Aviation Project Engineer
Company: Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.
Role summary
Aviation Project Engineer is a full-time role at Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. in Charleston, South Carolina, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-10-10. Experience level: 5-10.
- Job title
- Aviation Project Engineer
- Company
- Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.
- Location
- Charleston, South Carolina, United States
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Software Engineering
- Experience level
- 5-10
- Date posted
- 2026-10-10
This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in aviation engineering with a well-established, employee-owned firm. You'll work on diverse projects and have the chance to take on more responsibility as you develop your skills.
Job description
Job Description
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #45 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms.
JMT is seeking a motivated individual who desires increasing responsibilities in designing and managing commercial, military, and general aviation projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for technical civil aviation and/or aviation facilities design, task and project management, staff oversight, and project schedules, budgets, and team coordination. Candidate must be well-versed in aviation design and construction standards (FAA minimum, FAA and DoD preferred). The ideal candidate will be a knowledgeable aviation civil engineer with design experience, construction knowledge, and project management skills.
The successful candidate will be expected to effectively oversee and mentor developing staff, provide project status updates to department management, and support coordination with clients and subconsultants. Work assignments may include, but are not limited to, management of small to medium design tasks, management of components of large design projects, technical design of engineering tasks. Project types include airport runway, taxiway and apron design ds well as facility projects such as Terminal building development, facilities repair and/or retrofit projects. Tasks typically include contract drawing development, design and construction schedule development, construction cost estimating, technical specification development, and meeting coordination (internal and external stakeholders).
Assignments will be performed through a working knowledge of application design criteria, regulatory requirements, and standards and processes. The candidate will be expected to manage multiple design assignments, including oversight and direction of design staff and coordination with clients and subconsultants; support the development of task/project scopes of work and personnel hour estimates, support the development and maintenance of project schedules and budgets; design and review critical design elements, and incorporating feedback and comments from design reviews.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
AutoCAD Civil 3D surface model design and analysis
Construction Cost Estimates
Construction Quantity Take-offs
Airfield Civil Engineering Contract Document Development (Plans, Specifications, and Estimates)
Construction Safety and Phasing Plan Development
Completion and Filing of Form 7460s
Project Meeting Coordination (Organize and Run Meetings)
Maintain current department organizational and quality control standards and update as and where necessary.
Project Scheduling, Budgeting, and Staffing
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