Senior Civil Engineer, Aviation

Sidara•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

TYLin is seeking an experienced, highly motivated Airfield Senior Civil Engineer for anticipated opportunities expected to arise over the next 3–6 months. Although an immediate vacancy may not be available, the firm is building relationships with professionals interested in joining its growing Aviation team as project and hiring needs develop. The role leads the planning, design, and delivery of complex airport infrastructure projects, including airfield development, rehabilitation, and expansion involving runways, taxiways, aprons, aircraft parking areas, lighting and utilities, grading and drainage, pavement systems, service roads, and related aviation infrastructure. The engineer leads technical assignments and work packages, manages discipline delivery, and serves as a technical resource to clients, project teams, and developing professionals. Work is performed collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and involves client engagement, technical leadership, project delivery, and mentoring.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
Professional Engineer license required, with the ability to obtain licensure in other states.
Approximately 12 or more years of progressive civil engineering experience, including significant airport or aviation infrastructure experience.
Demonstrated airport design experience, including runway and taxiway geometry, grading, drainage, pavement, utilities, aircraft movements and parking, and landside airport civil improvements.
Strong knowledge of FAA design standards, Advisory Circulars, airport development requirements, and AIP-funded project processes.
Proficiency with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and common engineering design and documentation tools.
Experience preparing or reviewing plans, specifications, cost estimates, technical reports, design criteria, and construction documents.
Experience supporting project delivery through work planning, scheduling, budgeting, quality management, and multidisciplinary coordination.
Strong understanding of constructability, phasing, airport operations, safety, and maintaining continuity of airport operations during construction.
Experience with proposals, scope development, fee preparation, client presentations, and business development.
Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to travel to airports, project sites, client offices, and industry events as needed.
Commitment to integrity, innovation, collaboration, inclusion, and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

Lead planning, design, and delivery of complex airfield and airport civil engineering projects from concept development through construction.
Serve as the airfield civil discipline lead on multidisciplinary project teams and coordinate with aviation planners, architects, structural engineers, environmental specialists, electrical engineers, surveyors, geotechnical engineers, and construction professionals.
Develop and review airfield geometrics, horizontal and vertical alignments, grading, drainage, stormwater management, pavement systems, utilities, erosion control, access roads, and aircraft parking layouts.
Prepare and oversee engineering plans, specifications, technical memoranda, reports, cost estimates, design criteria, bid documents, and construction phasing plans.
Apply FAA standards and Advisory Circulars, airport design criteria, applicable state and local requirements, TSA considerations, and Airport Improvement Program requirements to project development and delivery.
Lead technical analyses and evaluate alternatives to develop safe, efficient, sustainable, constructible, and cost-effective solutions.
Provide technical direction and quality oversight for design production using AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and related engineering software.
Establish and maintain project work plans, schedules, budgets, deliverables, and quality-control procedures for assigned work.
Develop scopes of work, fee proposals, task orders, amendments, risk identification, change management, and client presentations.
Participate in airport stakeholder coordination, agency reviews, design workshops, operational planning, and client meetings.
Provide construction-phase services, including responses to requests for information, submittal reviews, site observations, field investigations, and support for claims or design changes.
Build and maintain effective relationships with airport owners, airlines, regulatory agencies, contractors, subconsultants, and internal project teams.
Mentor, coach, and develop engineers and designers, promoting technical excellence, knowledge sharing, and consistent project delivery practices.