Maddy McKenzie
Maddy McKenzie currently serves as our Seattle University (SU) Liaison. As one of our university liaisons she provides guidance, advice and networking events to prepare the students to enter the workforce after graduation. She organized a Career Fair in February and is presently leading the Seattle YMF's first FE Review Course this summer.
Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, she moved to Seattle six years ago to attend Seattle University, graduating with a BSCE in 2018. While at Seattle University, she became involved in the student chapter of ASCE through the concrete canoe team, eventually becoming captain her senior year. She now works as a Construction Engineer for Parsons Transportation Group and is currently consulting for the Port of Seattle on the Sea-Tac Airport International Arrivals Facility.
Outside of work (in quarantine) you can find her cooking through celebrity recipes, taking virtual cocktail classes, and cheering every night at 8PM for our incredible healthcare workers.
On civil engineering...
"Engineering is what makes society possible. Buildings, bridges, roads, and treatment facilities keep society moving and growing and I am grateful to have the opportunity to see my work in action after a project is completed. During my internship I worked on some UW projects and I loved walking through campus looking at functional buildings that used to be just drawings on my computer."
On being a construction engineer...
"My project is adding a new international arrivals processing facility to Sea-Tac Airport which includes a sterile corridor at the A gates and a new skybridge over the taxi lane to the South Satellite. We are considered 'essential construction" because we are working on the airport - an essential facility. As the pandemic continued and passenger/flight traffic significantly decreased my project was granted additional opportunities to advance the schedule by closing more airport spaces for construction at the same time, which normally would not be possible while keeping Sea-Tac at the required level of operation."