Aerodrome Projects Director

Parsons Corporation

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Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Aerodrome Projects Director to join our team. In this role, you will lead the planning, design, and delivery of major airport and airfield development programs, ensuring safe, timely, cost-effective, and high-quality project outcomes.

What You ll Be Doing

• Define, implement, and oversee the overall project delivery strategy for airport and airfield programs.
• Establish governance frameworks, reporting structures, and performance measurement systems aligned with client objectives and aviation standards.
• Lead the planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover phases of major aviation infrastructure projects.
• Ensure project schedules are realistic, integrated across disciplines, and aligned with operational requirements.
• Monitor project progress, identify delays or delivery risks, and implement mitigation strategies to maintain schedule performance.
• Direct the preparation and management of project budgets, forecasts, cost reports, and financial performance updates.
• Drive cost control, value engineering, commercial efficiency, and financial risk management across all project stages.
• Monitor contractor performance, payments, change impacts, and overall commercial performance.
• Lead the identification, assessment, and mitigation of technical, financial, operational, schedule, and interface risks.
• Ensure compliance with aviation regulations, airport authority requirements, environmental standards, safety requirements, and project lifecycle protocols.
• Act as the primary interface between airport authorities, government agencies, contractors, consultants, project sponsors, and internal delivery teams.
• Facilitate effective decision-making, resolve delivery challenges, and maintain transparent reporting with senior executives and key stakeholders.
• Oversee contract administration, procurement strategy, change management, claims assessment, and dispute resolution.
• Lead, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary teams including engineers, project managers, planners, commercial professionals, and technical specialists.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, technical excellence, and delivery-focused performance.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery processes, workflows, digital tools, reporting systems, and technology adoption.
• Champion the use of project monitoring systems, analytics, and performance data to improve predictability, decision-making, and reporting accuracy.