Project Director - Ports

Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a Project Director - Ports, to join our team in Tampa, FL, and focus on a variety of roles: project delivery, business development, and client account management.

Your role

• Lead project management for large-scale port infrastructure projects, including design and construction.
• Coastal engineering and marine project delivery within a multidisciplinary environment.
• Serve as a liaison with port authorities, engineering teams, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Oversee the work of design consultants, construction managers, and inspectors.
• Ensure compliance with technical standards, safety regulations, and environmental requirements.
• Manage budgets, schedules, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead a multi-discipline team through the Design, Procurement, and Construction phases of aviation programs.
• Create and maintain an attitude of leadership towards the project team with respect to overall management activities to achieve quality programs, while respecting the established budget and schedule objectives.
• Responsible for planning, monitoring, appraising, reviewing, and delivering aviation programs and the team's activities in accordance with the goals of the organization.
• Oversight of scheduling/cost controllers and activities. This person will work with SMEs, estimators, and procurement staff to present accurate project budgets.
• Meets client's 'objectives by preparing Program Initiation and Program Management Plan, executing plan requirements, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions.
• Achieve efficiencies by accepting responsibility and accountability for results, exploring opportunities to add value to the organization.
• Lead, mentor, and manage multidisciplinary project teams, including project managers, and oversee staffing and workload to meet project deadlines.
• Develop and execute a program evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the program and to identify areas to target for improvement.

• Interfaces with the Executive sponsors, business leaders and stakeholders to make sure all requirements are captured.
• Preparing and completing action plans; implementing and reporting on production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and mitigating project risks, resolving problems to keep projects on schedule and within budget; completing audits; identifying trends; determining improvements; implementing change.

Business Development and Client Account Management

• Build client relationships within the ports market. Develop into being a trusted advisor within the local industry.
• Tracking potential clients project needs and capital planning programs, specifically large and medium hub airports.
• Identify new business opportunities, participate in marketing activities, and write proposals to secure future projects.
• Meeting with clients and developing relationships on coordinated marketing visits.
• Participate and attend events and conferences.
• Provide and organize client presentations and lessons learned activities.
• Coordinate with internal resources and other business lines to promote overall market sector growth with our clients.
• Develop business plans and strategy for our Ports market in Florida and the Southeast
• Serve as capture manager on specific project proposals.
• Engage technical resources to create innovative client responses.
• Coordinate with legal, project controls, and operational staff for proper vetting of each opportunity.
• Collaborate with marketing, project manager, and other staff needed for proposal responses.
• Lead interview and presentations preparations for project opportunities.
• This role offers an excellent opportunity to collaborate with clients, elected officials, industry associations, technical leaders, and project specialists in a dynamic work environment and a culture that is growth minded, supportive, and flexible.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• 12 years of experience in marine/port engineering and project management.
• Proven track record managing multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of port operations, dredging, terminal design, and coastal structures.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and client engagement skills.

Rewards & benefits

At AtkinsRéalis, our values-Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, and Excellence-are more than just words. They are the foundation of who we are and how we work. These principles shape our culture, guide our decisions, and inspire us to create an environment where every team member feels empowered to grow, succeed, and make a meaningful impact.

Depending on your employment status, AtkinsRéalis benefits may include medical, dental, vision, company-paid life and short- and long-term disability benefits, employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting, employee stock purchase plan, Paid Time Off, leaves of absences options, flexible work options, recognition and employee satisfaction programs, employee assistance program, and voluntary benefits. You can review our comprehensive benefits page here .

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Additional information

Expected compensation range is between $113,000 - $188,000 annually depending on skills, experience, and geographical location.

Are you ready to expand your career with us? Apply today and help us shape something extraordinary.

AtkinsRéalis is an equal opportunity, Drug-Free employer EOE/Veteran/Disability

Please review AtkinsRéalis' Equal Opportunity Statement here .

AtkinsRéalis cares about your privacy and is committed to protecting your privacy. Please consult our Privacy Notice on our Careers site to know more about how we collect, use and transfer your Personal Data. By submitting your personal information to AtkinsRéalis, you confirm that you have read and accept our Privacy Notice.

Note to staffing and direct hire agencies:

In the event a recruiter or agency who is not on our preferred supplier list submits a resume/candidate to anyone in the company, AtkinsRéalis family of companies, we explicitly reserve the right to recruit and hire the candidate(s) at our discretion and without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.