Aviation Senior Project Design Manager

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Aviation Senior Project Design Manager for our Northeast/New England region, with a focus on projects in New York, Connecticut, Boston and Rhode Island. In this role, you will lead high-profile aviation design projects across the country while driving business development efforts to expand WSP’s presence in the aviation sector. This is an opportunity to work with a dynamic team on transformative aviation infrastructure projects while engaging with clients, pursuing new opportunities, and shaping the future of aviation design.

Your Impact

• Manage the design process to ensure adherence with all codes, stakeholder requirements, and project-specific design standards.

• Consult with clients on the implementation of on-call designer's project task orders.

• Provide and coordinate technical responses to inquiries from contractors, tenants, consultants, and other regulatory agencies.

• Proactively collaborate with multiple design teams to ensure alignment with program requirements and communicate potential project risks.

• Lead the early identification of project design goals and work with Project Managers to guide design to meet those goals.

• Organize and oversee design and constructability reviews of several concurrent projects.

• Assist with evaluation of change order requests, requests for information, and other change issues.

• Support construction administration tasks, including review of submittals, RFIs, and field changes to ensure compliance with design intent and project requirements.

• Coordinate with construction teams to provide technical guidance, address design-related issues, and facilitate smooth project execution.

• Ensure final project deliverables (As-Builts & O&M Manuals) are delivered in a timely manner and meet project governance requirements.

• Provide risk management feedback on all assigned projects during design and into construction.

• Assist in the permitting and planning of design processes to support AHJ review schedules.

• Support business development efforts, including pursuits, proposal writing, and client engagement.