Port Terminal & Infrastructure Planning Lead

porthouston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

Port Houston is seeking a planning lead to drive port infrastructure and terminal planning initiatives in Houston. The role requires coordinating cross-functional input from Operations, Infrastructure, Strategy, Finance, and other teams to develop practical, implementable recommendations.

The position emphasizes independent work from problem definition through handoff, partnering with subject matter experts, and delivering timely, well-documented decisions to support infrastructure development

Qualifications

• Experience leading port infrastructure and terminal planning studies.
• Ability to manage scope, schedules, and budgets.
• Cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Strategy, Finance and other units.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned port infrastructure and terminal planning studies and workstreams from scope definition through recommendation and handoff. Establish work plans, schedules, responsibilities, dependencies, deliverables, and decision points, and actively drive work through completion.
• Support master, long-range, facility, and terminal planning by assessing terminals, berths, yards, gates, road and rail interfaces, storage areas, cargo flows, equipment, and related infrastructure to identify current and future operational constraints and capacity needs.
• Apply practical knowledge of marine terminal operations, cargo handling, and stevedoring to evaluate vessel and berth operations, yard and gate processes, equipment and labor interfaces, operating windows, landside logistics, safety considerations, and other factors affecting terminal performance.
• Develop scopes of work, procurement and evaluation materials, project schedules, budgets, and consultant work plans for assigned initiatives. Direct and manage consultant performance, deliverables, schedules, budgets, and issue resolution within the approved scope.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional planning activities that bring together appropriate stakeholders from across departments and divisions to define problems, identify needs and constraints, develop and challenge alternatives, and build alignment around recommended solutions.
• Identify the stakeholders, subject matter experts, and organizational functions affected by assigned planning initiatives and engage them at appropriate stages of the work.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Job description

Port Houston is seeking a planning lead to drive port infrastructure and terminal planning initiatives in Houston. The role requires coordinating cross-functional input from Operations, Infrastructure, Strategy, Finance, and other teams to develop practical, implementable recommendations.

The position emphasizes independent work from problem definition through handoff, partnering with subject matter experts, and delivering timely, well-documented decisions to support infrastructure development