Posted on March 18, 2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District is searching for people in our area who want to step up and protect our beaches from coastal storms and reduce the risk of flooding.
It’s hiring people who really want to make a difference and don’t mind getting paid to hang out at the beach while they work.
Right now it’s looking to fill about 30 positions who already have some level of experience.
“This particular effort is really aimed at folks that may have a few years of experience. Maybe they’ve been working in the private sector and are looking for a career change and there’s some nice things about looking for the federal government that the private sector may not always offer,” John Campbell with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District said.
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Some of those projects that you would be working on would help save our beaches.
“The coastal engineering jobs and the jobs that go with the beach includes monitoring sea turtles, monitoring birds, economist, engineers do the design of these beaches to protect it from hurricanes so there’s numerous jobs that goes along with the coastal program,” Jason Harrah a project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said.
Action News Jax showed you last year when crews were working to restore a three-mile stretch of Vilano Beach.
Before that area was eaten away by storms like Hurricane Dorian.
The 50-year project is working to protect homes, the beach, and A1A against erosion.
St. Johns County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used sand from the inlet to build dunes 18 feet high and so far that project is nearly complete.
And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not only working on those types of projects but countless others such as restoring the everglades and helping with flood infrastructure and flood risk management in Puerto Rico.
Harah said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is also working on projects in Florida post-Hurricane Maria and Irma.
“As you know after some of these major storms came through, the power was out the roads were closed and typically the number one thing people are asking is when are the beaches opening back up or right after the pandemic when is the beach opening back up so beaches are huge for northeast Florida,” Harrah said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said its streaming the hiring process so it can look at resumes quicker.
Interviews begin next week.
Submit resumes to HRJAX@usace.army.mil OR visit their website.
