Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is an award-winning, medium-hub commercial service airport that served more than 10 million passengers in 2023 and is one of the top 50 airports in the United States for passenger traffic. Fifteen airlines serve RSW with nonstop service to 68 markets, including Canada and Germany. The economic impact of the airport is $8.3 billion annually to the Southwest Florida region and more than 60,000 jobs. Page Field (FMY), an FAA-designated reliever airport, provides services to general and business aviation and accommodated more than 203,000 aircraft operations in 2023, a new record. Base Operations at Page Field is an award-winning, fixed-based operator and has been recognized for its customer service and facilities.

A Terminal Expansion Project Phase 1 is currently underway at RSW to improve the airport travel experience by consolidating the security checkpoints, adding concession space and providing passengers more amenities and options. The Terminal Expansion Phase 2 Project began in fall 2024 and will add Concourse E with 14 gates, expand the Chiller Plant Facility, as well as make other associated terminal, landside and airside improvements. Other significant planned capital projects at the Southwest Florida International Airport include a new Public Safety Building, a Consolidated Maintenance Facility, and the rehabilitation of the single runway and other airfield improvements.

 The Position

The Lee County Port Authority is seeking a skilled and highly motivated individual to join our engineering and construction team where you will enjoy a positive and supportive work environment in the aviation industry. This role oversees all aspects of the Engineering and Construction Department at Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field.

The position reports to the deputy executive director of the development division. The primary objective of the successful candidate is to ensure projects are on schedule, within budget and fully coordinated. This role requires significant amount of experience in the management of capital projects in varying sizes involving multi-disciplined architectural, engineering, and construction elements. Project budgets vary and can be in excess of hundreds of millions of dollars.

The anticipated annual starting salary for the ideal candidate is between $110k - $143k depending on experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages projects involving multi-disciplined architectural, engineering, and construction elements (varied values up to hundreds of millions of dollars)
• Demonstrates a high degree of independence, effective communication, construction knowledge expertise, and savvy negotiation and leadership skills
• Manages staff and consultants providing architectural, engineering, and construction expertise to support the preparation of total project budgets, cost estimates, special studies/reports, justification statements for proposed work, and assumptions for project scopes within the Capital Improvement Plan to ensure alignment with Port Authority objectives
• Facilitates clear understanding of the scope and objectives of assigned projects to senior engineer staff
• Engages in proactive collaboration with stakeholders to secure necessary expertise or address specific project needs
• Promotes project excellence by ensuring the delivery of consistent, high-quality results from professional consultants and contractors
• Oversees construction contractor and consultant contract negotiations; design milestone meetings; pre-design, pre-bid and pre-construction conferences; construction progress meetings; substantial and final completion meetings; and any other meetings as required to advance the necessary progression of development projects
• Prepares, negotiates, implements and enforces various types of contracts: engineering/architectural design, construction administration, construction engineering inspection, and construction management related services

Minimum Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in engineering, architecture, construction management/science or related field
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in engineering, construction contract administration/management, program management, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience, including work with increasingly demanding management responsibility, on large government, public works or airport improvement projects
• Ability to obtain a Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) clearance.
• Certification as a Professional Engineer (PE), Architect, Certified Construction Manager (CCM), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent preferred.
• Possession of a valid Florida driver’s license required

Emergency Response/Recovery Activities: Lee County Port Authority personnel are designated by tier levels and may be called upon to assist with an emergency or unforeseen event at any time. Employees may be called to fulfill duties that are outside their normal scope of work to assist in resuming airport operations and flight activities.

Ready to take flight? Apply now and let’s build the airports of tomorrow together!

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About Lee County Port Authority - RSW, FMY

Southwest Florida International Airport served more than 10 million passengers in 2023 and is one of the top 50 U.S. airports for passenger traffic. No ad valorem (property) taxes are used for airport operation or construction. For more information, visit flylcpa.com.

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