Design Governance Lead for Airport Terminal Projects

Arora Engineers, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Arora Engineers, Inc. seeks a Design Management Lead to act as the owner's primary representative for coordinating and governing the design review process across all project stakeholders.

You will ensure the design meets operator, regulatory, safety, budget, schedule, and stakeholder requirements before construction. All duties are performed in compliance with client policies, regulations, and company standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of progressively responsible experience in design management, program management, engineering, architecture, construction management, or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary design reviews for large capital development programs.
• Experience coordinating design activities within active operational environments while minimizing impacts to ongoing operations.
• Experience with airport terminal development, terminal modernization, concourse expansion, baggage handling systems, and other aviation infrastructure projects preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage the overall design review framework, procedures, and review schedule.
• Lead multidisciplinary design reviews and stage-gate approvals.
• Ensure design submissions meet owner requirements, contractual obligations, and program objectives.
• Drive timely resolution of review comments, issues, and design decisions.
• Lead engagement with airport departments, airlines, regulatory agencies, and key project stakeholders.
• Facilitate alignment of operational, commercial, technical, and customer experience requirements.
• Resolve conflicting stakeholder inputs and secure consensus on design decisions.
• Ensure stakeholder feedback is incorporated and tracked throughout the design process.
• Maintain and govern the Owner's Project Requirements and design criteria.
• Ensure design solutions align with operational, capacity, passenger experience, and maintenance objectives.

Skills

Design governance

Stakeholder management

Requirements management

BIM coordination

Cross-disciplinary leadership

Design review leadership

Risk management

Budget & value management

Regulatory & compliance oversight

Design change control

Reporting & executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Architecture/Construction Management/Aviation Management/Planning

Master’s degree in Engineering/Architecture/Construction Management/Business Administration/Aviation Management (preferred)

Professional certifications (PE, RA, PMP, CCM, DBIA, LEED AP) (preferred)

Tools

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Revit

Navisworks

Bluebeam

SharePoint

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Arora Engineers, Inc. seeks a Design Management Lead to act as the owner's primary representative for coordinating and governing the design review process across all project stakeholders.

You will ensure the design meets operator, regulatory, safety, budget, schedule, and stakeholder requirements before construction. All duties are performed in compliance with client policies, regulations, and company standards.