Aeronautics Central Region Engineer

Minnesota DOT; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 paid holidays

Paid vacation days

Defined pension plan

Paid life insurance

Some teleworking may be available

Job summary

Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is seeking a Regional Engineer in the Office of Aeronautics to lead planning, programming, and administering state and federal grant-in-aid programs for about 45 public airports. You will work with two regional teams, provide oversight and policy guidance for environmental reviews, coordination, and compliance, and travel within Minnesota as needed.

This role supports airport development, CIP maintenance, and engagement at events such as workshops

Qualifications

• Licensure as a professional engineer with AELSLAGID (Minnesota).
• Experience applying engineering principles, practices, techniques and methods.
• Experience managing transportation projects.
• Experience in contract administration, including grants and compliance with funding policies.

Responsibilities

• Determine eligibility of airport projects for federal or state funding and ensure environmental requirements are met.
• Review reimbursement requests and project documents for compliance with applicable standards and requirements.
• Provide technical advice to cities, counties, and airport authorities to support comprehensive airport development.
• Meet with airport owners and consultants in the region to collect and maintain a CIP for the State Airport System.
• Reviewing and commenting on Airport Master Plans and associated plans to ensure timelines and standards are met.
• Provide content expertise and guest speaker services for educational outreach at events and workshops.

Skills

Professional Engineer Licensure

Engineering principles

Transportation project management

Contract administration

Job description

As a Regional Engineer in MnDOT’s Office of Aeronautics, you will provide direction and leadership in planning, programming, and administering state and federal grant-in-aid programs for approximately 45 public airports to ensure a safe and viable air transportation system is developed, maintained, and promoted. You will work closely with two other regional teams and provide programmatic oversight and policy guidance for statewide initiatives such as environmental reviews, coordination, and compliance. This position will occasionally travel in a small aircraft to meet with customer groups. This position requires travel within Minnesota approximately 20% of the time.

Some responsibilities include:

• Determining eligibility of airport projects for federal or state funding and ensuring project justifications are complete and environmental requirements are met.
• Reviewing reimbursement requests and project documents for airport projects for compliance with applicable standards and requirements.
• Providing technical advice to cities, counties, and airport authorities to support comprehensive airport development.
• Meeting with airport owners and consultants in the assigned region to collect and maintain a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for the State Airport System.
• Reviewing and providing comments on Airport Master Plans (MP), associated Airport Layout Plans (ALP), construction safety plans, construction project designs, and other engineering documents to ensure final plans meet expectations, timelines, and standards.
• Providing content expertise, materials, and guest speaker services for educational outreach at events such as AirTAP workshops, the Annual Airports Conference, EAA AirVenture, FAA workshops, and others.

WHY WORK FOR US

We offer excellent employee benefits, such as low-cost health and dental insurance, and affordable dependent coverage. Other benefits include:

• 12 paid holidays per year
• Earn up to 29 paid vacation days a year
• Earn 13 days paid sick time
• Defined pension plan
• Paid life insurance
• Some teleworking may be available

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Licensure as a professional engineer with the Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (AELSLAGID).
• Experience in applying engineering principles, practices, techniques and methods.
• Experience managing transportation projects.
• Experience in contract administration, including managing grant agreements and ensuring compliance with funding policies and procedures.