Architectural Project Manager for Airports

Job Description

In this role, you will:

• Monitor Design Consultant contract requirements against deliverables.
• Coordinate project governance design presentations and input.
• Manage scope of each design submittal package.
• Develop and recommend cost reduction initiatives when necessary to stay in budget.
• Facilitate responses to RFI’s between the project team and Design Consultant.
• Schedule design workshops between Design Consultant, Client and other stakeholders.
• Support the design to budget process including evaluation of technical design alternatives.
• Support the PM Team to coordinate, schedule, and assist with constructability reviews during all phases of design.
• Document design-related issues, decisions, and actions within Client Document Control System and manage to resolution.
• Coordinate and schedule design review meetings and consolidate input from stakeholders, including any third-party reviewers.
• Coordinate design feedback to Design Consultant(s).
• Conduct design review sessions with stakeholders and oversee design feedback input.
• Confirm all resolved design issues have been incorporated into design submittal packages.
• Coverage of submittals/shop drawings from client project stakeholders, including subject matter experts, airport operations, and project team.
• Support project close-out activities related to Design Consultant obligations and deliverables.
• Verify all project level designs follow codes and standards.
• Verify all project level designs follow regulatory and environmental requirements.
• Enforce client’s CADD and BIM framework, environment, policy and procedures.
• Performs a variety of assignments such as conducting architectural studies, developing design concepts and design criteria, and preparing related reports.
• Coordinates work with engineering and construction units at project sites.
• Reviews, approvals, and issues detailed design and construction drawings and specifications prepared by others.
• Provides technical consultations for interdisciplinary analytical studies and analyses.
• Prepares material and equipment specifications and purchase requisitions; reviews supplier data; witnesses shop tests, assists with assessing supplier manufacturing capabilities.
• Selects materials and writes construction specifications.
• Reviews CAD drawings, renderings, layouts, study models, construction documents, and color boards prepared by Architectural Designers.
• Ensures compliance with applicable codes, standards, and client requirements.
• May function as a lead member of a project team.
• Provides technical guidance to lower-level Architectural Designer/Drafters working on the same project and may provide input regarding their performance.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Architecture.
• Overall working knowledge of the architectural and systems elements of airports infrastructure and supporting facilities.
• Demonstrable establishment of collaborative relationships with stakeholders involved in planning, design, and construction of airport facilities (airport, community and government).
• Minimum 8 years of experience in the management of project design including significant time at airports.
• Experience in the design development of new/expanded facilities while maintaining operations.
• Professional registration is not required, but a plus.