Director of Project Delivery

As one of the first ports in the state of Washington, the Port of Longview has long prided itself on a hard-working labor force with deep roots in the state’s blue-collar industries. The Port works for the community as an economic driver for a variety of industries and businesses within Longview and the surrounding area. We create jobs, support local programs, and contribute revenue back into the community to continually improve the quality of life for its residents.

In addition, we strive to provide opportunities for professional development and growth within our team.

We are proud to serve our community as Washington's Working Port!

The primary duty of the Director of Project Delivery is to lead the delivery of the Port’s multi-year capital program, including the current major capital development project. (Projects involve buildings, site development, waterfront structures, roads, habitat/mitigation developments, railroads, and utilities). This role is accountable for establishing and operating a disciplined program delivery system—integrated scheduling, risk management (risk register/matrix), change control, and construction/operations interface planning—so the Port can execute major construction while maintaining safe, reliable terminal operations.

This position works in close partnership with Facilities & Engineering, Planning & Environmental (SEPA/permitting), Marine Terminals (operations constraints/readiness), Business Development (commercial commitments), and the CFO/CAO (procurement/controls/risk). Because the Port self-performs a significant amount of work, this role also coordinates department-level resources and self-perform obligations to ensure internal crews and capabilities are planned, scheduled, and utilized effectively across operations and active projects.

This position reports to the Chief Executive Officer. The heads of the Departments of Marine Terminals, Business Development, Planning and Environmental Services, Facilities and Engineering, and Safety all directly report to the Chief Executive Officer but will have a dotted line reporting relationship to the Director of Project Delivery.

• Establish and run the capital program governance cadence (executive steering updates, delivery reviews, and look-ahead planning).
• Maintain single sources of truth for the program: decision log, commitments register, milestone schedule, risk register/matrix, and change log.
• Drive timely decisions; elevate issues to the CEO with clear options, impacts, and recommendations.

• Develop, maintain, and continuously update an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) that ties together SEPA/permitting, design, procurement/long-lead items, construction phases, SIMOPS constraints/outages, internal self-perform work packages, testing/commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Produce 2–6 week look-ahead and 90-day outlook plans; lead cross-functional commitment to upcoming milestones, constraints, and internal resource needs.
• Coordinate delivery sequencing and phasing for work located in the core of an operating port, minimizing operational disruption.

• Establish and maintain a Program Risk Register / Risk Matrix covering: SEPA/permitting, stakeholder/regulatory, design, procurement, construction execution, SIMOPS/operations impacts, safety, internal resource constraints (self-perform capacity), financial, and claims/dispute risks.
• Implement a consistent risk process (identify, quantify, mitigate, assign owner, set due date, track residual risk) and lead recurring risk reviews.
• Ensure risks are connected to schedule contingency, cost contingency, and executive decision-making.

• Coordinate development of baseline cost assumptions and ongoing cost forecasts in partnership with Facilities & Engineering, the CFO/CAO, and other Port directors as appropriate.
• Support consistent cost visibility by integrating project estimates, vendor/contractor pricing, self-perform labor/cost assumptions, and emerging trends into regular executive…