About You:

Do you embody core values that will play a pivotal role in connecting our community to places and the people who matter most? Your commitment to continuous learning will drive innovation and growth, while your unwavering integrity ensures that our brand remains trustworthy and reputable. Your respect for colleagues and clients alike fosters a collaborative and positive environment. Your dedication to excellence in every task you undertake will elevate our brand’s standards. Lastly, your team spirit will unite our efforts and amplify our collective success.

Are you ready to be the Chief Engineer shaping the very foundation of a thriving airport?

At RDU, we're not just moving passengers; we're building the future of air travel. At RDU, we're not just moving passengers; we're building the future of air travel. As a Vice President focusing on asset management in the civil engineering space, you'll be the strategic leader responsible for ensuring our airport's physical core—from runways and taxiways to bridges, roadways, parking and essential underground systems—is always flight-ready, resilient, and prepared for its next big leap.

Reporting directly to our Chief Development Officer, you'll be the master planner and navigator for our ground-based assets, meticulously overseeing their lifecycle, from initial design to long-term renewal and replacement. This isn't just a job; it's an opportunity to ensure smooth take-offs and safe landings for decades to come, directly impacting millions of travelers and the economic vitality of our region.

Your Mission: Charting Our Course to the Future

In this pivotal role, your expertise will be instrumental as you:

• Build the Future: Develop and steer ambitious capital improvement plans that lay the groundwork for our airport's expansion and evolution, ensuring our infrastructure keeps pace with our soaring ambitions.
• Innovate for Impact: Explore and implement cutting-edge technologies that enhance the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of our operations, keeping us at the forefront of aviation infrastructure.
• Master the Blueprint: Coordinate and manage intricate airport development programs, ensuring every detail aligns with our strategic flight path.
• Navigate the Financial Skies: Skillfully prepare and oversee comprehensive capital and operating budgets for major development programs, ensuring fiscal responsibility as we invest in our future.
• Inspiring the Crew: Lead, mentor, and empower a diverse team of talented professionals, fostering a collaborative environment where every individual contributes to our shared mission, vision, and values.
• Ready for Turbulence: Stand as a vital member of our emergency response team, ready to "pitch in" and support operations during unexpected events or irregular operations, ensuring continuity and safety.

Your Essential Tools for a Smooth Flight

• Deep Industry Knowledge: You possess an extensive understanding of public sector management, airport operations, and the intricate federal, state, and local regulations (including FAA and environmental laws) that govern airport design, construction, and asset management. You're well-versed in airport-specific facility planning, program management, and construction best practices, including a grasp of sustainability concepts that keep us looking to the future.
• Exceptional Leadership & Communication: You're a natural leader, skilled in employee supervision, team building, and motivating a diverse group to reach ambitious goals. Your communication is clear, concise, and persuasive, whether you're explaining complex technical details or navigating sensitive discussions with tact and diplomacy.
• Strategic & Analytical Mindset: You can "see around the corner," anticipating challenges and strategically planning for long-term infrastructure needs. Your analytical and logical problem-solving skills allow you to dissect complex data, formulate sound conclusions, and make informed decisions.
• Master of Project & Financial Management: You excel at project planning, budgeting, and resource allocation, ensuring projects stay on track and within financial parameters. You're adept at negotiating agreements and resolving disputes with various stakeholders.
• Organizational Prowess: Your strong organizational skills, time management, and ability to prioritize multiple, often changing duties keep operations running smoothly, ensuring deadlines are consistently met.
• Relationship Architect: You have a proven ability to build and nurture strong, effective working relationships with everyone from public officials and airport tenants to employees, attorneys, and external consultants.

If you're ready to take the controls of our airport's civil infrastructure and help us soar to new heights, we encourage you to apply!

What You’ll Do:

• Provides strategic and technical direction, management, and oversight of consultant services in support of conceptual, preliminary, and final design engineering efforts.
• Develops strategic direction for capital improvement plans.
• Reviews technical content and requirements in construction plans and specifications
• Prepares and maintains budgets and estimates for development projects and programs.
• Researches, negotiates, and facilitates resolution of disputed matters.
• Ensure adherence to Authority Policy and Procedures and all Project Controls Instructions. Makes recommendations for modifications as appropriate.
• Leads a team of professional staff and inspires the team to achieve department and organizational goals, adopt new positions or opinions, and promote shared organizational mission, vision, and values.
• Performs additional related work as required.

Compensation:

Salary to be commensurate with experience

What You Need: 

Education:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction, or related field.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in civil engineering, construction, or related field.

Experience:

Required:

• 10 years of project management and design oversight work experience at a commercial service airport or comparable industry experience of similar scale and scope.

Preferred:

• Project Management and design oversight experience at a medium-hub or larger commercial service airport.

Licenses or Certifications:

Required:

• Valid NC Driver's License

Preferred:

• Professional Licensing (Civil Engineer)

Typical Work Hours: 

• 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday

Location:

• On-site RDU Airport Campus

About RDU Airport Authority

Welcome aboard the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority team, where our work environment resembles a well-oiled aviation crew. As operators of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, we connect central and eastern North Carolina to people and places that matter the most, serving 14.5 million passengers in 2023 and supporting over 85,000 local and regional jobs with a $17 billion annual economic impact. Here, accountability and collaboration are our navigational beacons, guiding us through every task with precision and teamwork. Picture yourself as a vital member of our crew, each role crucial to ensuring smooth operations and safe passage for all. Like a pre-flight checklist, we take workplace safety seriously, conducting thorough pre-hire drug, background, and fingerprint checks to ensure a secure environment for every team member. Whether you're stationed indoors, orchestrating behind the scenes, or outdoors, feeling the rush of the runway, you'll find a supportive atmosphere where your contributions make a real difference. We are committed to delivering excellent airport services, state-of-the-art facilities, and unparalleled customer service, earning a Top Five ranking in passeng...er satisfaction among large North American Airports in a 2023 J.D. Power survey. At RDU, we believe in investing in our people with a comprehensive benefits package for full-time positions, including professional growth and development opportunities. Join us in this high-flying adventure where accountability, collaboration, and safety are the wings that propel us toward success—watch your career soar with RDU!

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