Title: Aviation Project Manager
Salary: $100,000 - $160,000
Are you an experienced Airport Engineer at a large company looking for a change? If you are inspired by exceeding clients' expectations and want to be surrounded by a team that values integrity, honesty, and the autonomy to effect change, then please apply to join our great team.
As a Project Manager in our Aviation Services Group, you will:
- Work directly with Airport Managers and Directors and their staff on airport improvement projects all over the East Coast.
- These projects will range from aviation transportation improvements on and off airports, to airspace modeling, to effecting positive changes in our environment and in our communities.
- You will work with a highly experienced team of airport planners, environmental scientists, and construction experts providing you support and innovative problem solving.
- You will travel to airports to collaborate on exciting projects, and you will be able to perform your design and management tasks from any of our six offices, or remotely from your home.
- As this is a career opportunity and not just a job, we will want you to be invested and excited about your career. Being active in the aviation industry benefits you, our client, and us as a team and we will encourage you to be an inspired leader in key professional organizations.
- On projects you will manage resources to complete projects in accordance with the contract, scope of services, budget, and schedule.
- Train and mentor project engineers and junior staff supporting you.
- You will work within an established quality control program, and have access to our project manager manual and recurring project management training.
In this role you will also be expected to:
- Achieve excellent financial performance.
- Provide superior client service by responding to needs and understanding concerns.
- Lead and assemble a qualified project team to successfully complete a project or client deliverables on time and within budget.
- Maintain and foster team satisfaction in completing project tasks and collaborating with subconsultants and other disciplines.
- Resolve team personnel conflicts in conjunction with supervisors.
- Lead efforts in pursuit of potential projects and the development of technical and price proposals.
- Monitor and manage resources to complete projects in accordance with the contract, scope of services, budget, and schedule. Efficiently use Deltek and other management tools.
- Promptly invoice for services rendered and advocate for outstanding accounts receivable.
- Monitor product quality and ensure a quality management plan is developed with roles defined accordingly.
- Keep Principal-in-charge informed of potential claims or contract risks as they arise and collaborate on resolution strategies as needed.
- May be a group manager responsible for supervising a small number of staff and assisting in career development, training, and managing work assignments to maintain effective billability of group.
The successful candidate will have experience with plan production, specification writing, engineering analysis, client collaboration, highly successful project financial tracking, task management in a project manager role or management in a project engineer role that has recently progressed to project management. An opportunity within this career is the chance to be the client's first phone call, and through listening and collaborating deliver high quality consulting services. Possessing strong oral and written communication skills is a key to success and a necessary qualification for this position.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- BSCE
- PE in MA, NH, ME, FL, RI, or CT, or the ability to obtain reciprocity
- 10+ years of increasing technical or planning and leadership experience to include 4-6 years' experience in other Civil Engineering Discipline plus 4-6 years airport design experience
- Demonstrate strong communication skills, an acute understanding of project finances, scheduling, and client management skills
- PM Training
Preferred Qualifications:
- MS in Civil Engineering, Management or Equivalent
- Additional PE License(s) or NCEES record
- Provide a list of Professional Aviation Industry Presentations, or contributions to Periodicals, Construction Management or Project Management Professional Certifications
