Senior Project Manager - Aviation

stvinc; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 137,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite

Job summary

STV is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Aviation to lead major airport capital improvement programs, onsite in Denver and Phoenix. You will drive schedule certainty, budget delivery, and quality, while enforcing safety and environmental standards across multiple projects.

Ideal candidates bring 15+ years of airport project leadership, advanced degrees, and relevant certifications. This onsite role requires strong communication, risk management, and cross-team coordination to deliver complex

Qualifications

• 15+ years experience in airport projects or related field.
• Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred.
• Licensure/certifications such as AAAE, LEED, PE, PMP, AICP are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee risk management and mitigation of the Tenant-Focused program.
• Monitor schedule progress and ensure milestones are met.
• Coordinate interface meetings and ensure integration across projects.
• Maintain health, safety and environmental culture on the program.
• Review design plans for constructability and logistics; lead teams.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Schedule management

Budget oversight

Quality control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, Planning or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

STV is seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager - Aviation to join our national aviation group. This position will support major aviation capital improvement programs onsite in Denver, CO and in Phoenix, AZ.

This leadership role is responsible for controlling and monitoring the overall macro picture of all construction and logistics activities, while the project managers with their respective teams manage the day-to-day project activities.

The Senior Project Manager will be focused on schedule certainty, budget delivery and making sure that construction work meets the required quality standards while enforcing a strong health, safety, and environmental culture on the program.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitoring of all the construction activities of the program to ensure that work is completed on time and on budget and meets all applicable codes and standards
• Ensuring implementation of a quality assurance plan and monitoring of all construction activities with a robust quality control process for all construction phases of the projects
• Overseeing, managing, and mitigating risks of technical construction interfaces between projects, contractors, and third parties
• Supervising and guiding the project teams in conjunction with the leadership and project managers of the Airline Terminal Improvements program
• Implementing, supervising, guiding, and monitoring of the logistics activities during all construction phases of all projects of the Tenant-Focused program, both with reference to construction, operations, and maintenance aspects
• Overseeing, implementing, supervising, and monitoring testing and commissioning
• Monitoring dispute resolution for all inspection deviations
• Facilitating the flow of information between the Airline Terminal Improvements program and the other various projects, i.e., technical liaison with and between project teams
• Identifying and resolving potential problems related to design and construction activities between the various Airline Terminal Improvements leases and contracts and other projects
• Reviewing and commenting on design plans and technical documents related to constructability and logistics
• Assisting in risk management and mitigation for the Tenant-Focused program to facilitate the schedule and support cost containment
• Improvements program schedule with the schedules of other projects affecting the program
• Facilitating interface coordination meetings among the project teams
• Working with the project teams to verify that all interface elements and the integrated system are functioning as expected
• Monitoring schedule progress and anticipating potential issues that may affect key milestones
• Developing, tracking, and managing the sequence of work for the various Airline Terminal Improvements projects
• Coordinating quality and safety requirements with inspection
• Coordinating review of design-builder estimates on projects for contractual compliance and, where required, alignment with fair market value
• Overseeing review of change proposals for contractual compliance and where required, alignment with fair market value
• Coordinating the provision of conceptual estimates for new scopes of work
• Coordinating assistance to project managers with change order negotiation and preparation of records of negotiation
• Ensuring citation and record of pricing sources used in preparing estimates

Required Qualifications

• 15 years or more experience, preferably on airport projects, leading groups of staff
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, Planning or other related technical field required
• Master's degree preferred
• Relevant professional licensure and/or certification are strongly preferred. Certifications may include AAAE, LEED, PE, PMP, AICP, etc.
• Has demonstrable specialized experience / area of expertise
• Experience with projects more than $250 million in value
• Experience with various delivery methods, including Design-Bid-Build, Design+CMAR and Design/Build
• Proven ability to perform in a management capacity
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and a thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations
• Must have a self-starter attitude with proactive, results-oriented focus; and willing and capable to assume additional responsibilities
• Must be able to interface with a variety of people with different technical levels and educational backgrounds
• Must be detail oriented and highly organized

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant professional licensure and/or certification are strongly preferred. Certifications may include AAAE, LEED, PE, PMP, AICP, etc.
• Experience supporting aviation owners such as other airports, airlines clients
• Experience working on projects exceeding $250M in construction value
• Experience supporting alternative delivery methods, including CMAR, Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, or similar project delivery approaches

Compensation Range:

$137,198.91 - $156,798.76

STV offers the following

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