Project Manager - Aviation and Transportation
About the Role
Infrastructure Engineering Inc. (IEI) is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead aviation and transportation infrastructure projects from planning and design through construction support and closeout. You will serve as the primary client contact, lead multidisciplinary teams, and be accountable for technical quality, client satisfaction, schedules, budgets, and contract compliance.
Your work will include airfield improvements such as runways, taxiways, and aprons. You will lead engineering studies, construction plans, and phasing plans, and coordinate pavement, grading, stormwater, utilities, lighting, and electrical design.
What You Will Do
*Project and Client Leadership
*Develop scopes, fees, schedules, staffing plans, and deliverables. Support contract negotiations and monitor performance against agreed scope, schedule, and budget.
*Lead progress meetings, communicate risks and decisions, and resolve issues with clients and project teams. Manage requests for services outside the agreed scope.
*Coordinate with airport operators, airlines, the FAA, aviation tenants, utility providers, and consultants. Keep design and office leadership and the Project Principal informed. Attend client, stakeholder, and public meetings as needed.
*Aviation Technical Leadership
*Lead airside design, including runway, taxiway, and apron geometry; Portland cement concrete and other airfield pavement design; grading and earthwork; utilities; stormwater and drainage; erosion and sediment control; and stormwater pollution prevention plans.
*Coordinate airfield lighting and electrical reviews with qualified staff. Oversee calculations, plans, specifications, estimates, reports, studies, and permit applications. Assemble coordinated plan sets for each milestone.
*Apply FAA Advisory Circulars, Construction Safety and Phasing Plan (CSPP) requirements and best practices, FAARFIELD pavement design, OEAAA submittal procedures, FAA MOS guidance, and 14 CFR Part 77 navigable airspace requirements, as applicable.
*Ensure deliverables meet applicable FAA, DOT, airport, client, and regulatory standards. Conduct constructability and value engineering reviews, sign and seal documents under your responsible charge as permitted by licensure, and provide site observation as needed.
*Quality and Risk Management
*Lead quality assurance and quality control reviews. Monitor staffing, technical progress, financial performance, and risk. Maintain organized project records.
*Review contract risks and confirm that executed contracts, notices to proceed, and applicable subconsultant agreements are in place before work begins.
Required Qualifications
*Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related engineering discipline from an accredited four-year college or university, or an approved equivalent.
*At least 10 years of project management experience, including at least five years supporting aviation and/or transportation infrastructure projects.
*Active Professional Engineer (PE) or Structural Engineer (SE) license appropriate to the assigned responsibilities.
*Experience leading multidisciplinary projects through planning, design, and construction support, and managing scope, fees, budgets, schedules, contracts, and client expectations.
*Experience applying FAA guidelines and procedures, including FAA Advisory Circulars, CSPP requirements, FAARFIELD pavement design, OEAAA submittals, FAA MOS, and Part 77. Working knowledge of applicable DOT and airport standards.
*Experience with airside design, airfield pavements, utilities, stormwater and drainage, and coordination of electrical design reviews. Ability to review and assemble constructible plan sets.
*Strong client service, written and verbal communication, organization, and judgment. Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining technical quality.
*Valid driver's license. An acceptable driving record is required when operating an IEI vehicle.
Preferred Qualifications
*Familiarity with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and its operating environment is highly preferred.
*Additional credentials such as LEED AP, Certified Floodplain Manager, or Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE).
*Benefits and Development
*IEI offers a competitive salary and bonus opportunities, flexible scheduling, medical, dental, and vision benefits, Personal Paid Leave, six weeks of parental leave, paid holidays, life and disability insurance, a 401(k) with employer match, and profit sharing. Employees also have access to assistance, referral, and appreciation programs, IEI University, professional development, and volunteer opportunities.
Work Environment
*The role combines computer-based work and occasional construction or airfield visits. Site visits may involve walking on uneven surfaces, standing, reaching, bending, and working outdoors in varying weather. Hearing protection or other protective equipment may be required. Some meetings may occur outside regular business hours.
Pay Range: $115,000 - $145,000 per hour
