Senior Project Manager - Aviation

STV • Chicago, IL

23h • Onsite

About The Position

STV is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Aviation to join its national Aviation team to oversee and direct airport terminal improvements onsite for one of its clients in Chicago, IL. A successful candidate will need significant aviation experience and have previously managed design or construction within an active airport environment. STV is one of the top infrastructure-focused professional services firms in North America, founded in 1912. The company advises, plans, designs, engineers, and delivers infrastructure for transportation systems, buildings, water, and other facilities. Headquartered in New York City, STV has more than 65 offices and 3,300 employees. The firm is committed to investing in its people, creating a world-class employee experience, and fostering talent through mentoring, coaching, and cultivating future industry leaders. STV values a wide range of perspectives and experiences, ensuring every individual is respected, heard, and given opportunities to contribute meaningfully. The company's mission is to make communities better through innovative solutions that connect people, places, and the present to the future, and it is committed to giving back to communities through volunteering, philanthropic activities, fundraising, scholarships, internships, mentoring, and sustainability projects.

Requirements

• Significant aviation experience
• Previously managed design or construction within an active airport environment
• Achieved a bachelor’s degree, preferably in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management (Candidates may substitute comparable experience for educational requirements)
• Minimum 12 years' experience, preferably on airport projects
• Knowledge of airport operations, design, and construction of airport facilities is required

Nice To Haves

• Experience in successful management of capital projects/programs of over $10M
• Experience in overseeing multiple construction activities concurrently as part of a complex capital infrastructure project is preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide project management, technical oversight and leadership for all phases of aviation projects associated with a capital improvement, including, but not limited to; business case development, stakeholder engagement, design management, design and construction procurement, permitting and federal/state approvals, scheduling, project delivery, cost and change management safety, quality control, and ORAT
• Provide guidance to discipline managers and contractors to address key program challenges, risk management, innovation, schedule and budget performance
• Provide leadership to ensure that responsibilities are accomplished to a high degree of quality which exceeds the expectation of the client
• Develop project level process and procedures, project controls, and governances, that align to and drive overall project goals
• Manage and oversee all aspects of project planning and development, including engineering and pre-construction/construction; bidding strategy; schedules; cost estimating; budget oversight; systems and facility integration; and commissioning/activation
• Facilitates coordination with stakeholders; airport operating divisions, airline operations, regulatory agencies and other delivery partners and oversight entities, as required
• Facilitates the development of the overall program schedule and oversees the integration of project level schedules
• Utilization of earned value management to track and manage the program and associated projects
• Schedule and conduct design and/or construction progress meetings
• Drive the planning, design, and construction deliverables to successfully meeting the deliverable dates
• Present progress to stakeholders and project delivery partners
• Use electronic tools including Primavera P6, Project Management Information Systems (PMIS), and other related software systems
• Coordinate maintenance of traffic and phasing plans, utility shutdown requests, impact notices, disruption notices, contingency planning and other tasks as needed

Benefits

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
• Disability insurance
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retirement Counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days)
• Paid Holidays (9 days)
• Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
• Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees