Facilities Manager | Aviation

About the role

Corgan is actively recruiting a design professional focused on real estate management to join our collaborative and innovative firm in our Aviation market sector. This position is for a very specific opportunity to perform consulting services to an airline client at DFW International airport. The ideal candidate will be passionate about programming, space planning, and focusing on the end goal, assuming responsibility in a fast-paced environment adaptable to various scales of project types.

Responsibilities

• Work with the client and other DFW stakeholders to develop, program, and plan space throughout the airport terminals, including both public-facing and back-of-house spaces.
• Anticipate, understand, and manage client expectations.
• Define scope of services for self, as well as design service providers, contractors, and vendors for client projects.
• Establish and manage project schedules.
• Assist in the preparation of project budgets, particularly for FF&E, and aid in the preparation of construction budgets.
• Provide leadership to the client’s project team(s).
• Communicate project goals and expectations; review project team deliverables and provide comment.
• Lead and encourage open dialogue with the client’s project team(s) regarding design and technical ideation and facilitate appropriate solutions.
• Drive each project team to seek innovation in design solutions in an ongoing spirit of curiosity, continuous improvement, and increased project performance.
• Motivate the project team to meet project goals through encouragement and/or course correction.
• Oversee the selection of materials, furnishings, fixtures, and equipment; confirm adherence to the client’s standards where applicable.
• Prepare and conduct project presentations.
• Solicit proposals from vendors.
• Assist in the preparation of bid documents on the client’s behalf for construction, FF&E, and move and relocation services as required.
• Assist in the preparation of contracts and/or purchase orders on behalf of the client.
• Oversee project team’s administration of construction phase procedures and documentation (shop drawings/submittals, requests for information, and addenda/clarifications).
• Oversee development and presentation of proposed project solutions to project stakeholders.
• Actively explore and recognize new business opportunities through professional networks.
• Develop effective project directives, outlines, projections, schedules, and strategies over the course of the project.
• Oversee development and communication of appropriate project phasing.
• Identify solutions and effectively resolve technical challenges.
• Understand and apply appropriate industry standards and construction practices.
• Oversee the identification, understanding, and documentation of regulatory agencies’ requirements, as well as recognizing and resolving code-related design issues.
• Demonstrate, share, and appropriately apply new methodologies, practices, codes, and products.
• Assist with invoice review as requested by the client.
• Manage and coordinate logistics of small construction project and installation teams for work at DFW Terminals, sometimes outside of regular working hours.

Requirements

• Degree from a CIDA-accredited Interior Design Program or similar.
• 10+ years of professional and commercial design experience focused on planning and coordination of a variety of spaces.
• Comfortable working with clients and on a variety of project sizes and types.
• Experience delivering both construction document and construction administration phases including code review.
• Ability to develop overall project work plans and consultant coordination, along with managing overall project fees and schedules.
• Strong conceptual design skills and the ability to generate creative solutions for design tasks while respecting the functional parameters of each project.
• Strong design portfolio showing strengths in conceptual design, space planning skills, and detailing.
• Demonstrated skills in developing design schemes and coordinating design teams.
• High commitment to QA/QC and quality of work execution.
• Revit proficiency and technical excellence.
• Thorough understanding of how a drawing set goes together.
• Acumen for how things are built and constructability, and the ability to apply that knowledge to support the project design and budget.
• Experience managing a variety of consultants and contractors.
• Interest in sustainable design.
• Effective organizational and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail to effectively coordinate multiple moving parts and priorities.
• Flexible attitude and demonstrated ability to successfully manage client and team relationships including overall work plan development and sub-consultant coordination efforts.
• Confident presentation ability.
• Ability to work autonomously with little direction.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and apply a sense of urgency to complete work in a timely manner.
• Aviation experience a plus.
• Internally motivated and proactive in soliciting answers, direction, and resolution for all project responsibilities.

Schedule

This role is an in-office position located at the DFW Airport. The position is full-time on-site and requires the employee to be physically present at the assigned office location Monday through Friday during standard business hours. Regular, reliable on-site attendance is an essential function of this role.