Marine Structural Engineer

System One; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Marine Structural Engineer to join their dynamic Ports & Terminals team. This role involves overseeing technical teams, mentoring graduates, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality work on major projects across the US. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in marine engineering, a strong technical background, and the ability to engage effectively with clients. If you're passionate about making an impact in the marine and coastal industry, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative projects while working collaboratively with a global team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in ports and marine engineering projects.
• Registered PE in the State of employment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee technical teams and ensure quality delivery of marine studies.
• Mentor graduates and support business development initiatives.

Skills

Marine Engineering

Project Management

Client Engagement

Technical Leadership

Health and Safety Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering

Master's Degree in Ports, Marine, or Coastal Engineering

Job description

System One is currently seeking an experienced Marine Structural Engineer to be based in Houston, New York City, or Los Angeles as part of our dynamic and growing global Ports & Terminals (P&T) team, and to immediately support several major ongoing engagements with both public and private clients. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated established engineer in the ports, marine and coastal industry with demonstrated hands-on experience delivering for a broad range of clients. We have a number of exciting major projects throughout the US within the container, oil & gas, and dry bulk industries.

The position will involve:

• Accurate needs definition of client requirements
• Overseeing technical teams in the delivery of port and marine studies or design documentation
• Overseeing accurate implementation and adherence to specifications of design solutions delivered to clients including supervision and sign-off of completed work
• Active mentorship and development of graduates in technical fields of port and marine competencies
• Working within virtual teams in other geographies for seamless delivery of clients in any location
• Coordinating with multiple disciplines to deliver integrated project solutions
• Supporting business development initiatives
• Ensuring the delivery of quality work according to System One standards and procedures

Functional Tasks

• Definition and accurate planning during the sales cycle by contributing to identifying leads, transitioning these into opportunities, formulating proposals and crafting work and project approaches
• Leverage professional network to develop new opportunities
• Collaboratively engage with clients throughout the project lifecycle process
• Take on applicable project or task leadership roles and being responsible for the on time, on budget and on specification delivery of services and solutions
• Deliver excellence throughout projects and seeking opportunities to improve the client and/or project outcomes
• Take ownership of health, safety and environmental initiatives to “Work Safely Together” and contribute to a culture to minimise impacts on others or the environment
• Actively partake in and regularly connect with the System One P&T global practice through communication, activities in sharing of skills and supporting new initiatives
• Coach / Mentor others using a hands-on approach to further develop capabilities in System One
• Build a culture of collaboration with peers and partners
• Periodic travel might be required for periods of time

Preferred Experience / Education

• Bachelors Degree in a Civil or Mechanical Engineering discipline with Masters Degree preferred in the fields of ports, marine and/or coastal engineering
• Minimum of 7 years of experience including ports and marine engineering projects
• Registered PE in the State you are located
• Experience with front end study delivery
• Experience in detail design in port and/or marine structures, including development of load cases, detail structural analysis and design according to best practice codes and standards
• Proven business and technical experience having demonstrated client engagement skills that enabled problem synthesis and solution development through targeted interactions
• Experience working with distributed teams of professionals and in managing teams of professionals