Director, Project Engineering

Crowley Maritime Corporation; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life and disability coverage

Parental and sick leave

Job summary

Crowley Maritime Corporation seeks a Director, Project Engineering to lead complex energy construction, marine infrastructure, and dry dock projects. You will govern engineering specifications, manage document control, and drive feasibility studies with cross-functional teams.

You will coordinate with shipyards, vendors, and engineering partners to ensure safety, regulatory compliance, and asset reliability across the project lifecycle. Remote work is supported.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil/Mechanical/Marine/Naval Architecture or Construction Management is required.
• PE license preferred where civil/structural responsibilities apply.
• 8+ years in project/industrial/energy infrastructure engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead project engineering activities for energy construction, marine infrastructure, and dry dock projects.
• Maintain specifications and governance practices for engineering documents.
• Establish and manage document control for drawings, specs, and design packages.
• Coordinate with internal teams, shipyards, vendors, and contractors.
• Develop feasibility studies, cost estimates, and constructability assessments.
• Review technical documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
• Coordinate with asset reliability, operations, safety, and procurement teams.
• Identify risks, scope gaps, and constructability challenges; propose mitigations.
• Support bid packages, contractor clarifications, and change management.
• Ensure safe construction execution and regulatory compliance throughout projects.
• Mentor engineers and cross-functional contributors.

Skills

Project leadership

Project engineering

Documentation control

Feasibility studies

Cost estimation

Constructability reviews

Regulatory compliance

Risk identification

Vendor/contractor coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Mechanical/Marine/Naval Architecture/Construction Management

Professional Engineer license preferred

Equivalent combination of education/experience

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Overview

Who We Are:

As a privately held, U.S.-owned and operated company, Crowley provides services to 36 nations and island territories. Our purpose is to bravely advance what's possible to elevate people and planet, with our core values of Integrity, Sustainability and Drive guiding everything we do.

By expanding and innovating our services, we have expanded our footprint in services within the Logistics, Land Transportation, Shipping, Wind and Fuel industries. Crowley and its affiliated companies have generated more than $3.5 billion in annual revenue through our people's focus on excellence and a culture that values everyone's voices and collaboration.

To continue laying the groundwork and challenge what's possible for our business, we seek to partner with individuals ready to elevate their careers with us.

Work Arrangement

Remote

What You'll Do

The Director, Project Engineering is responsible for leading project engineering activities, engineering specification governance, document control, feasibility analysis, cost-informed project definition, and constructability reviews for Energy construction, marine infrastructure, strategic capital projects, and internal dry dock projects. This role helps ensure new opportunities are thoroughly vetted for technical risk and feasibility, and assigned projects are technically sound, appropriately documented, and aligned with safety, regulatory, operational, cost, schedule, and asset reliability requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project engineering activities for assigned Energy construction, marine infrastructure, civil engineering, strategic capital projects, and dry dock projects.
• Maintain project engineering specifications and related governance practices to support consistent application of applicable standards and technical requirements.
• Establish and manage document control practices for engineering specifications, drawings, technical documents, design packages, and project deliverables.
• Coordinate civil engineering, marine construction, and dry dock project engineering activities with internal teams, engineering partners, shipyards, vendors, and contractors.
• Develop, review, and recommend feasibility studies, preliminary engineering reviews, cost estimates, constructability assessments, technical assumptions, and project definition materials within delegated authority.
• Review engineering documents, specifications, drawings, calculations, scopes of work, and construction packages for technical accuracy, completeness, constructability, and compliance with applicable requirements.
• Partner with Engineering Services, asset reliability, operations, maintenance, safety, regulatory, commercial, procurement, and project management teams to align project scope with business and operational needs.
• Identify engineering risks, scope gaps, cost drivers, and constructability challenges during the project lifecycle and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Support bid packages, vendor evaluations, contractor clarifications, technical recommendations, and change management processes.
• Support project engineering deliverables that promote safe construction execution, regulatory compliance, operational readiness, asset reliability, and lifecycle performance.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and coordination for project engineers, designers, external consultants, and cross-functional contributors.

Qualifications

Experience

• 8+ years of progressive experience in project engineering, construction engineering, civil engineering, marine engineering, dry dock projects, industrial construction, energy infrastructure, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with engineering specifications, document control, feasibility studies, cost estimation, constructability reviews, contractor coordination, and multidisciplinary project execution preferred.
• Experience providing technical direction, coaching, or coordination to engineers, consultants, contractors, or cross-functional technical teams preferred.

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical field required.
• Professional Engineer license preferred where applicable to civil, structural, or related engineering responsibilities.
• Equivalent combination of post-secondary education and directly related experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.

Technical Proficiencies

Project engineering and engineering management; civil engineering and construction engineering principles; dry dock project engineering and marine construction support; engineering specifications, standards governance, and technical decision governance; document control and technical document management; feasibility studies and front-end project definition; cost estimating and technical basis of estimate development; constructability reviews and field execution readiness; drawing, specification, and scope of work review; regulatory, safety, quality, and compliance requirements; contractor, vendor, shipyard, and engineering consultant coordination; change management, risk identification, and technical issue resolution.

Other

• Ability to travel as needed to support project reviews, operational alignment, vendor or contractor coordination, site visits, dry dock activities, and leadership meetings.

Competencies

Demonstrates technical judgment, project engineering discipline, and the ability to translate complex engineering requirements into clear project scopes and specifications. Communicates effectively with engineering, operations, leadership, contractor, vendor, and cross-functional audiences. Identifies technical risks, scope gaps, cost impacts, constructability concerns, and technical diligence trade-offs. Maintains strong organizational skills, attention to document control, governance, and technical accuracy. Leads through influence across multidisciplinary teams and applies practical, cost-informed decision-making with a focus on safety, compliance, quality, and asset reliability.

Working Conditions

Works both inside an office environment and also outside in conditions of both high and low temperatures. May be exposed to odors, dust, dirt, mechanical hazards, high noise levels and potentially dangerous equipment. Must be able to crouch and stoop to get into areas with restricted headroom and be able to climb ladders. May require extended use of computer keyboard and viewing of computer monitor and ability to sit for long periods of time.

What We Offer

We inspire top talent by offering a comprehensive and competitive package that supports the diverse needs of our people - on land, at sea, in offices, and remotely.

Our Total Rewards include

• Competitive pay with recognition programs
• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, and paid vacation and holidays
• Leave and family support: parental leave and sick leave
• Learning and growth: access to training and development for continuous skill development
• Well-being resources: Employee Assistance Program, wellness program, and gym membership discounts

At Crowley, we invest in you - your success, your health, and your future.