Mid/Senior Waterfront Engineer

Portland - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 100000 - 140000

Posted on: 18-09-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Senior Waterfront Engineer

Sayres is seeking a Senior Waterfront Engineer to support ship construction and marine engineering activities. This role involves providing on-site technical expertise coordinating with shipyards and stakeholders and ensuring successful execution of complex shipbuilding projects.

Responsibilities:

Serve as Sayres lead engineer on the waterfront coordinating with shipyard personnel and engineering teams on all production engineering matters.
Act as liaison between engineering shipyard and oversight stakeholders for design and production support.
Apply experience in various areas of Marine Engineering: Hull Mechanical Electrical C4I Structural Propulsion Auxiliary Machinery Naval Architecture Deck Equipment Aviation Support.
Investigate and resolve engineering issues by referencing ship specifications contracts drawings models and other technical documentation. Conduct shipchecks as required.
Assist in the development of Work Packages Statements of Work and specifications to ensure compliance with requirements.
Develop weekly reports (status updates metrics) on production engineering issues corrective actions physical progress and shipyard performance.
Identify risks and provide analysis of emergent issues including recommendations for risk mitigation and/or resolution. Capture lessons learned for incorporation in future projects.

Qualifications & Clearance Requirements:

For SENIOR level:Bachelors degree and a minimum of ten (10) years relevant experience or High School Diploma with equivalent experience in lieu of degree.
For MID Level:Bachelors degree and a minimum of five(5) years relevant experience or High School Diploma with equivalent experience in lieu of degree
Experience with management of ship construction and marine engineering technical issues.
Knowledge of shipbuilding requirements and processes.
Ability to work in a shipyard environment including daily walkthroughs onboard vessels with steep ladders and multiple decks.
Proven ability to solve complex engineering design problems.
Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with an emphasis on providing strong customer service.
Highly self-motivated resourceful with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail; able to work with minimal supervision.
Proficiency in MS Office suite (Word Excel PowerPoint) to support reporting and presentations.
Active Secret clearance verifiable in DISS or the ability to obtain one.

Preferred:

At least 10 years of direct experience working in or supporting ship construction programs shipyards or operating/maintaining commercial or military vessels.
Prior military maritime or Marine Engineer background.
Familiarity with ABS and Steel Vessel Rules.

Salary:

The salary for this position is likely $100000 - $140000. Salary ranges are not however a guarantee of compensation or salary; rather salary will be set based on experience geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

The position description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform position-related tasks other than those stated in this description. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age gender identity disability or veteran status.

At Sayres our employees enjoy an atmosphere conducive to realizing their potential through personal and professional development while simultaneously exceeding customers expectations.

We offer a broad spectrum of technical engineering and administrative services including acquisition financial and program management; fleet synthetic training; logistics; ship construction engineering; systems engineering and integration; wargaming; test and evaluation; security counterintelligence and policy analysis.

Sayres is headquartered in Washington DC with offices throughout the United States and has a presence abroad.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC

Senior Waterfront EngineerSayres is seeking a Senior Waterfront Engineer to support ship construction and marine engineering activities. This role involves providing on-site technical expertise coordinating with shipyards and stakeholders and ensuring successful execution of complex shipbuilding pro...

Senior Waterfront Engineer

Responsibilities:

Serve as Sayres lead engineer on the waterfront coordinating with shipyard personnel and engineering teams on all production engineering matters.
Act as liaison between engineering shipyard and oversight stakeholders for design and production support.
Apply experience in various areas of Marine Engineering: Hull Mechanical Electrical C4I Structural Propulsion Auxiliary Machinery Naval Architecture Deck Equipment Aviation Support.
Investigate and resolve engineering issues by referencing ship specifications contracts drawings models and other technical documentation. Conduct shipchecks as required.
Assist in the development of Work Packages Statements of Work and specifications to ensure compliance with requirements.
Develop weekly reports (status updates metrics) on production engineering issues corrective actions physical progress and shipyard performance.
Identify risks and provide analysis of emergent issues including recommendations for risk mitigation and/or resolution. Capture lessons learned for incorporation in future projects.

Qualifications & Clearance Requirements:

For SENIOR level:Bachelors degree and a minimum of ten (10) years relevant experience or High School Diploma with equivalent experience in lieu of degree.
For MID Level:Bachelors degree and a minimum of five(5) years relevant experience or High School Diploma with equivalent experience in lieu of degree
Experience with management of ship construction and marine engineering technical issues.
Knowledge of shipbuilding requirements and processes.
Ability to work in a shipyard environment including daily walkthroughs onboard vessels with steep ladders and multiple decks.
Proven ability to solve complex engineering design problems.
Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with an emphasis on providing strong customer service.
Highly self-motivated resourceful with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail; able to work with minimal supervision.
Proficiency in MS Office suite (Word Excel PowerPoint) to support reporting and presentations.
Active Secret clearance verifiable in DISS or the ability to obtain one.

Preferred:

At least 10 years of direct experience working in or supporting ship construction programs shipyards or operating/maintaining commercial or military vessels.
Prior military maritime or Marine Engineer background.
Familiarity with ABS and Steel Vessel Rules.

Salary:

At Sayres our employees enjoy an atmosphere conducive to realizing their potential through personal and professional development while simultaneously exceeding customers expectations.

Sayres is headquartered in Washington DC with offices throughout the United States and has a presence abroad.

#CJ

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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