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Hillsborough County · 3 days ago

Sr. Professional Engineer (Port Tampa Bay)

Tampa, FL, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$100K/yr - $196K/yr

6+ years exp

Hillsborough County is seeking a Sr. Professional Engineer to perform licensed professional engineering and project management for various construction projects at Port Tampa Bay. The role involves overseeing complex capital projects, managing budgets, and providing guidance to junior engineers while ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.

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Responsibilities

Manage the planning, concept development, procurement, and implementation of construction projects to assist in the port’s development plan. Oversees complicated and complex + capital projects, including wharfs, berths, cargo yards, buildings, Ship to Shore Cranes and others

Oversee consultants’ proposals, to ensure they meet project requirements, and hours reflect what would be anticipated for efforts requested

Prepares, reviews and signs and seals professional engineering reports, documents

Plans and specifications for small and large construction projects

Provides internal professional engineering recommendations and guidance on the compatibility and design of proposed acquisitions, project planning, estimating and engineering analysis

Supervises the preparation, revision, updating, and distribution of the department's/agency’s standards on specifications and estimating

Establishes design and construction budgets and monitor expenditures for budget conformance

Prepares budgets to include analyzing the budgets for reasonability, needs, and justification

Conducts pre-bid/preconstruction conferences, public meetings, issues construction notice to proceed and initiates work orders

Provides mentorship and guidance for junior engineers and technicians

Coordinates with various local, state and federal permitting agencies and regulatory agencies for grants. Leads permitting efforts for complex projects, with City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Army Corp of Engineers and others

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Professional Engineering LicenseConstruction ManagementProject ManagementEngineering CalculationsRegulatory KnowledgeOrganizational SkillsTime ManagementMentorshipCommunication SkillsAdaptability

Required

Professional Engineering License in the State of Florida

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in engineering

Six or more years of post-registration experience as a Professional Engineer

Knowledge of Port policies, procedures and standards

Knowledge of construction civil works activities and professional standards of those activities

Knowledge of project management, design, construction, and logistics management

Ability to perform engineering calculations for either structural, civil, electrical or mechanical engineering

Knowledge of regulatory statues and standards from local, state and federal agencies

Ability to direct a draftsman in the creation of minor engineering project plans

Ability in the creation of major capitol works construction documents

Must possess great organizational and time management skills

Must possess honesty, integrity and sound professional judgment

Demonstrated management skills with the ability to multi-task

Ability to manage, train, schedule, assign, monitor, review, and evaluate assigned staff

The flexibility to adapt to frequent changes and to work outside of normal working hours if needed

Ability to interact effectively, confidently and professionally with PTB officials and employees, other government officials, PTB tenants and the general public

Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple priorities

Operates in high-risk maritime environments, ensuring infrastructure reliability under hurricane-prone conditions

Incumbent must possess a current and valid Florida Motor Vehicle Operator's License or capable of obtaining one within thirty days from the date of hire

Must successfully pass a seaport security background check and compliance for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)

Moderate – Occasionally lifts up to 50 pounds