Associate – Airfield Pavement

Job Summary

WSP seeks an experienced pavement engineer to lead the design, assessment, and rehabilitation of airport pavements for major aviation infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia. The role focuses on runway pavement rehabilitation, taxiways, aprons, and associated airside pavement infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of airport pavements including runways, taxiways, aprons, aircraft stands, shoulders, blast pads, and airside service roads
• Deliver runway pavement rehabilitation designs covering condition evaluation, structural assessment, rehabilitation strategies, overlay design, and reconstruction solutions
• Perform pavement engineering tasks including thickness design, flexible and rigid pavement design, overlay design, condition evaluations, life-cycle assessment, and materials selection
• Develop engineering solutions for both new airfield pavements and existing pavement upgrades and rehabilitation
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams including airfield civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, drainage, structural engineering, aviation planning, and construction teams
• Ensure pavement designs integrate with airport systems, operational requirements, safety constraints, and construction staging strategies
• Review and validate pavement design inputs such as traffic loading, aircraft movement data, subgrade parameters, and material properties
• Apply international and project-specific standards while adapting solutions to regional conditions in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
• Proven experience in airport pavement design on major aviation or airfield infrastructure projects
• Experience working on airport or aviation infrastructure projects in the Middle East, preferably Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, or wider GCC
• Strong experience in runway pavement rehabilitation including inspection, structural assessment, rehabilitation planning, and design of strengthening or reconstruction works
• Demonstrated technical capability across airfield pavement systems including runways, taxiways, aprons, and associated paved infrastructure
• Experience in pavement engineering covering both new build and rehabilitation or upgrade projects
• Familiarity with flexible and rigid pavements
• Ability to work within multidisciplinary design environments and manage interfaces across complex infrastructure projects
• Master’s degree in Pavement Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, or related field would be advantageous

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