Senior Airfield Engineer

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Your impact

At Jacobs, we push the limits of what’s possible to make the world smarter and more connected. As part of our continuous support to many strategic and world class clients around the Middle East, we provide technical and managerial support on major aviation development and strategic studies. Our team includes innovators and the best in the industry working proactively with our clients to shape new strategies and to find out-of-the-box solutions every day.

Are you interested in supporting our aviation growth story and making a contribution to our clients?

Our aviation team in the Middle East is experiencing exciting growth and we have a need for a strong Senior Airfield Engineer to provide technical expertise and support in airfield and airport infrastructure related design projects.

You will be required to meet project milestones and quality of deliverables, and you will be seen as a specialist in the field of Airfield engineering with the company sharing expertise and solving complex technical and phasing issues in addition, your duties will be to manage client relationships and a multidisciplinary design team and in delivering designs of airfield projects.

Experience Is Required To Include

• Design of Airfield Geometry (horizontal & vertical design)
• Coordination with other disciplines like drainage, AGL, structures and pavement
• Preparation of Construction Phasing strategies in operational airports
• Preparation of design reports and presentations
• Grading of airfield
• Consultancy experience in Scheme and Detailed designs
• Well versed with ICAO standards
• Proficiency in spoken and written technical English, report writing and synopses
  
  
  

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

As a successful candidate you will have a degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent, registration as a Professional/Chartered Engineer is preferred and you will have proven experience as a technical professional on projects. You will also possess the following-

• At least 8 years’ experience with airfield engineering projects
• Experience working on large aviation (or similar) projects is required
• Must demonstrate experience with airfield engineering and terminal interface issues
• Knowledge of airfield runways, taxiways and apron design and planning aspects is required
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams is required
  
  
  

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