Design Manager – Ports & Maritime

Overview

In this role, you lead the design of complex maritime infrastructure and guide technical delivery across feasibility to construction support. You’ll coordinate multidisciplinary teams for ports, marine and coastal projects within a global consultancy. You will shape design programs, manage interfaces, and ensure standards compliance while delivering value to clients. This is an opportunity to influence major port and maritime developments and grow with a collaborative, inclusive design culture.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible work arrangements
• hybrid work options
• up to 6 weeks additional annual leave
• volunteer and representation leave
• flex public holidays
• well-being program

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design activities across port, marine and coastal developments and establish design programmes and resource needs
• Manage delivery through feasibility, FEED, preliminary and detailed design, and construction support
• Coordinate interfaces across structural, coastal, civil, geotechnical, mechanical, electrical and environmental disciplines
• Provide technical oversight for wharves, jetties, container terminals, LNG and energy marine facilities, berthing and mooring structures, breakwaters, revetments and defence maritime infrastructure
• Review and approve designs, calculations, reports and specifications ensuring alignment with client requirements and standards
• Monitor budgets, schedules, risks, quality and commercial performance throughout delivery
• Lead design reviews and support hazard identification (HAZID) workshops and independent verification processes
• Build relationships with ports, government agencies, and clients, leading technical meetings and presentations
• Prepare and review proposals, fee estimates and project execution plans, contributing to business development
• Mentor engineers and project managers, promoting collaborative, inclusive design culture

Key requirements

• A degree in Civil, Structural, Coastal or Marine Engineering, or a related discipline
• Extensive consulting experience in ports and maritime infrastructure with leadership of complex multidisciplinary projects
• Strong design management across the project lifecycle including planning, coordination and governance
• Expertise in marine structures, port infrastructure or coastal engineering and knowledge of applicable standards
• Proven ability to manage design interfaces, risk, quality assurance and review processes
• Strong commercial judgement including budgets, fee estimates and proposals
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with ability to present technical solutions and build client relationships
• Collaborative leadership and mentoring attitude
• Chartered Professional Engineer status will be highly regarded

• communication
• stakeholder management
• mentoring
• marine structures
• port infrastructure
• coastal engineering

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