Project Manager; Engineering Project Manager - Ports & Maritime

Project Manager (Engineering Project Manager - Ports & Maritime)

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Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting‑edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

Bermello Ajamil (BA), a Woolpert Company is hiring a Project Manager (Engineering Project Manager - Ports & Maritime) to join our creative and collaborative team of professionals at our Coral Gables, FL office. This position will report to the Project Management Discipline Leader and is responsible for leading and facilitating ports & maritime engineering projects and multi‑disciplined teams across the region.

Experience with ports & maritime studios/sub‑markets is required. This position supports full‑time in‑person/hybrid working arrangements. Relocation assistance to be discussed for the right person.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located. #LI‑SN1

• Lead and facilitate the overall cross‑functional project team.
• Oversee the quality of deliverables prepared by team members, including, but not limited to, construction plans, design calculations, technical reports, and project deliverables.
• Resolve issues impacting project objectives.
• Lead or support team in scope and budget/pricing development for proposals and dynamic project planning.
• Review complete projects for quality and conformity, and approve work performed by other engineers.
• Independently applying extensive and diversified theoretical principles in the field of marine, structural, and geotechnical engineering.
• Support client relationships and business development in support of strategic business plan.
• Act as key point of internal contact for communication.
• Identify plan vs. actual performance variances.
• Promote Bermello Ajamil and parent company Woolpert as an industry leader and promote service(s) with new and existing clients.
• Collaborate with Market Leads in negotiation of project schedule, fee, scope and contract terms for complex, multidiscipline projects.
• Identify, address and resolve any project issues impacting client goals, objectives and/or client satisfaction.
• Define and communicate client needs and expectations.
• Ensure continuous stakeholder (client, client’s manager, etc.) communications, addressing, resolving and anticipating project issues.

• Experience with Ports & Maritime markets is required.
• Active Professional Registration preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years’ related industry experience required.
• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals and ability to facilitate technical discussions.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and AutoCAD, REVIT, SAP
  2000, L‑Pile, or equivalent engineering software.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to negotiate, influence and manage risk.
• Be able to effectively communicate in both internal and external relationships for all essential job functions.
• Demonstrate experience and understanding of engineering principles, particularly those relevant to structural and geotechnical engineering in waterfront infrastructure.
• Be able to make sound decisions/recommendations based on the evaluation and synthesis of project information and data.
• Must be able to travel up to 20% for local, regional, and national clients and projects.

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest‑growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

• Freedom to Work program:
  Set your own schedule and…