Airport Project Lead | Civil Engineer

Short-Elliott-Hendrickson; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-owned

Professional development

Work-life balance

Flexible holidays

Paid family leave

Job summary

Short-Elliott-Hendrickson (SEH) is seeking an Airports Engineer / Project Manager to join our Airports team. As an employee-owned firm, SEH offers a collaborative culture, career development, and opportunities to work on impactful airport infrastructure projects.

The role leads planning, design, and delivery of runways, taxiways, aprons, and related facilities; you will manage scopes, schedules, budgets, and teams, while ensuring FAA standards and funding requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain Minnesota licensure.
• Experience with FAA requirements, funding programs, or airport design standards.
• Experience in airport planning, design, or construction projects.
• Ability to travel for on-site observations and meetings, including overnight travel.
• Experience coordinating project scope, schedule, budget, and team.
• Experience collaborating with clients, agencies, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of applicable engineering standards, design requirements, and construction practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to planning, design, and delivery of airport infrastructure projects.
• Manage airport projects through development phases with scope, schedules, budgets, and resources.
• Prepare construction plans, specs, bidding documents, studies, reports, estimates, and docs.
• Collaborate with clients, engineers, planners, agencies, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Apply airport design standards and regulatory requirements during development and construction.
• Support federal and state funding and grant-related activities.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to engineers and team.
• Support construction-phase activities with clients and contractors.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships for long-term infrastructure needs.
• Foster an empowered team environment with accountability and collaboration.

Skills

Strong written and verbalcommunication

Experience managing engineeringProjecs

Experience working collaborativelywith

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related engineering discipline

Professional Engineer (PE) license or Minnesota licensure

Tools

FAA requirements experience

Airport design standards experience

Job description

Short-Elliott-Hendrickson (SEH) is seeking an Airports Engineer / Project Manager to join our Airports team. As an employee-owned firm, SEH offers a collaborative culture, career development, and opportunities to work on impactful airport infrastructure projects.

The role leads planning, design, and delivery of runways, taxiways, aprons, and related facilities; you will manage scopes, schedules, budgets, and teams, while ensuring FAA standards and funding requirements are met.