Airfield & Civil Engineering Project Leader

Poulos-; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pape-Dawson Engineers in Shreveport, LA is seeking a Project Manager to lead civil engineering projects, balancing technical quality with leadership and client satisfaction. The role requires coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing scope, schedule, budget, and quality, and maintaining strong client relationships.

You will oversee airfield design initiatives, mentor staff, and support business development while ensuring compliance with FAA standards and project deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited program.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.).
• Minimum of 5 years (6 preferred) managing projects from conception through completion.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, budgets, schedules, teams, deliverables, and client expectations.
• Strong leadership, mentorship, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate project teams to deliver high-quality work in accordance with scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Manage project execution, including scopes, budgets, schedules, risks, deliverables, and resource coordination across concurrent assignments.
• Provide technical leadership and quality oversight for deliverables, including plans, reports, calculations, specifications, estimates, and other technical documentation as applicable.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary team members, subconsultants, clients, agencies, and stakeholders to resolve issues and support timely project delivery.
• Build and maintain trusted client and stakeholder relationships through responsive communication, sound judgment, and solution-oriented problem solving.
• Support business development and pursuit activities, including scope development, proposals, qualifications, interviews, teaming, and other client development efforts as applicable.
• Mentor and develop engineers, designers, analysts, and other technical staff through day-to-day direction, feedback, and professional development support.
• Demonstrate accountability for recurring responsibilities, deadlines, team productivity, responsiveness, quality, and financial stewardship while fostering strong working relationships.
• Lead the planning and design of airfield improvements, including runways, taxiways, aprons, grading and drainage, airfield lighting and signage, and NAVAIDs coordination.
• Oversee preparation of aviation plans, specifications, estimates, technical reports, and design calculations in accordance with applicable FAA standards and advisory circulars.
• Direct airfield geometry, pavement, stormwater, utility coordination, and related technical design activities.
• Guide construction phasing and safety planning for operating airports and support bid- and construction-phase services.
• Coordinate with airport sponsors, FAA representatives, and other aviation stakeholders to obtain approvals and address review comments.

Job description

Pape-Dawson Engineers in Shreveport, LA is seeking a Project Manager to lead civil engineering projects, balancing technical quality with leadership and client satisfaction. The role requires coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing scope, schedule, budget, and quality, and maintaining strong client relationships.

You will oversee airfield design initiatives, mentor staff, and support business development while ensuring compliance with FAA standards and project deliverables.