Senior Airport Civil Engineer

Job Summary

TYLin is seeking a Senior Airport Civil Engineer to join our Los Angeles office. This role is ideal for a technically strong and client-focused professional with 10+ years of progressive civil engineering experience, including significant exposure to airport infrastructure projects across California and the Western U.S.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, design, and delivery of airport civil infrastructure projects, including runways, taxiways, aprons, grading, drainage, utilities, and landside improvements.
• Prepare and oversee detailed engineering designs, specifications, and construction documentation.
• Utilize Autodesk Civil 3D for surface modeling, grading design, corridor development, and drawing production.
• Ensure compliance with FAA regulations, AC 150 standards, TSA requirements, and applicable state and local agency criteria (Caltrans Division of Aeronautics and local jurisdictions).
• Integrate sustainability, resiliency, and stormwater compliance requirements specific to California environmental regulations.
• Provide technical oversight, mentor junior staff, and conduct quality reviews to ensure design excellence.
• Serve as a client-facing representative of TYLin, building strong relationships with airport authorities such as Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), regional municipal airports, and other Southern California aviation agencies.
• Support proposal preparation, technical narratives, fee development, and client presentations.
• Contribute to strategic growth initiatives across the California aviation market.
• Support or lead scope development, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams—including environmental, structural, airside operations, and landside transportation—to deliver integrated aviation solutions.
• Provide construction-phase services including RFI responses, submittal reviews, field observations, and coordination with airport operations to minimize disruption in active airfield environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in California (or ability to obtain).
• 10+ years of progressive civil engineering experience with strong airport project involvement.
• Advanced proficiency in Autodesk Civil 3D.
• Strong knowledge of FAA airfield geometry, grading and drainage design, pavement design, utility coordination, and California stormwater compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading proposals and business development efforts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in complex, stakeholder-driven environments.