Aviation Project Director

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The Aviation Project Director is expected to focus on a variety of roles: program delivery, business development, and client account management. The role includes:

Program Delivery:

• Lead a multi-discipline team through the Design, Procurement, and Construction phases of aviation programs.

• Create and maintain an attitude of leadership towards the project team with respect to overall management activities to achieve quality programs, while respecting the established budget and schedule objectives.

• Responsible for planning, monitoring, appraising, reviewing, and delivering aviation programs and the team's'activities in accordance with the goals of the organization.

• Oversight of scheduling/cost controllers and activities. This person will work with SMEs, estimators, and procurement staff to present accurate project budgets.

• Meets client's'objectives by preparing Program Initiation and Program Management Plan, executing plan requirements, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions.

• Achieve efficiencies by accepting responsibility and accountability for results, exploring opportunities to add value to the organization.

• Lead, mentor, and manage multidisciplinary project teams, including project managers, and oversee staffing and workload to meet project deadlines.

• Develop and execute a program evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the program and to identify areas to target for improvement.

• Interfaces with the Executive sponsors, business leaders and stakeholders to make sure all requirements are captured.

• Preparing and completing action plans; implementing and reporting on production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and mitigating project risks, resolving problems to keep projects on schedule and within budget; completing audits; identifying trends; determining improvements; implementing change.

Business Development and Client Account Management:

• Build client relationships within the aviation marketplace. Develop into being a trusted advisor within the local industry.

• Tracking potential clients project needs and capital planning programs, specifically large and medium hub airports.

• Identify new business opportunities, participate in marketing activities, and write proposals to secure future projects.

• Meeting with clients and developing relationships on coordinated marketing visits.

• Participate and attend events and conferences.

• Provide and organize client presentations and lessons learned activities.

• Coordinate with internal resources and other business lines to promote overall market sector growth with our clients.

• Engage with local marketplace with MWDBE partners through regular meetings or planned AtkinsRéalis events.

• Develop business plans for different services offerings, including the digital transformation of our aviation clients.

• Serve as capture manager on specific project proposals.

• Engage technical resources to create innovative client responses.

• Coordinate with legal, project controls, and operational staff for proper vetting of each opportunity.

• Collaborate with marketing, project manager, and other staff needed for proposal responses.

• Lead interview and presentations preparations for project opportunities.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to collaborate with clients, elected officials, industry associations, technical leaders, and project specialists in a dynamic work environment and a culture that is growth minded, supportive, and flexible. For qualified candidates relocation may be considered.