Senior Director, LNG & Energy Infrastructure Ops

Crowley Maritime Corporation; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability coverage

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Sick leave

Training and development

Well-being resources

Gym membership discounts

Job summary

Crowley Maritime Corporation in Jacksonville, FL seeks an experienced leader to oversee planning, development, procurement, construction, and long-term performance of energy infrastructure assets, including LNG infrastructure and energy hubs.

You will lead cross-functional teams, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive safe, reliable operations across major projects, partnering with engineering, legal, safety, finance and operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience in energy infrastructure, LNG, terminal operations, construction/project execution, asset management, engineering, operations leadership, or a related field.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams, managing contractors or vendors, supporting permitting or regulatory compliance, overseeing operational readiness, and delivering infrastructure or asset performance objectives within the Americas and Caribbean.

Responsibilities

• Lead energy infrastructure strategy execution for assigned assets and projects, ensuring alignment with business priorities, customer commitments, safety expectations, and financial objectives.
• Provide leadership and management for LNG infrastructure, energy hubs, and future infrastructure opportunities from concept, permitting, construction transition, commissioning readiness, and startup through steady-state operations.
• Establish operating expectations, maintenance strategies, resource plans, performance metrics, and governance routines to support safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure operations.
• Partner with engineering, commercial, legal, compliance, environmental, safety, finance, supply chain, operations, and project teams to advance infrastructure objectives and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Partner with Procurement to develop sourcing strategies, evaluate and select qualified vendors, negotiate scopes of work, and support vendor oversight for the construction of LNG facilities and related infrastructure.
• Manage vendor contracts for LNG facility construction and related infrastructure, including scope alignment, performance expectations, compliance requirements, change orders, renewals, issue resolution, and coordination with Procurement, Legal, and business stakeholders.
• Oversee stakeholder coordination with regulatory agencies, local authorities, ports, utilities, contractors, community partners, customers, and other external parties critical to project execution and operational continuity.
• Identify and manage risks related to permitting, construction readiness, commissioning, asset reliability, environmental compliance, safety, stakeholder alignment, budget, schedule, and operational performance.
• Support contractor selection, scope development, performance oversight, issue escalation, and accountability for work performed on infrastructure construction, maintenance, and operations activities.
• Monitor and report on project milestones, operational readiness, compliance obligations, financial performance, reliability measures, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Build and reinforce a culture of safety, accountability, inclusion, operational excellence, regulatory discipline, and continuous improvement across assigned infrastructure operations.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Operational leadership

Infrastructure planning

Business acumen

Safety leadership

Regulatory discipline

Stakeholder management

Contractor oversight

Risk management

Decision-making

Change leadership

Team development

Communication

Project execution

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, energy, operations, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Business reporting tools

Job description

Crowley Maritime Corporation in Jacksonville, FL seeks an experienced leader to oversee planning, development, procurement, construction, and long-term performance of energy infrastructure assets, including LNG infrastructure and energy hubs.

You will lead cross-functional teams, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive safe, reliable operations across major projects, partnering with engineering, legal, safety, finance and operations.