Jacksonville-based Patriot Rail announced Aug. 11 it named Anthony Evett as vice president of design and construction.
Patriot rail operates regional short line and regional freight railroads, transloading and other rail services.
Evett will be responsible for leading Patriot Rail’s industrial development portfolio.
“Tony Evett brings a rare combination of technical expertise, strategic vision, and collaborative leadership to Patriot Rail,” Patriot Rail CEO Brandy Christian said in a news release.
“His extensive expertise in infrastructure and multimodal logistics — combined with his skill in stakeholder coordination — will make him a key driver of our growing industrial development priorities. Tony’s strategic alignment of engineering initiatives with economic growth is a major asset to our team.”
Evett was chief engineering officer at the Port of New Orleans, project manager at Volkert Inc. and quality control systems manager at Shaw Environmental, where he led quality assurance for a $1.3 billion flood control project. He began his career as a design engineer at the Texas Department of Transportation.
Evett has a bachelor’s in civil engineering from Alabama A&M University and is a licensed professional engineer in Louisiana. His experience includes design and permitting for the $1.8 billion Louisiana International Container Terminal.