Civil Package Manager

APM Terminals • Elizabeth, NJ

4d • $130,000 - $150,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Civil Package Manager will lead the execution and delivery of civil contract packages for the Elizabeth Terminal Upgrade Project. The scope includes marine and yard infrastructure, utilities, and buildings, along with interfaces involving terminal equipment, technology, and ongoing operations. The project will overhaul and partially rebuild the existing terminal’s electrical system to support increased demand associated with facility decarbonization.

The role is accountable for delivering civil works safely and in accordance with the approved project scope, schedule, budget, quality requirements, and operational objectives. It covers design, construction, commissioning, integration, and operational startup in a complex brownfield container-terminal environment. The position reports to the Head of Asset Delivery and is based in Elizabeth, New Jersey, five days in the office.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience managing delivery of marine and civil infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of civil design, construction methods, project controls, scheduling, cost management, change management, risk management, commissioning, and contractor oversight.
• Ability to build productive working relationships across engineering, operations, maintenance, HSSE, procurement, consultants, vendors, contractors, and senior stakeholders.
• Clear English communication and disciplined project documentation, reporting, escalation, and follow-through using Microsoft Office.
• University degree in engineering, preferably civil engineering, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant engineering and construction-delivery experience.
• Authorization to work for any employer in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in container terminals, ports, maritime facilities, or similarly complex industrial environments.
• A continuous-improvement mindset, including curiosity, root-cause problem solving, and motivation to improve operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of marine, civil, utility, yard, and building work packages to project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety objectives.
• Direct design consultants, project management consultants, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and quality-control partners through design, construction, commissioning, and integration.
• Monitor schedules, costs, risks, changes, delays, and dependencies; report status and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop and review technical specifications, civil designs, method statements, risk assessments, implementation plans, budgets, and detailed construction schedules.
• Coordinate procurement and ensure specifications and contract packages align with APM Terminals standards and applicable legal, union, and EPA grant requirements.
• Manage interfaces among civil works, terminal operations, equipment deliveries, maintenance, IT components, commissioning, integration testing, and operational startup.
• Provide visible HSSE leadership and verify designers’ and contractors’ compliance with Elizabeth Terminal and APM Terminals safety requirements.

Benefits

• Learning and training culture supporting employee development and career advancement.
• Opportunity to influence a major terminal modernization program.
• Collaboration with engineering, operations, maintenance, procurement, HSSE, IT, consultants, and contractors.
• Opportunity to build expertise in complex brownfield construction within an operating container terminal.
• Opportunity to contribute to technical improvements, lessons learned, and engineering standards across APM Terminals.
• Diverse, multinational workplace.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior