About the Role
The selected candidate will manage Capital and Agency Major Maintenance Program (AMMP) projects, and other complex infrastructure initiatives at various TB&T facilities. This role oversees all phases of the project lifecycle, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with Port Authority policies, while coordinating multidisciplinary teams and engaging stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple capital and major maintenance projects from initiation through closeout.
- Develop detailed project scopes based on operational needs, facility conditions, program priorities, and business outcomes.
- Establish project budgets, schedules, funding requirements, implementation strategies, and project economics.
- Collaborate with Engineering and other Port Authority departments to secure resources for design phases.
- Coordinate with Engineering Construction Management Division for project delivery during construction.
- Advance projects through milestones, identifying issues and implementing recovery plans.
- Lead project risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, and contingency development.
- Coordinate site visits, field investigations, and stakeholder meetings.
- Establish and maintain effective communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Negotiate and coordinate agreements, force accounts, permits, and interagency requirements.
- Lead the capital authorization process, including preparing CPOC materials and Board authorization packages.
- Prioritize project advancement based on operational needs, funding, program objectives, and organizational priorities.
- Prepare periodic project status reports and executive briefings.
- Supervise, mentor, and provide technical guidance to junior project management staff.
- Ensure all project documentation is complete and projects are formally closed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience managing large ($200-$500M) capital, infrastructure, design, or construction projects.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary design and construction teams.
- Valid driver's license.
Skills
- Project management principles
- Project planning
- Scheduling
- Estimating
- Budgeting
- Resource allocation
- Procurement
- Project controls
- Contractor oversight
- Developing project scopes
- Prioritizing work
- Integrating operational, maintenance, resiliency, and security requirements
- Capital planning
- Infrastructure assessment
- Life-cycle cost analysis
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Asset management principles
- Project development processes
- Managing projects with multiple stakeholders
- Balancing competing priorities and limited resources
- Leading, influencing, and building consensus among multidisciplinary teams, executive leadership, consultants, contractors, regulatory agencies, and external stakeholders
- Analytical skills
- Organizational skills
- Decision-making skills
- Negotiation skills
- Customer service skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Written communication skills
- Verbal communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Port Authority project management systems
- Capital authorization processes
- Administrative procedures
- Document control practices
- Asset management processes
Location
- New York
- New Jersey
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote (maximum one day per week)
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- Minimum: $ 106,392
- Midpoint: $ 138,297
- Maximum: $ 170,222
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
- Professional environment that supports development and recognizes achievement
About the Company
- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey offers a competitive benefits package and a professional environment that supports development and recognizes achievement.
