Project Manager - Onsite

Project Manager

New York / New Jersey (PANYNJ Airports)

4 Years

Hybrid – 4 Days On-site, 1 Day Remote

Job Summary

The ideal candidates will have strong experience in infrastructure or construction project management, including project planning, design development, procurement, construction administration, project controls, and final project handover. Candidates should possess excellent project management, stakeholder coordination, budgeting, scheduling, and contractor management skills.

Key Responsibilities

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• Manage projects throughout the entire lifecycle, including initiation, planning, design development, procurement, implementation, commissioning, and close-out.
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• Develop and manage project scopes, requirements, schedules, budgets, milestones, and implementation plans.
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• Coordinate RFPs, scopes of work, technical requirements, procurement packages, and work orders, including Design-Build projects.
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• Monitor project progress, scope, schedule, budget, and overall performance, identifying variances and implementing corrective actions.
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• Review project schedules, dependencies, risks, and recovery plans.
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• Manage consultants, contractors, and vendors to ensure deliverables meet project requirements, timelines, budgets, and contractual obligations.
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• Coordinate with internal departments, including Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Technology, Finance, Procurement, Safety, and Airport Management.
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• Manage relationships and coordination with designers, consultants, contractors, utilities, airlines, tenants, and government agencies.
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• Maintain project documentation, status reports, meeting minutes, action logs, risk registers, and milestone trackers.
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• Develop and monitor KPIs, dashboards, executive summaries, and management presentations.
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• Support project funding, authorization, procurement, and Capital Plan documentation.
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• Lead project close-out activities, including financial reconciliation, final deliverables, warranties, lessons learned, and handover to Operations and Maintenance.
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Required Qualifications

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• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Architecture from an accredited college or university.
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• Minimum 5 years of project management experience managing concurrent and complex infrastructure capital or operating projects.
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• Demonstrated experience in project planning, design, construction procurement, and construction management or administration.
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• Experience managing project scope, budgets, schedules, milestones, contractors, and consultants.
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• Experience managing projects through successful commissioning, asset turnover, and close-out.
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• Valid driver's license.
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• Ability to travel between assigned airport locations.
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• Must be able to pass extensive background checks to obtain airport identification for secured areas.
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Preferred Qualifications

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• Previous experience working on airport or aviation infrastructure projects.
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• Experience with Design-Build procurement and bridging documents.
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• Work-order contract management experience.
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• Proficiency with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
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• Experience with project controls, KPI dashboards, and executive reporting.
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• Experience in public-sector infrastructure projects or working with Port Authorities.
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• Specialized experience in facility planning, capital delivery, technology and innovation, data analytics, sustainability, asset management, safety, or procurement.
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Work Environment

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• Hybrid work arrangement requiring four days on-site and a maximum of one remote day per week.
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• Core working hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
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• Must be available outside core business hours for emergencies when required.
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• Occasional extended hours may be necessary to meet project deadlines.
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• Travel may be required across Newark (EWR), JFK, LaGuardia (LGA), Stewart (SWF), and Teterboro (TEB) airports.
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