Airports Engineer & PM — Employee-Owned Leader

Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Incorporated; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-owned company

Career development programs

Work-life balance

Flexible holidays

Paid Family Leave

Job summary

Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Incorporated (SEH) seeks an Airports Engineer / Project Manager to join our Airports team, leading planning, design, and delivery of runways, taxiways, aprons, buildings, utilities, and other airfield improvements.

You will coordinate with clients, engineers, planners, agencies, contractors, and other stakeholders to deliver projects on time and within budget while complying with FAA standards and funding requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain Minnesota licensure.
• Experience working with FAA requirements, funding programs, or airport design standards.
• Demonstrated experience with airport planning, design, and/or construction projects.
• Ability to travel for on-site observations, team meetings, client consultations, etc., including overnight travel.
• Experience managing engineering projects, including coordination of scope, schedule, budget, and project teams.
• Experience working with clients, agencies, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to the planning, design, and delivery of airport infrastructure projects (runways, taxiways, aprons, buildings, utilities, and airfields).
• Manage airport projects through development phases with scope, schedules, budgets, technical resources, and deliverables.
• Prepare and oversee construction plans, specs, bidding docs, technical studies, reports, estimates, and other project documentation.
• Collaborate with clients, engineers, planners, agencies, contractors, and other stakeholders to identify needs and develop solutions.
• Apply airport design standards, engineering principles, and regulatory requirements throughout project development and construction.
• Support federal and state funding and grant-related project activities.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to engineers and team members.
• Support construction-phase activities with coordination among clients, contractors, and agencies.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships and identify long-term infrastructure opportunities.
• Foster an empowered team environment with accountability and collaboration.

Skills

Project management

Client relationship management

FAA regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Job description

Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Incorporated (SEH) seeks an Airports Engineer / Project Manager to join our Airports team, leading planning, design, and delivery of runways, taxiways, aprons, buildings, utilities, and other airfield improvements.

You will coordinate with clients, engineers, planners, agencies, contractors, and other stakeholders to deliver projects on time and within budget while complying with FAA standards and funding requirements.