Senior Marine Structural Engineer, in North America

Position: Senior Marine Structural Engineer, for COWI in North America
Senior Marine Structural Engineer

San Diego

Full-Time, Permanent

Hybrid

Do you want the opportunity to co-create with our experts on high-profile infrastructure programs across North America? Can you navigate a complex market environment by adjusting strategies, recognizing emerging opportunities, and managing risk? Are you committed to accelerating growth, advancing innovation, and delivering impactful solutions? Then this is the place to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow.

Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

In this position, you will join our global team of specialists and work directly with clients to ensure satisfaction and be responsible for making key technical decisions in collaboration with senior design staff. You will manage large multidisciplinary projects with external partners for the bridge and tunnel engineering sector, liaising with clients, technical managers, financial staff, and other departments to manage overall project deliverables, schedules, and budgets.

The position will require both your highly developed Project Management skills and effective technical skills and will provide you with opportunities to grow and develop your leadership skills.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Project management of marine projects including NAVFAC task orders, Port of San Francisco, Port of Oakland
• Financial oversight of assigned projects and commercial management
• Assess project resources in relation to project requirements and coordinate with Head of Disciplines and resource managers for staffing needs
• Mentor deputy project managers and project members on technical delivery, client management, and resource leveling
• Participation in corporate visibility in the Southern California area including conferences, industry events, networking opportunities
• Support COWI growth initiative in Southern California market by supporting visibility and recruiting efforts
• Participate in Business Development for the emerging Southern California Market. Participate in West Coast BD meetings with focus on marine pursuits in Southern California.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future

The first step to growth in this role is that you are willing to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will:

• Hold a Master of Science or higher degree in Coastal, Civil or Structural Engineering and be a registered Professional Engineer in the home state
• Have a minimum of 7 years experience with waterfront structures and a minimum of 3 years experience in business development
• Be an established and demonstrated Project Management and technical leader
• Possess the capacity to create proposals and evaluate contract conditions
• Be self-motivated, able to manage shifting priorities, and capable of handling multiple tasks in an evolving environment
• Be able and willing to travel up to 25% of the time as this role requires fieldwork
• Be able to work with staff located remotely around the world.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and livable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity - and sometimes even our courage - to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers' transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently 7,500 people who bring their skills in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

Being part of the COWI community offers more than just a competitive salary. We take care of our people both professionally and personally.

Some of our benefits include:

Flexible working arrangement | Top-up parental and childbirth recovery leave | Fantastic close-knit team with a wealth of knowledge to share | Full time hires get minimum 3 weeks vacation to start | Floating holiday to celebrate employee diversity | Paid sick leave | Annual fitness subsidy - yes, you can use this for a ski pass, yoga, or gym membership | 401K contribution matching with generous company match | Personal and professional development fund | Parking or public transit allowance | Medical, dental, and vision insurance 80% employer-paid premiums | Employee Assistance Program (EAP) | STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance | Referral incentive program| Frequent social events

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