Architecture Project Manager, Aviation Infrastructure

Position Overview:
Woolpert is hiring an experienced Architecture Program Manager to join our National Aviation Team. This role supports Woolpert’s Aviation market by helping deliver complex infrastructure and airport construction programs for corporate clients.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.  Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

What You Will Do:

• Client representation: Serve as the owner’s representative on large-scale, multi-year corporate client programs, acting in the client’s best interest and supporting clear communication among all stakeholders.
• Team leadership: Lead and supervise program management staff, including field engineers, construction managers, and financial controllers. Provide direction, mentorship, and performance oversight.
• Client coordination and reporting: Coordinate with corporate clients and leadership to align project goals, communicate expectations, report progress, and implement approved changes.
• Budget management: Track expenses, pay applications, project risks, allowances, and contingencies. Review, recommend, and negotiate change orders, and support closeout documentation.
• Schedule management: Track deliverable due dates, milestones, deliveries, phasing, and overall progress. Prepare weekly and monthly reports and maintain required program documentation.
• Quality oversight: Monitor materials and workmanship to confirm adherence to project specifications and quality expectations.
• Contractor coordination: Monitor construction performance, review submittals, RFIs, and proposed changes, provide recommendations to the client, issue field direction, and support resolution of construction issues.
• Design team coordination: Review design documents to confirm client requirements are incorporated, track design decisions and design contingency, coordinate architect/engineer-of-record field visits, and support accuracy of as-built drawings.
• Airport coordination: Help the client, design team, and contractor understand airport-specific requirements and coordinate activities that may affect airport operations.
• Permitting: Track program permits, facilitate reviews with the city/county and design team, and support contractor permitting for delegated design items.
• Inspection coordination: Schedule third-party inspections, observations, and tests; document and track non-conformance items; maintain logs of completed work; and coordinate with Woolpert field engineers and construction managers.

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field preferred.
• 8+ years of construction management or project management experience.
• Strong understanding of architecture, corporate client service, construction practices, permitting, and inspections.
• Experience with aviation projects and airport coordination.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with Revit preferred.
• Familiarity with construction management software (Procore, Project Site, etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with clients, contractors, airport stakeholders, and internal teams.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback, direction, and guidance to team members.
• Ability to safely navigate active construction sites and comply with all safety requirements.
• Ability to obtain an airport badge.
• Ability to drive on the airfield non-movement area; a Woolpert vehicle will be provided.

Travel Requirements

• This role currently supports program efforts at Denver International Airport (DEN). The expectation is to work on-site with the DEN team at least three days per week. A company vehicle will be provided.
• Periodic travel to corporate client headquarters is expected, estimated at one overnight trip per quarter.

Benefits You Will Love

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

• Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
• Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
• Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
• Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!

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