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Project Partners is seeking a mid to senior level coastal engineer or
scientist for a full-time assignment to the County of Orange in Santa Ana,
California, U.S.A. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical skills
in the following areas:

1.  Sediment transport in coastal areas. Upland sediment transport and its
role in beach replenishment. Coastal erosion processes, sediment transport
and deposition. Knowledge of the processes in the Southern California Bight,
and the littoral drift that occurs along the Southern
California coast.

2.  Water chemistry and its impact on coastal and estuarine systems.
Chemical transport processes between upland waters, estuaries, and coastal
waters. Chemical partitioning between aqueous, organic, sediment, and biota
phases within these environments. Impacts of water chemistry on ecological
health and habitat quality within estuary and coastal ecosystems.

3.  Coastal and estuarine biology. Understanding of Southern California
ecosystems and habitats within estuarine and coastal areas. Understanding of
the impacts of upland and coastal development and activities on biological
systems. Understanding of fish, vegetation, and waterfowl
habitat in Southern California estuarine and coastal ecosystems.

The ideal candidate would work in a project management capacity. Their
responsibilities will be the development of project planning documents,
scoping of work, selection of consultants and technical experts to
accomplish the work, review of consultants' and others' work, development of
appropriate permit applications to accomplish the work, and management of
the delivery of the work.

The person needs to be able to manage projects, work with cooperative
agencies, non-governmental organizations, consultants, contractors, academic
institutions, interested members of the public, and other County of Orange
departments to cooperatively develop and deliver coastal projects.

One primary project the individual would be responsible for delivering on
behalf of the County of Orange is the Upper Newport Bay ecological
restoration project, which is a cooperative project with the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers.

This position is anticipated to develop into a full-time County staff
position.

Interested persons please contact Richard Haimann at the numbers below or
Kimo Look at 001 (949) 852-9300, extension 103.

Project Partners is an equal opportunity employer. All are encouraged to
apply.
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Richard Haimann, P.E.
Project Partners
Consulting to the County of Orange
County Phone: 001 (714) 834-4786
Home Office: 001 (562) 628-1980
e-fax: 001 (562) 684-4312
richard@haimann.com