Aviation Facilities & Infrastructure Principal Engineer - Civil

Port of Seattle•SeaTac, WA

11h

About The Position

As an Aviation Facilities & Infrastructure Principal Engineer – Civil, you will manage and coordinate airport systems with large-scale capital projects and long-term master planning to accommodate projected growth. You will coordinate, plan, and implement facility-wide systems at system level, serving as an advanced subject matter expert for civil infrastructure and systems. You will serve as the primary lead of critical regulatory systems and develop compliance and incident response. You will lead developing and defining the asset management program for civil assets. You will conduct annual inventory and verification for financial regulatory requirements and develop renewal and replacement programs for systems. You will develop requirements and perform project management responsibilities for expense planning studies and present information to executive leadership. You will lead the development of preventative maintenance programs for operations and maintenance of civil infrastructure and systems to maintain aviation operations and maximize life cycle of systems. You will develop, maintain, and govern civil design guidelines and standards for complex or critical facility and infrastructure. You will conduct the integration of new methods, systems, technologies, materials, programs, or processes including research of innovative or specialized solutions. You will strategically initiate and sponsor capital programs to support comprehensive infrastructure plan and implement design vision to provide critical input to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) required capital development plan. You will perform advisory and infrastructure system planning work and approve or deny variance requests to existing infrastructure. You will be the subject matter expert and key stakeholder involved in sustainable framework decision analysis and total cost of ownership decision analysis tools.

Requirements

Experienced – You have twelve (12) years of experience with infrastructure planning, design, integration, modeling, maintenance, construction, and/or project management related to facilities. A bachelor’s degree in engineering may be substituted for four (4) years of experience. You also have one (1) year of supervisory/lead/mentor experience including leading a project or process.
License – You have a Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Committed to Equity – You will apply equity and exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices in all aspects of the work. At the Port of Seattle, equity is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all Port employees.
Excellent Communicator – You have excellent verbal, written, presentation, and active listening communication skills. You can convey complex and technical details to individuals with varying degrees of technical knowledge.
Leader – You can demonstrate effective leadership skills to mentor and advise staff, including supervisory duties. You will provide oversight and review complex system models or options analysis and evaluate results and recommend corrections.
Collaborative – You can develop and maintain effective working relationships to gain trust and establish credibility at all organizational levels. You have advanced coordination skills to reconcile conflicting stakeholder interests in capital programs.
Innovative – You can analyze and synthesize information from a variety of sources. You can improve processes and develop and implement innovative improvement to complex infrastructure.

Nice To Haves

We hope you have a bachelor’s degree in engineering.
We also hope you have Water Distribution Manager (WDM) certification.

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate airport systems with large-scale capital projects and long-term master planning to accommodate projected growth.
Coordinate, plan, and implement facility-wide systems at system level, serving as an advanced subject matter expert for civil infrastructure and systems.
Serve as the primary lead of critical regulatory systems and develop compliance and incident response.
Lead developing and defining the asset management program for civil assets.
Conduct annual inventory and verification for financial regulatory requirements and develop renewal and replacement programs for systems.
Develop requirements and perform project management responsibilities for expense planning studies and present information to executive leadership.
Lead the development of preventative maintenance programs for operations and maintenance of civil infrastructure and systems to maintain aviation operations and maximize life cycle of systems.
Develop, maintain, and govern civil design guidelines and standards for complex or critical facility and infrastructure.
Conduct the integration of new methods, systems, technologies, materials, programs, or processes including research of innovative or specialized solutions.
Strategically initiate and sponsor capital programs to support comprehensive infrastructure plan and implement design vision to provide critical input to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) required capital development plan.
Perform advisory and infrastructure system planning work and approve or deny variance requests to existing infrastructure.
Be the subject matter expert and key stakeholder involved in sustainable framework decision analysis and total cost of ownership decision analysis tools.