Lead Waterfront Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong client relationships in Detroit and throughout the Great Lakes region, serving as a visible and trusted local representative.
• Contribute to the planning, design, analysis, and delivery of waterfront, marine, port, and coastal infrastructure projects.
• Partner with clients to understand their needs and connect them with the appropriate technical resources and expertise across Foth.
• Support project management activities, including scope, schedule, budget, coordination, and overall project delivery.
• Develop and review engineering deliverables, including plans, specifications, technical reports, and calculations appropriate to your area of expertise.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across coastal, structural, civil, geotechnical, environmental, and construction disciplines.
• Support construction-phase activities such as submittal and RFI reviews, field observations, inspections, and project coordination.
• Identify opportunities to expand client relationships and contribute to proposals, pursuits, and business development efforts.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Structural, Ocean, Environmental, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience, ideally involving waterfront, marine, civil infrastructure, industrial, transportation, or related projects.
• Experience contributing to engineering design, project delivery, and/or construction-related activities.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, project teams, and other stakeholders.
• Interest and ability to develop client relationships and represent Foth in a client-facing capacity.
• Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and offices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or interest/ability to pursue licensure.
• Experience with waterfront, port, harbor, marine, coastal, or Great Lakes infrastructure.
• Experience in project or task management.
• Familiarity with the Michigan/Great Lakes engineering or infrastructure market.
• Experience developing proposals, supporting business development, or cultivating client relationships.
• Existing relationships with public agencies, port authorities, industrial clients, terminal operators, or other waterfront stakeholders.

Additional information

Qualified women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. All locations are tobacco-free. Subject to applicable state law, all applicants who have received a written offer of employment and a copy of Foth’s Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace Program Policy, will be required to undergo testing for commonly abused controlled substances.

Applicants must complete the required drug testing within two business days of offer acceptance. Foth will pay for all drug testing, which will be conducted by a licensed independent medical laboratory that follows testing requirements in accordance with applicable state law.

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