Bryan Jones, P.E., D.PE

Bryan guides our growing marine terminals practice worldwide, working with port authorities and terminal operators to address evolving operational demands, infrastructure needs and industry trends. He supports clients in planning and delivering investments that improve efficiency and long-term performance while developing strategies to address changing trade patterns, growing cargo volumes, regulatory updates and other challenges shaping the maritime sector.

Bryan has more than 35 years of experience in waterfront engineering, port planning and marine infrastructure development. Before joining HDR in 2013, he spent much of his 28-year career underwater, working as an engineer-diver. He inspected and designed repairs for bridges, marine terminals, shoreline protection works, and other waterfront structures.

He has helped clients plan, design and deliver complex waterfront infrastructure programs across North America and the Middle East, including the Georgia Ports Authority, Port of Long Beach, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Massachusetts Port Authority and the Saudi Ports Authority. He has also supported federal maritime projects for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and Environmental Protection Agency. His projects involved maritime planning, dredging, coastal engineering and the rehabilitation of waterfront structures such as seawalls, bulkheads, piers, wharves, fender systems and mooring structures.

Bryan first became interested in sustainability (and resiliency, in particular) in 2011, after surveying the widespread destruction in many Japanese coastal cities following the Great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. He serves as port engineering representative on the Academy of Ocean Coast Port and Navigation Engineers (ACOPNE) board and is a member of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (COPRI) Ports & Harbors committee, where he recently served as organizing chair for the Ports ‘25 Conference.