Senior Pavement Engineer & Project Lead – Remote

ARA Brand; Tyndall Air Force Base (FL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ARA is seeking an experienced civil engineer with pavement expertise to join the Engineering Science Division at Tyndall AFB, Florida. The role involves leading design, analysis, and evaluation for airfields and contingency environments, with opportunities for field testing and occasional travel.

Ideal candidates bring 12+ years of civil engineering experience, strong publication track record, and proven seller-doer skills in business development and proposals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with 12+ years of experience, or equivalent (master's degree with 10+ years, or PhD with 8+ years).
• Expertise in pavement engineering, including mechanistic pavement modeling, statistics and data analysis, nondestructive pavement evaluation, pavement management, and development of software tools and decision-support frameworks (coding experience is a plus).
• Proven success as a “seller-doer,” to include business development and marketing, writing winning proposals, and managing projects.
• Established presence in the pavement engineering community. Publication in peer-reviewed journals and relevant professional or industry conference presentations is desired.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills.
• Must be a US citizen.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering design, analysis, and evaluation activities for airfields, operational surfaces, and contingency environments.
• Oversee advanced investigations, develop mechanistic and empirical pavement models, direct engineering design efforts, support project execution, and ensure conformance to engineering specifications and client expectations.
• Our team works across the full spectrum of pavement engineering: mechanistic modeling, laboratory and field testing, nondestructive evaluation, pavement management systems, accelerated pavement solutions, and development of software tools and decision-support frameworks.
• Occasional travel and outdoor work (field testing) may be required.
• Lead successful proposal writing efforts in response to RFPs/RFQs and other solicitations.

Skills

Pavement engineering

Mechanistic modeling

Statistics & data analysis

Nondestructive evaluation

Pavement management

Software tools dev

Coding experience

Business development

Proposal writing

Project management

Publications

Communication skills

Organizational skills

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Master’s degree in Civil Engineering

PhD in Civil Engineering

Tools

Coding experience

Job description

ARA is seeking an experienced civil engineer with pavement expertise to join the Engineering Science Division at Tyndall AFB, Florida. The role involves leading design, analysis, and evaluation for airfields and contingency environments, with opportunities for field testing and occasional travel.

Ideal candidates bring 12+ years of civil engineering experience, strong publication track record, and proven seller-doer skills in business development and proposals.