Skip to content

Open nowPosted 3 hours agoWe saw it 14 min after it went up

Senior Project Manager - Aviation

Turner & Townsend3,528 open roles

Pay
$190,000 – $210,000 a year
Where
New York, United States
Work mode
On site
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowSenior Project Manager - AviationTurner & Townsend · New York, United States
  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Turner & Townsend's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

13.1% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Turner & Townsend postings stay open a median of 19 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.2%1 day
  2. 4.7%3 days
  3. 13.1%7 days
  4. 21.1%14 days
  5. 35.8%30 days
  6. 59.0%60 days
This job: posted 3 hours ago

Turner & Townsend median: 19 days open

The posting

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support the growth and delivery of our aviation portfolio across the Northeast.

The Sr Project Manager should have an architectural or engineering background in the construction industry and be experienced in Program Management/Design/Construction services.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development & Client Engagement

  • Contribute to strategic account development, capture planning, and proposal development to secure new aviation opportunities.
  • Drive client relationship development and identify opportunities to expand existing accounts and establish new client partnerships.
  • Identify opportunities to expand Turner & Townsend’s service offerings across program/construction/asset management, building consultancy and advisory services
  • Represent the firm in client meetings, industry events, and aviation forums
  • SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Infrastructure Program Delivery

  • Provide leadership across the full lifecycle of aviation infrastructure programs, integrating program and cost management, construction management, asset management advisory, facility maintenance, commissioning, and capital planning capabilities.
  • Lead the successful delivery of airport programs, including terminals, airside/landside infrastructure, utilities, and enabling works from strategic planning through execution and operational readiness
  • Implement best-in-class program management and controls frameworks across scope, schedule, cost, risk, governance, and performance management
  • Oversee program controls and digital delivery, enabling data-driven decision-making and transparent reporting at the senior level
  • Integrate construction delivery capabilities to support constructability, phasing, sequencing, and execution within live airport environments
  • Align capital program strategies with driven asset lifecycle planning, ensuring investments deliver long-term operational performance and value
  • Ensure seamless integration of capital programs within active airport operations, including stakeholder coordination, operational continuity, and readiness planning
  • Provide oversight for safety, quality, compliance, and risk management, and serve as a senior escalation point for delivery challenges

Leadership and Team Development

  • Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing, multidisciplinary aviation team
  • Support recruitment, onboarding, and professional development aligned with growth objectives
  • Contribute to business planning, and aviation market strategy
  • Collaborate with national leadership to drive consistency, innovation, and best practices across the aviation portfolio
  • Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance culture aligned with Turner & Townsend values
  • Establish and drive the growth of the Northeast aviation team, including identifying key capabilities, developing talent, and aligning resources with business development and project delivery objectives.

Qualifications

  • College Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or Architecture.
  • Professional Engineer (P.E.) license or equivalent professional certification preferred.
  • 15+ years of professional experience in engineering, construction, or infrastructure program delivery, including significant experience in the aviation sector.
  • Solid working proficiency with AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and MS Office Suite.
  • Excellent presentation skills and the ability to be highly effective in a client-facing role.
  • Strong understanding of airport operations, construction phasing, and infrastructure development within active airport environments.
  • Team player; ability to work collaboratively.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs.

The base salary range for this role is $190,000-$210,000 USD. This range reflects the company's good faith estimate of the base salary for this position at the time of the posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, employees may be eligible for bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email [email protected]. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at 713-457-9400 or [email protected]. This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:

Twitter

Instagram

LinkedIn

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Turner & Townsend's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.
  3. We apply on Turner & Townsend's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.
  4. Every reply, sorted

    Turner & Townsend's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.
  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.