Senior Project Manager- Aviation Construction

About the role

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for providing project management services to an assigned high-profile Aviation or Government & Defense client account to help achieve the company's strategic business objectives.

• Due to federal contract requirements, applicants must be U.S. citizens and capable of obtaining and maintaining a U.S. Public Trust security clearance. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the Public Trust investigation.

What You'll Do

• Manage all areas of project management for multiple projects. This includes planning, design, construction, occupancy, and closeout with respect to the delivery of specific site-based work for various projects.
• Work collaboratively alongside the Regional Project Managers Scheduler, Estimator, and Controller to manage the site.
• Interface with various internal and external stakeholder groups to align the necessary consultations and approvals.
• Works with the Delivery Director to manage the performance of the contractor and to escalate the necessary decisions.
• May work with the contractor to coordinate the required permits, approvals, and consents as well as to coordinate site logistics.
• Oversee the delivery of the works in line with scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk requirements.
• Coordinate the effective application of change control procedures and escalates decisions as required.
• Work collaboratively with the wider regional team to coordinate reviews, inspections, and approvals incl. design, health and safety, quality, environmental, security, etc.
• Work collaboratively with the wider regional team to coordinate procurement activities and contract management activities.
• Define the project delivery resources from pre-qualified lists or through the project qualification process. Conduct complex requests for proposals, complete bid evaluations, and recommend resources to clients.
• Facilitate the development of a charter and integrated timeline.
• Ensure all functions remain on schedule and issues get resolved or escalated.
• Facilitate regular meetings to review project status for active and pending projects.
• Collaborate to develop solutions and guide the project team through implementation and completion.
• Apply advanced knowledge to seek and develop new, better methods for accomplishing both individual and department objectives.
• Showcase expertise in own job discipline and in-depth knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function.
• Coach others to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in most or all areas within the function.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with company RISE values. Anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels and of divergent interest, to adopt a different point of view.
• Impact the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives across multi-discipline teams. Work is guided by functional policies which impact the design of procedures and policies.
• Contribute to new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans in support of achieving functional goals.
• Communicate difficult and complex ideas with the ability to influence.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 10+ years of relevant experience in program or project management; with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in large international airport projects or equivalent infrastructure programs. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Demonstrated expertise in project management and / or applicable technical areas to deliver complex road / highways projects. Experience with large international airport projects or equivalent infrastructure projects or programs is strongly desired.
• Strong technical capability in all project phases, including design, planning, construction, operations, and maintenance preferably large program/projects.
• Demonstrable experience in managing stakeholder relationships and providing reporting to enable effective decision making.
• Familiarity of working in collaborative project environments and a working knowledge and experience of progressive contracting models incl. Progressive Design Build and Target Price.
• Good stakeholder engagement and communication skills including the ability to facilitate meetings / workshops with groups of stakeholders.
• Recognized degree and professional designation in a relevant field considered an asset.
• The innovative mentality to develop methods that go beyond existing solutions.
• Ability to solve unique problems using standard and innovative solutions having a broad impact on the business.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. Experience with Kahua a plus.
• Expert organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Ability to travel domestically is required.

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