Engineering Contractor

PDS Tech Commercial; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401K plan

Commuter benefits

Job summary

PDS Tech Commercial in Savannah, GA seeks an Engineering Contractor to lead major, highly complex aviation projects with broad scope and independent technical authority.

You will make high-impact decisions, apply advanced engineering principles, and help shape standards and practices across disciplines while driving performance, cost, and schedule improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related curriculum or equivalent experience to perform the role.
• 13 years of experience in a specific technical engineering discipline, or 15 years across multiple disciplines with a bachelor’s.
• Ability to independently lead complex engineering projects and make high-impact technical decisions.
• Advanced technical expertise and applying engineering principles to difficult problems.
• Strong judgment, problem-solving, and ability to work with limited direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead major engineering projects of significant complexity within scope.
• Make technical decisions with substantial impact on broader activities.
• Apply advanced principles and concepts with extensive expertise.
• Develop innovative engineering principles, ideas, and solutions.
• Identify and implement methods to optimize performance, quality, cost, and schedule.
• Exercise independent judgment under consultative direction to meet objectives.
• Develop engineering standards, methodologies, and technical guides.
• Lead investigations into critical engineering areas with limited precedents.

Skills

Leadership

Independent judgment

Problem solving

Technical expertise

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Job description

Engineering Leaders Wanted: Take on Aviation’s Most Complex Challenges

Engineering Contractor | Savannah, GA

PDS Tech Commercial | Aviation Industry

Job Type: Full-Time, Contract

Schedule: 1st Shift | 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Pay Rate: $80.52 per hour

Bring Your Expertise to the Forefront of Aviation Innovation

PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a leader in the aviation industry to hire an accomplished Engineering Contractor in Savannah, Georgia.

This is an opportunity for a highly experienced engineering professional to take ownership of major, technically complex projects where your decisions, expertise, and innovative thinking can have a significant impact. You’ll tackle critical engineering challenges that require advanced technical solutions, influence engineering standards and practices, and help drive improvements across product performance, cost, and schedule.

If you’re ready to apply years of engineering expertise to challenges where precedents may not yet exist, this could be the next step in your career.

What You’ll Do

As an Engineering Contractor, you will work with a high degree of independence and technical authority. Your responsibilities will include:

• Take responsibility for major engineering projects of significant complexity within established scope.
• Make technical decisions and recommendations that have a substantial impact on broader engineering activities.
• Apply advanced engineering principles, theories, and concepts using extensive expertise or specialized technical knowledge.
• Lead the development of innovative engineering principles, ideas, and solutions.
• Identify and implement improved methods and procedures to optimize technical performance, product quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
• Exercise independent judgment while working under consultative direction to achieve project and program objectives.
• Develop engineering standards, methodologies, and technical guides for diverse activities.
• Conceive, plan, and lead investigations into critical engineering areas where established precedents may be limited or nonexistent.
• Collaborate across technical disciplines to solve challenging engineering problems.
• Perform additional duties as assigned in support of program and organizational objectives.

Required Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related curriculum applicable to the position, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the role.
• 13 years of experience within a specific technical engineering discipline, or
• 15 years of broad engineering experience across multiple technical disciplines with a bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex engineering projects and make high-impact technical decisions.
• Advanced technical expertise and the ability to apply engineering principles to challenging or unprecedented problems.
• Strong judgment, problem-solving capabilities, and the ability to operate effectively with limited direction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Advanced or specialized expertise applicable to the engineering discipline and program.
• Experience developing innovative solutions, engineering standards, processes, or technical methodologies.
• Proven experience influencing technical direction on large-scale, complex engineering programs.

Advanced Degree Experience Credit:

Relevant advanced degrees may receive experience credit of up to 2 years for a master’s degree and 4 years for a PhD, when applicable to the position.

Why Join Us?

At PDS Tech Commercial, we connect exceptional professionals with opportunities to contribute to some of the most exciting and technically challenging programs in the aviation industry.

This role offers the opportunity to:

• Earn a highly competitive rate of $80.52 per hour.
• Work with an established leader in aviation.
• Take ownership of complex, high-impact engineering projects.
• Apply your expertise to challenges requiring innovation, creativity, and advanced technical thinking.
• Influence engineering practices, standards, and technical direction.
• Work alongside talented professionals committed to engineering excellence.
• Build valuable experience within one of the world’s most demanding and innovative industries.

This isn’t simply an opportunity to support an engineering program. It’s an opportunity to help shape solutions to some of aviation’s most challenging technical problems.

Pay Details: $80.52 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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