Project Manager III

Vanir is a proud minority- and woman-owned company, recognized as a national leader in program, project and construction management (PMCM) and real estate development. Since 1964, we have consistently exceeded client expectations. Ranked as a top PMCM firm by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for more than three decades, our award-winning team provides a full range of services to public and private sector clients in the aviation; healthcare; education (K-12 and higher); justice and essential services; science and technology; state and local government; transportation; water and wastewater; energy; and commercial, residential and nonprofit markets.The Sr. Project Manager is responsible for managing the scope, cost, schedule, and operational interfaces of design and construction activities for the Terminal 5 Renovation and Reconstruction Project. The role focuses on schedule certainty, budget delivery, and ensuring construction work meets required quality standards while enforcing a strong health, safety, and environmental culture. The Project Manager ensures the development and implementation of design, construction, testing, commissioning, turnover plans, operational impact mitigation, stakeholder coordination, and adherence to standards.The Sr. Project Manager will also be responsible for coordinating with the Interface Manager to ensure that all project elements—including the concourse, headhouse, and site/civil work—are aligned, communicated, and executed efficiently. This role includes coordinating, managing, and resolving all interfaces among multiple contractors, design teams, stakeholders, utilities, and project management groups across the T5 Program to ensure that technical, operational, schedule, and logistical requirements are fully met.Essential Duties & Responsibilities:Primary liaison and airport/owner representative responsible for directing and managing the projectResponsible for scope development and scope management of the project to meet project goals and objectivesDevelop the RFP and oversee the procurement process for designers and contractorsProviding direction and management for assigned project and ensuring on-schedule completion within or below budget in accordance with contractual obligationsPlanning and defining program goals and devising methods to accomplish them, developing in-depth knowledge of owner objectives, contract terms, and airport policiesPlanning, directing, supervising and controlling the execution of all technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned projectWorking with team members and airport management to develop budgets, schedules, and plan for the various elements of a projectOversees owner’s staff that manages full project delivery including stake holder interfacesManaging project scope to meet or exceed project goals and objectivesAbilities to identify and study options to complex design, operational or constructability issuesAbility to conduct field surveys and investigations to capture detailed and accurate field conditions. This information shall be used to enable strategic design and construction decisionsMaintaining documentation on the approved scope of work for the project to include all related agreements, authorizations, reports, drawings and specifications. This documentation shall include narratives for all scopes of work as well as a coordinated CAD representation including all projects for key disciplinesManaging the project during design and construction including resolution of technical design issues, issuing design non-compliances, issuing field non-conformances, timely processing of RFI’s, coordinating shop drawing reviews, participation in and approval of factory and site acceptance tests, coordinating material approvals, coordinating mock up approvals, providing reports, drawings and specification interpretation, participation in testing and commissioning activities, managing the punch list process and other activities as required to ensure the design process supports the project goalsOverseeing the design process including managing the Design Review Team (DRT) design review process for assigned project(s) through all phases of design including significant design changes during construction• Monitoring and leading efforts related to the permitting process required by the design team and contractorOverseeing the construction process to remove and mitigate obstacles that cause inefficiencies to the construction processBecoming thoroughly familiar with required contractual obligations and technical aspects of all facilities to be erectedEnsuring all work is being performed with and inspected to the latest versions of plans and specifications including approved changes, submittals, and RFI’sWorking with designer, contractor and stakeholders to develop the overall planning of construction activities and identifying critical milestones and prioritiesKeeping alert to possible problem areas and taking preventative action to ensure critical milestones are met for each phase of the projectEnsuring the use of safe and sound construction practicesPreparing reports summarizing progress of construction activities for senior managementReviewing change proposals for contractual compliance and alignment with fair market valuePreparing a monthly risk report for the Program BoardMonitoring adherence to Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, and other documents as required and promoting excellence on the project through the application of Quality Assurance processesEnforcing the program requirements for all areas of the project and monitoring the draft and final deliverables for adherence to these criteriaReviewing pay applications to ensure proper verification of completed work and compliance with contract requirementsWorking with the key project individual to devise and execute action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of workAssuring that current and timely change orders are documented and administered properlyParticipating in all necessary coordination meeting with designer, contractor and stakeholdersManaging the closeout process to ensure all documentation is completed as quickly as possible to efficiently close the project without incurring unnecessary costsSafety performance well above industry standardsMinimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Construction Management, Planning or other related technical field required (Master's degree preferred)15 years or more experience, preferably on airport projectsExperience with projects more than $100 million in value.Experience with various delivery methods, including Design-Bid-Build, Design+CMAR and Design/BuildProven ability to perform in a management capacityExcellent written and oral communication skills and a thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations.Multiple positions are anticipated - Submitted experience to emphasis airport concourse scope, airport headhouse scope, or site/civil scope.Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and BluebeamFamiliarity with Project Management Information Systems (PM Web)Relevant professional licensures, and or certificates are strongly preferred. These may include AAAE, LEED, PE, PMP, AICP, etc. or any other relevant professional licensure and/or certificationsBenefitsVanir offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that includes 401(k) Savings with employer matching contributions, medical, dental, vision, health savings account (HSA) with employer contributions, life, AD&D and disability benefits, flexible spending account (FSA), voluntary benefits, Teladoc, pet insurance, paid time off, national employee assistance program (EAP) and employee referral program.If you're interested in working for Vanir please visit our website to learn more and to apply online at Federal ContractorRequest Priority Protected Veteran ReferralsEOE Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/DisabledContact Email: medical limitations may, with reasonable accommodations, be capable of performing the duties of this position. Such a determination must be made on an individual basis considering the person's limitations, the requirements of the position, and the company's ability to make reasonable accommodations to the person's limitations.We Participate in E-VerifyPursuant to the Ban The Box Act/Fair Chance Initiative, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.#LI-SF1USD $175,500.00 - USD $191,500.00 /Yr.

Created: 2026-02-06