Principal Construction Manager and Program Controls - FAA

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Job Description:

Parsons is seeking an experienced On-Site Construction Manager and Program Controls Lead to support our Program Management / Construction Management advisory team on a major aviation and mission-critical facilities program. 

The selected candidate will provide field-based construction-management expertise focused on FAA requirements, facility standards, compliance, operational continuity, logistics, phasing, quality, inspection, acceptance, and turnover. The position will work closely with FAA stakeholders, Parsons project leadership, designers, contractors, subcontractors, technical specialists, and other project partners to help ensure that project requirements are identified early, properly interpreted, and effectively incorporated into project.

The Site Construction Manager will support the FAA and Parsons project leadership in an owner-agent PM/CM advisory capacity. The role will provide field oversight, technical guidance, coordination, compliance review, and recommendations without assuming the Progressive Design-Builder’s responsibility for construction means and methods, site safety management, contractor quality control, design-of-record responsibilities, or contract authority execution.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide site-based construction-management and FAA standards expertise during design, preconstruction, construction, testing, commissioning, turnover, and closeout activities.

• Review project plans, specifications, design submissions, feasibility information, logistics plans, phasing concepts, schedules, cost assumptions, and technical deliverables for alignment with applicable FAA requirements and project objectives.

• Advise the Program Manager, Project Manager, construction-management team, A/E partners, scheduler, commercial manager, and technical discipline leads on FAA facility standards, construction requirements, security considerations, and operational continuity constraints.

• Help translate FAA requirements into practical project constraints, technical guidance, review comments, coordination requirements, and acceptance criteria.

• Participate in FAA and project stakeholder workshops addressing operations, technical operations, security, facilities, telecommunications, construction, logistics, phasing, access, and operational readiness.

• Support development and review of the Project Execution Plan, construction-management procedures, logistics plans, work sequencing, outage plans, inspection pathways, acceptance processes, and documentation requirements.

• Monitor field activities and construction progress from an owner-agent perspective to assess alignment with approved plans, specifications, contract requirements, schedule commitments, quality expectations, and FAA standards.

• Coordinate with the Progressive Design-Builder, designers, subcontractors, vendors, utilities, authorities having jurisdiction, FAA representatives, and other stakeholders to resolve field issues and maintain project momentum.

• Support review and tracking of submittals, requests for information, requests for deviation, requests for substitution, inspection requests, testing documentation, and other construction-related records.

• Coordinate field quality-assurance activities, inspections, testing, deficiency tracking, nonconformance resolution, corrective actions, and re-inspections in accordance with project requirements.

• Support coordination of construction interfaces involving building systems, security, telecommunications, utilities, ATC/NAS equipment, commissioning, shutdowns, outages, and work in or adjacent to operational areas. 

• Monitor construction logistics, site access, material and equipment deliveries, work sequencing, phasing, temporary conditions, and construction impacts to project operations.

• Identify potential design conflicts, constructability concerns, compliance gaps, quality issues, schedule risks, cost impacts, and conditions that could affect operational readiness.

• Provide technical and field input to schedule reviews, cost evaluations, change assessments, risk-management activities, payment reviews, claims-avoidance efforts, and recovery planning

• Help define and monitor inspection, testing, acceptance, turnover, and closeout requirements for building systems, life-safety systems, mission-critical systems, and related facility infrastructure.

• Support commissioning, integrated systems testing, operational-readiness, beneficial occupancy, substantial completion, phased turnover, final completion, and warranty activities.

• Prepare concise, defensible technical guidance, field reports, review comments, issue summaries, status updates, and recommendations for the FAA and project leadership.

• Maintain accurate records of field observations, decisions, action items, inspections, deficiencies, testing, acceptance, and construction coordination activities.

• Support development and implementation of project-specific construction-management and compliance processes intended to reduce rework, schedule delays, and claims risk.

• Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as appropriate.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

• Typically 15 or more years of construction-management experience on complex facilities, infrastructure, aviation, federal, defense, or mission-critical projects.

• Demonstrated experience delivering or overseeing FAA facilities or projects governed by FAA construction, building, safety, documentation, inspection, acceptance, and turnover requirements.

• Working knowledge of FAA facilities standards, processes, criteria, and compliance expectations applicable to design, construction, quality, safety, security, documentation, and operational readiness.

• Experience reviewing existing-conditions information, feasibility studies, concept designs, logistics plans, phasing concepts, schedules, cost assumptions, procurement strategies, and construction deliverables.

• Ability to translate technical and regulatory requirements into practical project constraints, review comments, coordination actions, inspection requirements, and acceptance criteria.

• Experience working with FAA operations, technical operations, security, facilities, telecommunications, designers, contractors, subcontractors, and construction-management teams.

• Experience supporting construction in occupied, operational, secure, or continuity-sensitive environments, including access control, shutdown planning, outage coordination, and operational-impact mitigation.

• Experience with construction quality assurance, inspection and testing, submittal governance, nonconformance management, configuration control, commissioning, and closeout documentation.

• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise and defensible technical guidance for technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

• Strong organizational, analytical, coordination, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to meet applicable client security, background-screening, site-access, and information-protection requirements.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Experience supporting an owner’s representative, program management, construction management, design-build, or progressive design-build organization.

• Experience supporting mission-critical facilities such as air traffic control facilities, command-and-control facilities, secure facilities, data centers, or other high-reliability environments.

• Strong familiarity with MEP, building-automation, fire/life-safety, telecommunications, security, and other facility systems that affect construction sequencing, commissioning, acceptance, and operational readiness.

• Experience supporting FAA acquisitions, stakeholder governance, facility implementation, or federal construction programs.

• Experience with commissioning, integrated systems testing, operational readiness, phased turnover, cutover planning, and warranty support.

• Familiarity with federal contracting environments, QA/QC programs, inspection and acceptance procedures, configuration management, and closeout requirements.

• Professional Engineer, Registered Architect, Certified Construction Manager, Project Management Professional, or similar certification.

• Experience contributing to PMIS, CMIS, document-control, compliance, or closeout workflows.

Key Attributes

• Recognized subject matter credibility with the ability to influence without authority

• Detail-oriented and compliance-focused, while remaining practical and delivery-minded

• Collaborative partner who strengthens the team through clear guidance and early issue identification

• Comfortable working under compressed timelines and high-visibility decision cycles

Security Clearance Requirement:

Ability to obtain FAA Suitability.

Must be a U.S. Person.

Location: On-Site. Dallas, Texas

Security Clearance Requirement:

NoneThis position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $148,300.00 - $266,900.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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