Port of Everett Marina Operations Director Jim Weber Announces Retirement After Over 43 Years

We are wishing Jim Weber a happy retirement after 43 years full-time with the Port of Everett, making him the longest-working Port employee on record. He will retire on July 31.

More impressively, Jim has worked at the Port for a total of 47 years. He started here when he was 16 years old as a summer seasonal worker during his high school and college years, coming on full-time in 1980 with the Marina Maintenance staff. He was promoted to Maintenance Journeyman, and then to the Marina Maintenance Foreman. He is finishing his career as the Marina Operations Director, a position he has held for many years now.

Throughout his Port career, Weber helped design, build, maintain and upgrade many of the Marina’s facilities and projects. From the South, Central and North Marinas to the Jetty Landing Boat Launch, Jetty Island Docks and Boxcar Park, Weber was involved with all of them. He also helped design the Craftsman District Boatyard and Office and was part of the Waterfront Place project planning team.

Weber was involved with and enjoyed the many events at the Port throughout the years. He helped start Wheels on the Waterfront, Sail-In Cinema, Holiday on the Bay and the waterfront concerts. He also attended Opening Day of Boating and fishing derby events, among others.

Weber is very proud of the Marina Operations and Office staff. They have received many awards for running the largest public marina on the West Coast, including earning the national title in 2019 as Marina of the Year by Marina Dock Age — a huge honor for the Port.

When he thinks back to what the Marina was when he started to what it has become today, he is very proud of what our Port team has accomplished.

“When I started here, the Central Marina was the only basin,” he said. “Look at us now!”

Weber said he will miss his Marina and Port family, including all of the marina slipholders, yacht clubs and professional contacts that he has considered family and great friends over four decades.

“The Port staff and boaters have always been like family to me,” Weber said. “That is what has always made this a special place for me.”

Thank you for your 43+ years of service, Jim! We’ll miss you too! Enjoy your well-deserved retirement!