Ports Engineer Practice Lead

6 days ago

Tampa, United States Volkert Inc Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Are we the road to your future?

Volkert is a top-ranked, employee-owned design firm with an ever-expanding corporate footprint, and we are committed to creating meaningful opportunities for professional growth for our employee-owners while also providing our clients with creative, practical solutions for sustainability, including improvements to infrastructure, the environment, and natural resources. Founded in 1925, Volkert is currently celebrating a century of serving our employees, clients, partners, and communities on innovative and impactful infrastructure projects throughout the Southeast and beyond.

We are currently searching for an experienced Ports Engineer Practice Lead to support our Southeast Region located in Florida.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Serving as a practice builder and growing the SE Region’s ports practice
  • Conducting ongoing business development activities
  • Hiring, managing, and motivating staff
  • Independently performing and supervising structural analysis and design for marine and upland components
  • Independently performing and supervising berthing and mooring analyses
  • Leading development of plans, specifications, schedules, and cost estimates for a variety of port projects
  • Applying a strong understanding of maritime codes and references including UFC, PIANC, ASCE-61
  • Independently preparing basis of design, design calculations, technical reports, alternatives analyses, and study reports
  • Utilizing your appropriate understanding of interdisciplinary requirements for port projects to improve project processes and perform QA/QC reviews
  • Attending client meetings and performing site visits
  • Mentoring a team of developing port and maritime engineers
  • Leveraging existing industry relationships to promote Volkert ports services and cross-sell across all disciplines
  • Performing additional responsibilities as required by the region’s business needs

What you need to have:

  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Civil/Structural Engineering
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in analysis and design of port structures
  • Professional Engineer (PE) License in the State of Florida
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Previous experience in analysis and design of medium to large scale ports/maritime/structures and preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates
  • Proven experience in business development
  • Ability to hire, manage, and motivate staff
  • Existing relationships with port entities in FL
  • Characteristics of a successful Volkert team member:
    1. Be self-motivated to meet individual goals and maintain accountability in a team environment
    2. Exercise initiative and independent judgement in the solution of work problems
    3. Be able to communicate effectively- verbal and written
    4. Be able to multi-task in a team environment
    5. Be a brand ambassador for the company who engages in diversity and inclusion

Volkert Perks:

  • Competitive compensation
  • Flexibility and a positive work/life balance
  • Challenging and innovative projects
  • Employee referral program
  • Professional development
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
  • Medical, Dental, & Vision
  • Employer-paid Life/AD&D insurance
  • Employer-paid short-term disability and long-term disability
  • Wellness incentives
  • Additional voluntary benefits

The words from our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Hand, PE, capture best how you can make an impact while working for Volkert.

“For a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves infrastructure and quality of life throughout our communities. We are proud of our one-hundred-year legacy and humbled by the opportunities ahead of us as we look forward to our next century of service. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference.”

– Thomas A. Hand, PE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Volkert does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.

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