Senior Transport Engineer - Heavy-Lift Logistics

Dsv Air & Sea SAU; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 118,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

DSV Projects & Industry Solutions (DPIS) seeks a Senior Transport Engineer to develop transportability assessments, constructability reviews and executable transport methodologies for oversized cargo. You will work with EPC contractors, project owners and marine surveyors to deliver field‑proven, safe, and commercially viable solutions.

The role requires 10–15 years in transport engineering, strong commercial awareness, and fluency in English, with 20–40% travel internationally and domestically.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Mechanical, Structural or Transportation Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng) preferred.
• 10–15 years’ experience in transport engineering, heavy transport, logistics engineering or heavy‑lift project execution.
• Experience supporting EPC, LNG, Petrochemical, Mining, Power, Renewable Energy or major infrastructure projects.
• Fluent in English (oral and written).

Responsibilities

• Develop transport engineering solutions for oversized, overweight and heavy-lift cargo movements.
• Prepare transport engineering studies, transport methodologies, method statements, logistics execution plans and transport philosophies.
• Develop heavy haul, lifting, load-out, skidding, jacking, marine transportation and multimodal logistics concepts.
• Evaluate transportability, constructability, execution risk and logistics interfaces throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide technical assurance that proposed logistics solutions are practical, safe and commercially viable.
• Conduct desktop transport feasibility studies and coordinate physical route surveys.
• Assess bridge capacities, pavement loading, turning geometry, vertical clearances, permitting requirements and temporary works.
• Develop mitigation strategies and detailed engineering recommendations.
• Review engineering drawings to assess transportability, lifting arrangements, centres of gravity, transport envelopes and fabrication constraints.
• Review and support during FEED studies, EPC tenders, RFIs and RFQs with technical input.
• Prepare technical narratives, engineering deliverables, budgets and execution philosophies.
• Provide technical support during critical heavy transport operations.

Skills

Fluent in English

Strong commercial awareness

Transport engineering

Heavy transport experience

Route analysis

Education

Bachelors in Civil/Mechanical/Structural/Transportation Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) or Chartered Engineer (CEng) preferred

10–15 years in transport/logistics/heavy-lift

Tools

AutoCAD

Primavera P6 / MS Project

ArcGIS / QGIS

AutoTURN

Power BI

Microsoft 365

Job description

DSV Projects & Industry Solutions (DPIS) seeks a Senior Transport Engineer to develop transportability assessments, constructability reviews and executable transport methodologies for oversized cargo. You will work with EPC contractors, project owners and marine surveyors to deliver field‑proven, safe, and commercially viable solutions.

The role requires 10–15 years in transport engineering, strong commercial awareness, and fluency in English, with 20–40% travel internationally and domestically.