Senior Project Manager - Aviation
About The Position
The Senior Project Manager leads large-scale electrical construction projects, providing strategic and operational leadership across project planning, scheduling, resource management, financial performance, and client relationships. The role collaborates across departments and oversees a team of project managers to drive project success and organizational alignment. The Senior Project Manager sets standards for quality, accountability, and ethical leadership while ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to high performance standards. The role includes leading project plans and multidisciplinary teams; managing quality, schedules, budgets, contracts, and formal change processes; mentoring project managers; and building long-term relationships with clients, vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders. The Senior Project Manager also represents the company within the electrical contracting industry and promotes its values, expertise, and leadership. Most work takes place in a typical office environment, with occasional travel to construction sites. Site visits may involve extreme temperatures, noise, dust, mud, debris, welding, leading edges, trenching, shoring, and sometimes confined spaces. The employee may need to visit multiple locations in one day. Frequent travel to construction sites and close engagement with field operations are expected.
Requirements
- Demonstrated success leading complex industrial and/or commercial electrical construction projects, with responsibility for overall project strategy, financial performance, quality, and team leadership.
- Advanced ability to perform due diligence and risk assessment on large, complex construction projects.
- In-depth knowledge of building construction, materials, systems, market conditions, and trade practices.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, including the ability to influence outcomes and align diverse stakeholders.
- Proficiency in tracking, analyzing, and reporting project financial performance.
- Willingness to travel frequently to construction sites and remain highly engaged with field operations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Procore, Bluebeam, and Accubid.
- Proven success leading large-scale electrical construction projects.
- Strong track record of building productive, long-term relationships with clients, subcontractors, and suppliers.
- Comprehensive understanding of electrical construction safety standards and best practices, with a commitment to leading by example.
- Demonstrated ethical leadership and integrity with clients, partners, and internal teams.
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; the company is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.
Nice To Haves
- Extensive experience delivering complex electrical projects through planning, construction, change management, and commissioning is strongly preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or a related field preferred; equivalent combinations of advanced education, technical training, and applied leadership experience will be considered.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead comprehensive project plans defining scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines for complex electrical projects.
- Identify and allocate human and material resources while balancing risk, cost, and schedule.
- Lead and align multidisciplinary project teams, including subcontractors and internal partners; establish expectations, assign responsibilities, and provide direction.
- Evaluate project risks, resolve issues, and adapt plans as conditions change.
- Set and enforce quality control standards; conduct inspections and work with clients, designers, field teams, and subcontractors to address quality concerns.
- Monitor construction progress, lead status meetings, and ensure schedules are maintained throughout construction.
- Ensure project documentation is complete, accurate, and timely.
- Oversee project financials, including forecasting, cost control, and risk exposure.
- Review and negotiate client contracts, including scope, terms, schedules, and services.
- Monitor utilization of labor, materials, and equipment across project teams and workstreams.
- Quantify and communicate cost and schedule impacts of design or construction changes.
- Establish and oversee formal change management processes for large electrical projects.
- Evaluate, document, and communicate the scope, schedule, and cost impacts of changes; lead client negotiations related to change orders.
- Maintain change order logs and track modifications through completion and commissioning.
- Oversee, mentor, and develop a team of Project Managers.
- Foster a high-performance culture grounded in safety, collaboration, accountability, and respect.
- Ensure projects focus on safety, quality, and client satisfaction.
- Build and sustain relationships with clients, vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders; address client needs throughout the project lifecycle.
- Represent the company as a strategic partner and senior brand ambassador within the electrical contracting industry.
- Demonstrate integrity, ethics, and professionalism in internal and external interactions.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package with a variety of healthcare coverage options for full-time employees, effective the first of the month after hire.
- Substantial amount of PTO.
- 401(k) contributions available immediately, with generous matching and full vesting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
