Associate Project Manager – Asset Management and Lifecycle Planning - Denver International Airport

Overview

The City and County of Denver invites you to contribute to the success of Denver International Airport (DEN) and the broader Denver region. As an Associate Project Manager in Asset Management, you will help maintain and improve the airport’s facilities and infrastructure, ensuring safety, efficiency, and passenger satisfaction.

This hybrid role requires you to be on site at least three of five days per week at DEN in Denver, Colorado. Off‑site days must be within the state of Colorado.

• Competitive salary range: $93,566 – $120,000, commensurate with education and experience.
• 457B retirement plan and guaranteed lifelong monthly pension after five years of service.
• 140 hours of PTO earned within the first year plus 12 paid holidays.
• One personal holiday, one wellness day, and one volunteer day per year.
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans effective within one month of start date.
• Hybrid workplace model that balances on‑site collaboration with remote flexibility.

• Support the planning and execution of asset condition assessments for airport facilities, systems, and infrastructure, including coordinating site visits, tracking assessment progress, and documenting findings.
• Oversee procurement, scoping, and administration of professional services contracts supporting condition assessments, lifecycle modeling, and data collection.
• Review, organize, and analyze asset data related to condition, risk, lifecycle, and performance.
• Develop maintenance, repair, and capital renewal recommendations based on condition assessment results and asset management standards.
• Support capital planning reviews for new construction, rehabilitation, and expansion projects by validating asset condition assumptions, scope completeness, and long‑term O&M impacts.
• Engage stakeholders and delivery partners to gather requirements, validate needs, and translate conversations into structured project definitions and business cases.
• Support cross‑functional meetings and collaborate with project managers, engineers, maintenance staff, and airport divisions to ensure alignment on recommendations.
• Utilize Maximo to manage asset data, assist with configuration updates, testing, and system enhancements.
• Support Maximo end users with troubleshooting, training, and adoption of Maximo tools.
• Demonstrate ability to balance field knowledge with detailed document production, including strong skills in writing, analysis, and use of standard office tools.
• Prove capability to manage multiple assignments, maintain organized documentation, and work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Apply experience working in aviation, transportation, utilities, or large public infrastructure environments.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Experience in civil or aviation infrastructure, transportation engineering, or construction management, with exposure to asset management principles, condition assessments, and lifecycle planning.
• Experience with asset management software, capital planning tools, IoT integration, GIS, and digital facility models to support data‑driven decisions.
• Experience working with Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems (preferably Maximo), including managing asset records, location/asset hierarchies, job plans, PMs, and work orders.
• Basic understanding of capital planning, maintenance planning, or infrastructure management.
• Familiarity with data visualization or reporting tools.
• Experience procuring and managing professional services contracts, defining scopes aligned to strategic outcomes, and ensuring high‑quality, usable deliverables, including developing, prioritizing, and defending multi‑year capital investment plans using risk, condition, and lifecycle data.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills with experience gathering requirements, facilitating discussions, and converting input into structured project definitions or processes.
• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Public Administration, or a related field.
  • Two (2) years of professional project management experience in the related occupational group.
  • Valid…