Project Director - Aviation

Overview

Job Description

Project Director

What You'Ll Be Doing

• Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary project team (internal and external).
• Define roles, responsibilities, performance objectives, and development plans.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Manage senior-level relationships with consultants, contractors, and partners.
• Lead the overall strategic direction of the project in line with the client objectives.
• Establish and maintain project governance structures, committees, and decision-making frameworks.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear implementation plans, milestones, and KPIs.
• Provide high-level guidance on master planning, urban design, and functional mix (education, R&D, technology, healthcare, culture, residential, commercial).
• Establish and monitor project KPIs across time, cost, quality, safety, sustainability, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Oversee the preparation and approval of master schedules, cash flow forecasts, and resource plans.
• Facilitate approvals, permits, and coordination with regulatory authorities.
• Manage expectations and resolve conflicts through effective negotiation and communication.
• Review and approve key design deliverables, value-engineering proposals, and technical solutions.
• Ensure contracts effectively manage risk, performance, and incentives.
• Provide executive oversight of construction activities from site preparation to completion.
• Ensure adherence to approved design, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and environmental standards.
• Lead development and monitoring of the project budget and financial model.
• Ensure cost control, value engineering, and optimization of lifecycle costs.
• Integrate sustainability, ESG, and resilience principles into all phases of the project.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive risk register and mitigation plan.
• Implement robust quality assurance and quality control frameworks across all work packages.

What Required Skills You'Ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning, Construction Management, or related field.
• Minimum of 20 years of progressive experience in large-scale development, infrastructure projects and aviation projects.
• Demonstrated experience as Project Director.
• Proven track record working with government and semi-government entities, and coordinating complex permitting and approvals.
• Background in leading multi-phase, multi-package programs from planning through handover.
• Strategic and visionary thinking with ability to translate vision into an executable plan.
• Strong leadership and people management capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
• High level of cultural sensitivity and respect for local context.
• Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
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