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Senior Aviation Project Manager

Laurel, Maryland, United States of America | Alexandria, Virginia, United States of America

Overview

Join our team as a Senior Aviation Project Manager and lead the delivery of complex, high-visibility projects at major hub airports. In this hybrid role, you'll enjoy the flexibility of balancing in-office collaboration with remote work across our Laurel, MD (Baltimore/Calverton) and Alexandria, VA offices, while driving the design and execution of critical aviation infrastructure—including runways, taxiways, aprons, and terminals.

This is a unique opportunity to shape transformational airport programs, influence long-term infrastructure strategy, and lead multidisciplinary teams on large-scale airfield and terminal developments—all within a firm that values innovation, leadership, and professional growth.

Your role

As a senior leader, you will oversee project delivery, financial performance, client relationships, and team development across a diverse aviation portfolio:

  • Lead and manage complex aviation programs involving runway, taxiway, apron, and terminal design and construction at major hub airports
  • Drive contract strategy, including negotiations with clients and subcontractors, and execution of complex professional services agreements
  • Ensure full compliance with contractual commitments, proactively managing risk, subcontractor performance, and dispute resolution
  • Establish and enforce project frameworks, including quality assurance, reporting standards, and communication protocols
  • Own project financial performance—monitoring schedules, budgets, billings, and forecasting to ensure profitability and timely delivery
  • Serve as the primary client interface, building strong relationships with airport authorities, stakeholders, and regulatory agencies
  • Identify and lead business development and capture efforts, including client presentations, proposal strategy, and qualifications development
  • Oversee cross-functional coordination between technical teams, consultants, and external partners to deliver best-in-class solutions
  • Lead, mentor, and develop project managers and technical staff, including workload planning and resource forecasting
  • Represent the firm in executive-level meetings, public forums, and, when required, project hearings or legal proceedings
  • Champion continuous improvement through training, knowledge sharing, and implementation of project management best practices
Transportation Project & Programme Management

Location

Various locations

Job Type

Full time

Ref

R-156646

Salary range

-

About you

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license in Maryland (or ability to obtain within 6 months)
  • 10+ years of experience, including 3+ years in a Project Manager role
  • Strong background delivering aviation infrastructure projects, particularly runways, taxiways, aprons, or terminals
  • Expertise in project financial management, contract administration, and risk mitigation
  • Proven leadership, client engagement, and team development capabilities
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
  • Experience working with FAA standards and airport/aviation regulatory agencies preferred
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.

Rewards & benefits

At AtkinsRéalis, our values—Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, and Excellence—are more than just words. They are the foundation of who we are and how we work. These principles shape our culture, guide our decisions, and inspire us to create an environment where every team member feels empowered to grow, succeed, and make a meaningful impact.

Depending on your employment status, AtkinsRéalis benefits may include medical, dental, vision, company-paid life and short- and long-term disability benefits, employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting, employee stock purchase plan, Paid Time Off, leaves of absences options, flexible work options, recognition and employee satisfaction programs, employee assistance program, and voluntary benefits. You can review our comprehensive benefits page here.

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About AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Expected compensation range is between $180,000 - $220,000 annually depending on skills, experience, and geographical location.

Are you ready to expand your career with us? Apply today and help us shape something extraordinary.

AtkinsRéalis is an equal opportunity, Drug-Free employer EOE/Veteran/Disability

Please review AtkinsRéalis' Equal Opportunity Statement here.

AtkinsRéalis cares about your privacy and is committed to protecting your privacy. Please consult our Privacy Notice on our Careers site to know more about how we collect, use and transfer your Personal Data. By submitting your personal information to AtkinsRéalis, you confirm that you have read and accept our Privacy Notice.

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In the event a recruiter or agency who is not on our preferred supplier list submits a resume/candidate to anyone in the company, AtkinsRéalis family of companies, we explicitly reserve the right to recruit and hire the candidate(s) at our discretion and without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. https://careers.atkinsrealis.com/recruitment-agencies

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