Senior Aviation Project Manager
$130,677–$226,389 year
HybridBaltimore, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Lead multidisciplinary A/E teams on large airport terminal, concourse, baggage handling, passenger processing, and aviation building projects with construction values exceeding $100 million. Serve as a client-facing project manager for airport owners, airlines, TSA, and contractors while managing complex project phasing, stakeholder coordination, and design decisions within active airport environments. Oversee project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality control, coordinating architecture, civil, structural, MEP, and security disciplines. Lead issue resolution, contract management, and team development while championing technical quality initiatives and business strategy. This role requires ownership of project timelines and adherence to QA/QC standards, with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes for major aviation facility programs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or related professional discipline
- 15+ years of aviation design, program management, project management, or construction-phase experience
- Direct senior-level project management experience on at least one airport terminal, concourse, passenger processing, baggage handling, landside terminal, or major aviation facility project with a construction value greater than $100 million
- Professional registration such as PE or RA
- Strong design, technical, and communication skills (visual, verbal, and written)
- Demonstrated ability to lead large multidisciplinary teams, including architecture, civil, structural, MEP/FP, baggage handling, special systems, security, cost estimating, scheduling, and construction-phase support
- Experience coordinating with airport authorities, airlines, TSA, FAA, operations, maintenance, security, code officials, contractors, construction managers, and other project stakeholders
- Experience managing design deliverables, construction documents, QA/QC reviews, phasing plans, cost estimates, schedules, risk registers, change management, and construction-phase services
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in a related professional discipline
- Experience at large hub, medium hub, or complex commercial service airports
- Experience with delivery methods such as Design-Bid-Build, CMAR/CMGC, Design-Build, progressive design-build, or other collaborative delivery models
- Additional credentials such as CCM, PMP, DBIA, or similar
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