Resilience Engineer - IRIS

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The College of Engineering at the University of Georgia is one of the fastest growing programs at UGA and one of the fastest growing public colleges of engineering in the nation. Since our founding in 2012, enrollment in the College of Engineering has grown to over 2,400 students. Students and faculty alike are attracted to our setting in a comprehensive, land-grant, research institution that's consistently ranked among the 20 best public universities in the nation. Our rapidly expanding engineering program focuses on opportunities for learning, discovery and innovation at the confluence of disciplines.

IRIS is a group of researchers from over a dozen disciplines at the University of Georgia, including engineering, ecology, landscape architecture, geography, anthropology, economics, and policy and law. We work toward a more equitable, resilient future by discovering innovative ways to combine natural and conventional infrastructure. IRIS expands the definition of infrastructure to include natural systems, including the forests that purify our air and drinking water, barrier islands and natural shorelines that protect our communities from storms, and marshes that store carbon and buffer against erosion.

This is a Full-time position at 40 hours/week. UGA standard business hours are 8am-5pm.

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Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.

The College of Engineering wishes to appoint multiple Resilience Engineers to support funded research and implementation projects in natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions. This Staff position will be under the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems ( IRIS), at the College of Engineering's School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering ( ECAM). The successful incumbent(s) will join a multidisciplinary team of scientists and designers at the University of Georgia who are engaged in collaborations between IRIS and the Department of Defense, other universities, and private sector partners. These projects are highly specialized due to the incorporation of natural infrastructure systems and nature-based solutions.

Candidates will collaborate in an interdisciplinary environment and will conceptualize and implement high quality/high impact engineering research and/or design projects through extensive knowledge and experience of civil/environmental engineering related project delivery processes.

This is a grant-funded position. Continuation of employment is contingent upon the continuation of funding sources.

Strong knowledge in natural infrastructure, resilient infrastructure engineering design, CAD/Civil3D, GIS, hydraulic modeling and hydrologic modeling of watershed, river, and/or coastal systems.

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Supervise research, development, and outreach focused on natural infrastructure systems, including technology transfer of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling innovations.

Participate and collaborate on a natural infrastructure engineering design team for external practitioner partnerships focused on natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions, including opportunities for Engineering With Nature projects inside southeastern U.S. military installations and across adjacent communities.

Co-develop and deliver natural infrastructure training, curriculum modules, and workforce development (e.g., short courses for practitioners).

Connect Engineering-With-Nature lessons to training and education opportunities and working with government, industry, and NGO partners to understand practitioner training needs.

Co-author journal manuscripts, research reports, factsheets, and other written / video resources and materials.

Communicate regularly and in a timely fashion with project PIs regarding research and other issues relevant to the operation of the laboratory.