Structural Engineer – Ports & Marine

Stantec

Structural Engineer for Ports & Marine Terminals at Stantec delivering engineering tasks on various projects. Collaborating with teams for timely and budget-friendly project execution.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeWest Palm Beach • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for marine structures and other port related projects of varying complexity.
Work collaboratively and support our business centers, design groups, senior leadership and specialists in other offices.
Develops project work plans and ensures execution through oversight and management of the project team. Evaluates, selects, specifies, and engineers all structural engineered systems or products for a project.
Engages in the development of a design through analysis, design, drawings, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
Prepares and revises documentation through various project phases including site plans, sections, diagrams, and details.
Participates in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and cost estimating.
Leads the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents
Participates in constructability reviews.
Conducts quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.
Prepares project reports and feasibility studies.
Develops project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects.
Assists and leads the development of proposals for port development projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Requisite knowledge, interpretation, and application of structural design codes, standards, and applicable port and marine terminals standards and guidelines.
Strong understanding of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications.
Strong knowledge of marine structural systems means and methods, materials, and industry standards.
Ability to lead one or more teams through all phases of project document production.
Experience with STAAD software for structural modeling.
Checks the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manages time to meet project budget and schedule.
Participates and collaborates in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought
Thorough understanding of structural engineering and port engineering concepts and ability to communicate ideas to others.
Strong written and verbal skills for interaction with project team, owners and clients.
Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.
Professional Engineering license, or ability to obtain within 6 months.
5+ years of ports & marine civil and structural engineering design experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans
wellness program
health saving accounts
flexible spending accounts
401(k) plan
employee stock purchase program
life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
short-term/long-term disability plans
emergency travel benefits
tuition reimbursement
professional membership fee coverage
paid family leave
ten paid holidays in each calendar year
accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
eligible for paid sick leave
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

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Hard Skills & Tools

structural designproject managementcost estimatingquality assurancequality controlstructural modelingproject documentationdesign analysisfeasibility studiesmarine structural systems

Soft Skills

collaborationleadershipcommunicationcritical thinkingcreative thinkingtime managementattention to detailproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsteamwork

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Civil EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Structural EngineeringProfessional Engineering license