Airfield Design Engineer

Overview

AtkinsRéalis’ Aviation team is looking for an experienced Airfield Design Engineer for the GTC – Mumbai Office. In this role, you will support the Senior Airfield Design Engineer across Aviation assignments. The Airfield Design Engineer will contribute to the delivery of airfield civil engineering design and maintenance projects across all design phases—starting with feasibility/option studies, progressing through detailed design, and continuing through construction—serving a range of clients in the UK, ME, and overseas.

Your role

• Carry out airfield pavement design and evaluation for flexible and rigid pavements. Perform aircraft movement and apron stand planning analyses.
• Undertake obstacle limitation surface (OLS) and safeguarding assessments.
• Deliver grading, drainage, and earthwork design for airside facilities. Assess aircraft compatibility and airside operational requirements.
• Create conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs for Runways, Taxiways, Aprons and aircraft stands, Rapid exit taxiways, Airside service roads and De-icing and maintenance areas.
• Produce airfield geometry layouts in line with ICAO, FAA, EASA and other relevant standards. Conduct airfield capacity and operational assessments. Support airport master planning studies and expansion initiatives.
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams. Liaise with airport operators, airlines, aviation authorities, and stakeholders. Assist with design reviews, value engineering, and constructability assessments.
• Prepare design reports, calculations, technical specifications, tender documentation, and Bill of Quantities (BOQ), including construction drawings. Ensure alignment with project quality management systems. Ensure designs comply with ICAO Annex 14, ICAO Aerodrome Design Manual (ADM), FAA Advisory Circulars, EASA Certification Specifications, DGCA and local aviation authority regulations.

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Airport Engineering. Master's degree in Transportation, Aviation, or Airport Planning.
• Strong practical experience with Autodesk Civil 3D & AutoCAD.
• Thorough knowledge of airfield geometric design, airport master planning, pavement design (using FAA/ICAO methodologies), airside operational planning, aircraft stand planning, obstacle limitation surface analysis, grading and drainage design, construction support, and design management.
• BIM workflows and data management
• Experience on UK / Middle East / International Airport projects is preferred.
• Capability to work both independently and collaboratively within a BIM team.
• Experience with AviPLAN/AutoTURN.
• Experience with Bentley OpenAirport.
• Knowledge of ACC / ProjectWise, Navisworks, and clash detection workflows.
• Familiarity with scripting or automation (Dynamo, Lisp, etc.) is a plus.

About AtkinsRéalis

We are AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We bring together people, data and technology to help transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. With our industry partners and clients, and our global group of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can help shape the future. We are committed to supporting clients across our end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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