About the Role
TYLin is seeking a Senior Airport Civil Engineer to join our Dallas–Fort Worth 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 Texas and the South-Central U.S. You will play a key role in delivering impactful airfield and landside projects while serving as a trusted advisor to airport authorities and public-sector clients.
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 (TxDOT Aviation Division and local municipalities).
- 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 DFW Airport, Dallas Love Field, and regional municipal airports.
- Support proposal preparation, technical narratives, fee development, and client presentations.
- Contribute to strategic growth initiatives across the Texas aviation market.
- Support or lead scope development, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated aviation solutions.
- Provide construction-phase services including RFI responses, submittal reviews, and field observations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Texas (or ability to obtain).
- 10–15 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, and utility coordination.
- Demonstrated experience supporting or leading proposals and business development.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in client-facing environments.
Skills
- Autodesk Civil 3D
- FAA airfield geometry
- Grading and drainage design
- Pavement design
- Utility coordination
- Proposal preparation
- Business development
- Client-facing communication
Location
- Dallas–Fort Worth
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10-15 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Texas
Salary/Compensations
- $110,000 - $160,000 annually
Benefits
- Extensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage
- Continuing education benefits
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
- Retirement savings plan with company matching contributions
About the Company
- TYLin is a globally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm committed to providing innovative, cost-effective, constructible designs for the global infrastructure market.
- With over 3,000 employees throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe, the firm provides support on projects of varying size and complexity.
- Together, we enhance conventional designs with smarter, more resilient systems.
- We provide people with better mobility.
- We steward precious resources by finding more sustainable solutions.
- At TYLin, we build careers through meaningful project exposure and technical excellence.
- In Dallas–Fort Worth, you will work in a high-growth aviation market where growth is driven by expansion of major international hubs and rapidly developing regional airports.
- A culture of mentorship strengthens technical capability.
- Collaboration across disciplines leads to innovative, resilient infrastructure solutions.
- Creativity and sustainability are embedded in our aviation practice.
- TYLin offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- Collaboration, mission-driven focus, discipline, and leadership skills developed through military service benefit us all.
- Sidara is a leading, privately-owned professional services group with a diverse history and a global presence.
- Sidara world-class planning, design, engineering, and project management firms are dedicated to achieving our clients’ ambitions and supporting sustainable communities worldwide.
- The Global Infrastructure division is comprised of 5,000 people operating in 21 countries.
Equal Opportunity
- TYLin is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, provincial, state or local laws.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
