Director, Project Engineering

About the role

As a privately held, U.S.-owned and operated company, Crowley provides services to 36 nations and island territories. Our purpose is to bravely advance what's possible to elevate people and planet, with our core values of Integrity, Sustainability and Drive guiding everything we do. By expanding and innovating our services, we have expanded our footprint in services within the Logistics, Land Transportation, Shipping, Wind and Fuel industries. Crowley and its affiliated companies have generated more than $3.5 billion in annual revenue through our people's focus on excellence and a culture that values everyone's voices and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead project engineering activities for assigned Energy construction, marine infrastructure, civil engineering, strategic capital projects, and dry dock projects.
• Maintain project engineering specifications and related governance practices to support consistent application of applicable standards and technical requirements.
• Establish and manage document control practices for engineering specifications, drawings, technical documents, design packages, and project deliverables.
• Coordinate civil engineering, marine construction, and dry dock project engineering activities with internal teams, engineering partners, shipyards, vendors, and contractors.
• Develop, review, and recommend feasibility studies, preliminary engineering reviews, cost estimates, constructability assessments, technical assumptions, and project definition materials within delegated authority.
• Review engineering documents, specifications, drawings, calculations, scopes of work, and construction packages for technical accuracy, completeness, constructability, and compliance with applicable requirements.
• Partner with Engineering Services, asset reliability, operations, maintenance, safety, regulatory, commercial, procurement, and project management teams to align project scope with business and operational needs.
• Identify engineering risks, scope gaps, cost drivers, and constructability challenges during the project lifecycle and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Support bid packages, vendor evaluations, contractor clarifications, technical recommendations, and change management processes.
• Support project engineering deliverables that promote safe construction execution, regulatory compliance, operational readiness, asset reliability, and lifecycle performance.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and coordination for project engineers, designers, external consultants, and cross-functional contributors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical field required.
• Professional Engineer license preferred where applicable to civil, structural, or related engineering responsibilities.
• Equivalent combination of post-secondary education and directly related experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in project engineering, construction engineering, civil engineering, marine engineering, dry dock projects, industrial construction, energy infrastructure, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with engineering specifications, document control, feasibility studies, cost estimation, constructability reviews, contractor coordination, and multidisciplinary project execution preferred.
• Experience providing technical direction, coaching, or coordination to engineers, consultants, contractors, or cross-functional technical teams preferred.
• Ability to travel as needed to support project reviews, operational alignment, vendor or contractor coordination, site visits, dry dock activities, and leadership meetings.

Skills

• Project engineering and engineering management; civil engineering and construction engineering principles; dry dock project engineering and marine construction support.
• Engineering specifications, standards governance, and technical decision governance; document control and technical document management.
• Feasibility studies and front-end project definition; cost estimating and technical basis of estimate development.
• Constructability reviews and field execution readiness; drawing, specification, and scope of work review.
• Regulatory, safety, quality, and compliance requirements; contractor, vendor, shipyard, and engineering consultant coordination.
• Change management, risk identification, and technical issue resolution.
• Demonstrates technical judgment, project engineering discipline, and the ability to translate complex engineering requirements into clear project scopes and specifications.
• Communicates effectively with engineering, operations, leadership, contractor, vendor, and cross-functional audiences.
• Identifies technical risks, scope gaps, cost impacts, constructability concerns, and technical diligence trade-offs.
• Maintains strong organizational skills, attention to document control, governance, and technical accuracy.
• Leads through influence across multidisciplinary teams and applies practical, cost-informed decision