LAWA Project Manager III

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Pacific Pros is seeking Project Manager III for Construction Projects to be a representative for Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA).

Work Location: LAWA has required the candidates be local for this position.

Region: Los Angeles, CA

Status: Full-time on-site.

Opening: March 2026, Immediate.

Serve as Owner's representative.

The Terminal 5 Sr. Project Manager (T5 Sr. Project Manager) shall report to the Terminal 5 Project Delivery Director and is responsible for managing the scope, schedule, and operational interfaces of design- and construction-related activities within the Terminal 5 Renovation and Reconstruction Project.

The T5 Sr. Project Manager is responsible for managing the scope, cost, schedule, and operational interfaces of design and construction activities for the Terminal 5 Renovation and Reconstruction Project. The role focuses on schedule certainty, budget delivery, and ensuring construction work meets required quality standards while enforcing a strong health, safety, and environmental culture. The Project Manager ensures the development and implementation of design, construction, testing, commissioning, turnover plans, operational impact mitigation, stakeholder coordination, and adherence to LAWA standards.

The T5 Sr. Project Manager will also be responsible for coordinating with the T5 Interface Manager to ensure that all project elements—including the concourse, headhouse, and site/civil work—are aligned, communicated, and executed efficiently. This role includes coordinating, managing, and resolving all interfaces among multiple contractors, design teams, stakeholders, utilities, and project management groups across the T5 Program to ensure that technical, operational, schedule, and logistical requirements are fully met.

• Project Manager and technical/construction leader experienced in operating/active environments
• Management of projects within budget and schedule constraints while maintaining all necessary scope elements
• Leader in stakeholder engagement to identify, communicate, resolve, and accomplish stakeholder needs
• Knowledge of design and construction contracting practices and methodologies
• Knowledge and experience across the design lifecycle
• Knowledge and experience across the construction lifecycle
• Ability to assemble KPIs and decision packages for governance and executive presentation
• Ability to maintain strong working relationships with design and construction professionals
• Ability to maintain high team morale and professionalism reflective of LAWA values

• Primary liaison and airport/owner representative responsible for directing and managing the project
• Responsible for scope development and scope management of the project to meet project goals and objectives
• Develop the RFP and oversee the procurement process for designers and contractors
• Providing direction and management for assigned project and ensuring on-schedule completion within or below budget in accordance with contractual obligations
• Planning and defining program goals and devising methods to accomplish them; developing in-depth knowledge of owner objectives, contract terms, and airport policies
• Planning, directing, supervising, and controlling the execution of all technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned project
• Working with team members and airport management to develop budgets, schedules, and plans for the various elements of a project
• Oversees owner’s staff that manages full project delivery including stakeholder interfaces
• Managing project scope to meet or exceed project goals and objectives
• Ability to identify and study options to complex design, operational, or constructability issues
• Ability to conduct field surveys and investigations to capture detailed and accurate field conditions; this information shall be used to enable strategic design and construction decisions
• Maintaining documentation on the approved scope of work for the project to include all related agreements, authorizations, reports, drawings, and…