overtopping and wave loading.
• Experience in defining the environmental design conditions and interpretation of environmental parameters.
• Translation of numerical modelling results into representative design conditions to establish a basis of design.
• Experience in port planning and operations.
• Concept to detail design and construction drawing production on the type of projects mentioned above, demonstrating a deep understanding of the coastal processes involved in this work.

Experience in coastal engineering and other software tools will be an advantage:

• AutoCAD Civil3D, Revit
• UNIBEST-CL+, XBEACH or similar (shoreline models, storm erosion models)
• Modelling software such as SWAN, Deltares Delft-3D and DHI Mike

• Key competence in digital engineering and computer proficiency using MATLAB / PYTHON to facilitate designs. 
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience in using coastal design guidelines and standards, e.g. Rock Manual, CEM, DNV, BS codes, EuroTop.