Director of Transport Engineering

Essential Job Functions: Provide engineering support for heavy haul, heavy lift, and specialized transport solutions across Industrial Project Logistics scopes. Review, validate or prepare technical proposals, method statements, rigging plans, lift plans, transport drawings, and route studies submitted by carriers, haulers, and engineering vendors. Assess transport feasibility with consideration to cargo dimensions, weight distribution, axle loading, center of gravity, turning radius, road geometry, bridge and pavement limitations, grade, friction, and site constraints. Perform and/or validate calculations related to cargo securement, lashing, load distribution, stability, and transport configuration. Support the review of crane lift plans and rigging arrangements, including load charts, rigging geometry, lift points, ground bearing pressures, and critical lift considerations. Evaluate transport routes for heavy haul movements, including swept path analysis, turning radii, overhead and side clearances, ground conditions, and temporary infrastructure requirements. Work closely with project, operations, chartering, and specialized trucking teams to develop safe, practical, and commercially viable technical solutions. Participate in the planning and review of port handling, load-out, discharge, transloading, and final mile delivery operations involving heavy or oversized cargo. Develop technical review standards, checklists, and minimum engineering requirements for use across the Industrial Projects and specialized trucking teams. Support risk identification and mitigation by highlighting technical exposure early in solution design and execution planning. Provide technical input during client discussions, supplier reviews, and internal solution development meetings as needed. Assist in incident review, lessons learned, and continuous improvement efforts related to engineering, lifting, and transport execution. Maintain organized engineering records, drawings, calculations, and technical evaluations in line with internal governance requirements. Travel as required to attend site surveys, pre-job meetings, vendor reviews, loadouts, and critical operations. Demonstrated technical understanding of heavy haul, heavy lift, and specialized transport operations in industrial, energy, infrastructure, mining, or other capital-intensive environments. Ability to review, interpret, and challenge technical proposals, engineering drawings, route studies, rigging plans, lift plans, and method statements prepared by carriers, haulers, rigging providers, and third-party engineers. Strong working knowledge of transport engineering principles, including load distribution, cargo securement, center of gravity, axle loading, turning radius, swept path, grade, friction, clearance analysis, and ground bearing considerations. Familiarity with crane and rigging fundamentals, including lift planning, rigging geometry, sling angles, load charts, lift points, and critical lift risk factors. Proficiency in AutoCAD and ability to read, markup, and develop technical transport or lifting drawings to support operational planning and solution review. Sound understanding of multimodal logistics execution, including heavy haul trucking, barge, ocean breakbulk, RoRo, port handling, transloading, and final-mile delivery of oversized or high-value cargo. Working knowledge of applicable engineering, safety, and transport regulations, including permit-driven movement constraints, route restrictions, and jurisdiction-specific operating requirements. Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally to support site surveys, vendor meetings, pre-job planning sessions, load-outs, and critical transport or lifting operations.

Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, transport engineering, or related field preferred; Equivalent practical experience in heavy lift, heavy haul, or transport engineering may be considered in lieu of a formal degree. Minimum 7–10 years of relevant experience in heavy haul, heavy lift, rigging, transport engineering, or specialized project cargo operations. Proven experience reviewing or developing transport drawings, route studies, rigging plans, lift plans, load distribution analyses, and cargo securement calculations. Proficiency in AutoCAD required; familiarity with transport engineering or route analysis software preferred. Experience working with carriers, heavy haul providers, crane or rigging companies, and third-party engineering firms, including field execution and site survey exposure, strongly preferred.

Certifications And Licenses: Demonstrated AutoCAD proficiency required. Relevant heavy lift, rigging, crane, or transport engineering certifications preferred. Professional Engineer (P.E.) license preferred but not required.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. This position requires the final candidate to successfully pass an E-Verify Check. More Information: http://www.dhs.gov/e-verifyCompany benefits are contingent upon meeting eligibility requirements and plan conditions.