Senior Project Manager

Position overview

Key responsibilities

• Lead airport terminal, processor, and passenger experience projects from concept through handover and operational readiness.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, safety, procurement, and stakeholder relationships.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and develop delivery strategies, phasing plans, and construction sequencing for an active airport.
• Facilitate decisions and issue resolution through governance and stakeholder engagement.
• Monitor performance and provide executive-level reporting, forecasts, and recommendations.
• Coordinate design reviews for operational, regulatory, and technical alignment.
• Support construction, commissioning, activation, and transition to operations.
• Maintain relationships with airport operations, airlines, government agencies, regulators, and project partners; mentor team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• At least 15 years of project management experience, including large and complex infrastructure programs.
• At least 5 years of experience in large international airport projects or equivalent infrastructure.
• Experience delivering projects valued at $100 million or more across planning, design, procurement, construction, and handover.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, contracts, procurement, risk, stakeholder engagement, and governance.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary consultant and contractor teams; ability to influence senior stakeholders and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and leadership skills.
• PMP, P.Eng., or equivalent designation is an asset.

Preferred experience

• Airport terminal expansion and redevelopment, passenger processing facilities, and terminal infrastructure experience are preferred.
• Aviation, transportation, transit, public infrastructure, brownfield delivery, commissioning, activation, and operational readiness experience are preferred.

Compensation

• The posted base salary range is $230,000 to $280,000; individual pay depends on work location and job-related skills, experience, and education or training.

Workplace

• The posting identifies an office or onsite setup; onsite employees are expected to attend a Jacobs workplace full-time as required by the role.