Senior Project Manager- Aviation Construction

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.

• 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.

The company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.  Equal Employment Opportunity Posters   If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email  [link for members] .  If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713-457-9400 or  [link for members] .  This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.

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The company is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. The company and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.