Senior Principal, Ports & Marine Terminals

Stantec; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision plans

Wellness program

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase program

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Senior Principal for Ports & Marine Terminals in Houston, TX. You will lead the design and delivery of port projects, overseeing multidisciplinary teams across North America and expanding the Texas practice to win new business.

You will manage scope, budgets, schedules, and client engagement on a range of public and private sector port developments, ensuring high-quality deliverables and on-time performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Professional Engineering license in Texas.
• 15+ years of progressive ports & marine civil and structural engineering and project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical resource for PMT teams across North America.
• Responsible for marine structures and other port related projects of varying complexity.
• Lead the development of proposals for port development projects.
• Develops project work plans and ensures execution through oversight and management of the project team.
• Engages in the development of a design through analysis, design, drawings, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Prepares and revises documentation through various project phases including site plans, sections, diagrams, and details.
• Leads project coordination meetings with internal team members and external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.
• Participates in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and cost estimating.
• Leads the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents
• Participates in constructability reviews.
• Conducts quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
• Prepares project reports and feasibility studies.
• Develops project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects.
• Manages project schedules, budgets and client engagement.
• Oversees and manages multiple projects.

Skills

Marine structures

STAAD software

Project management

Leadership

Design codes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Texas Professional Engineer license

Tools

STAAD

Job description

Your Opportunity

A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, we’re making an impact around the world.

If you’re looking for a career that moves, join our team of professionals who are passionate about the future of transportation.

Our Port and Marine Terminals group is currently made up of teams spread across North America, including New York, New Jersey, Boston, Jacksonville, Tampa, West Palm Beach, San Diego, San Franciso, Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax. The group provides services for all phases of a project's life cycle, from planning through decommissioning including detailed design, construction, and operation. Our many achievements include container terminals, oil and gas facilities, dry bulk ports, marinas, coastal structures, wharves, jetties, naval facilities and cruise terminals. Stantec was recently ranked as a Top 10 Marine and Port Facilities engineering firm by ENR.

Your Opportunity

Our Ports and Marine Terminals group is growing throughout the United States. We are seeking an experienced technical lead and project manager to assist the overall North American team and to grow the team in Houston, Texas. As the Senior Principal, Ports & Marine Terminals team, you will leverage your experience to provide oversight and technical management to projects across North America and to grow the Texas practice managing the design and delivery of projects. You will play a pivotal role in expanding our client and project base and in efforts to position the firm to acquire new business in the Texas market and beyond.

In this position, you will have the opportunity to work as part of the PMT team of planners, engineers and technologists on multiple projects for a range of public and private sector clients. This is a great opportunity for a motivated, energetic individual who wants to challenge their abilities in a dynamic work environment.

Your role as a senior contributor on our professional consulting services team is to work independently on projects of high complexity, and as a leader of a team or project through all phases of a project lifecycle. You are responsible for developing and implementing an engineering discipline group equipped with up-to-date engineering and design tools and innovations, technical and supervisory capabilities, and operating procedures to successfully and efficiently execute projects and consulting services resulting in client satisfaction and on-time delivery.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Serves as a technical resource for PMT teams across North America.
• Responsible for marine structures and other port related projects of varying complexity.
• Leads the development of proposals for port development projects
• Develops project work plans and ensures execution through oversight and management of the project team. Evaluates, selects, specifies, and engineers all structural engineered systems or products for a project.
• Engages in the development of a design through analysis, design, drawings, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Prepares and revises documentation through various project phases including site plans, sections, diagrams, and details.
• Leads project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors. Serves as a primary point of contact with project owner/client.
• Participates in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and cost estimating.
• Leads the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents
• Participates in constructability reviews.
• Conducts quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
• Prepares project reports and feasibility studies.
• Develops project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects.
• Manages project schedules, budgets and client engagement.
• Oversees and manages multiple projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Serves as a technical resource for PMT teams across North America.
• Responsible for marine structures and other port related projects of varying complexity.
• Leads the development of proposals for port development projects
• Develops project work plans and ensures execution through oversight and management of the project team. Evaluates, selects, specifies, and engineers all structural engineered systems or products for a project.
• Engages in the development of a design through analysis, design, drawings, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Prepares and revises documentation through various project phases including site plans, sections, diagrams, and details.
• Leads project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors. Serves as a primary point of contact with project owner/client.
• Participates in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and cost estimating.
• Leads the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents
• Participates in constructability reviews.
• Conducts quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
• Prepares project reports and feasibility studies.
• Develops project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects.
• Manages project schedules, budgets and client engagement.
• Oversees and manages multiple projects.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Requisite knowledge, interpretation, and application of structural design codes, standards, and applicable port and marine terminals standards and guidelines.
• Strong understanding of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications.
• Strong knowledge of marine structural systems means and methods, materials, and industry standards.
• Ability to lead one or more teams through all phases of project document production.
• Experience with STAAD software for structural modeling
• Checks the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manages time to meet project budget and schedule.
• Participates and collaborates in project team setting and engages in creative and critical thought
• Thorough understanding of structural engineering and port engineering concepts and ability to communicate ideas to others.
• Strong written and verbal skills for interaction with project team, owners and clients.
• Strong project management skills including oversight of project teams' budget and schedule performance.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Professional Engineering license in Texas.
• 15+ years of progressive ports & marine civil and structural engineering and project management experience.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

Pay Transparency:

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary:

• Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave.
• Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
• Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
• The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Primary Location:

United States | TX | Houston

Organization:

BC-2142 Transpt-US Texas

Employee Status:

Regular

Business Justification:

New Position

Travel:

Yes

Schedule:

Full time

Job Posting:

28/07/2026 01:07:41

Req ID:

1006945

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.