2025 RSW Director of Engineering and Construction

This is a senior management role responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Engineering and Construction Department for the Lee County Port Authority including the Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field General Aviation Airport. The role ensures projects are completed on schedule within budget and fully coordinated. Strong communication skills and extensive experience managing varied sizes of capital projects (combined values exceeding hundreds of millions) involving multidisciplinary architectural engineering and construction elements are essential.

The position involves extensive coordination with consultants contractors staff other Port Authority divisions and regulatory agencies such as Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other state and local agencies. This role provides leadership for all projects within the Engineering and Construction Department serves as a communication link with Port Authority directors managers and staff and provides recommendations to the Port Authoritys executive staff. This position is supported by other areas of the Development Division including Governmental Affairs and Grants Planning and Environmental Compliance Development Services as well as other departments including Maintenance Operations and Finance.

This position reports to the Deputy Executive Director Development.

POSITION DUTIES

• Manages projects involving multidisciplined architectural engineering and construction elements (combined values estimated values exceeding hundreds of millions)
• 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
• Works with LCPA Operations to ensure all development complies with operational and regulatory requirements rules regulations and laws including FAA regulations building codes and safety regulations
• Organizes and plans activities anticipating needs forecasting results analyzing and organizing work processes and procedures and delegates assignments
• Manages and facilitates design construction supervision and implementation of all projects and plans relevant to the Airport and within procurement requirements and established schedules and budgets
• Manages development and maintenance of budget profiles schedules project estimates cash flow projections and project documentation for planned and completed construction work
• Responsible for assisting with the development of the fiveyear FAA Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP) in order to meet all FAA requirements AIP grants PFC funds and overall grant assurances
• Directs the development of negotiating strategies parameters pricing and terms for construction projects
• Monitors projects in progress to identify problems issues and potential risks and acts to mitigate any trouble
• Hires appraises supervises delegates and reviews work of employees. Evaluates staff performance coaches and counsels staff and recommends and approves training
• Collaborates with and is the Airport Authoritys liaison to airlines airport tenants governmental agencies consultants and the FAA.
• Facilitates clear understanding of the scope and objectives of assigned projects to senior and junior 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 highquality results from professional consultants and contractors
• Oversees construction contractor and consultant contract negotiations
• Participates in design milestone meetings; predesign prebid and preconstruction 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
• Recommends procedural and personnel changes to executive staff aimed at improving project coordination communication and balancing of workload
• Performs other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Training and Experience:

• Graduation from an accredited fouryear college or university with a degree in engineering architecture construction management/science or related field
• A minimum of 5 years senior level 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
• A professional engineering license in the state of Florida or the ability to obtain one within one year is desired.
• 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 drivers license required

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Extensive experience in managing professional service contracts hard bid construction contracts and staff
• Strong independence excellent communication expertise in construction knowledge and proficient negotiation and leadership abilities are crucial
• General knowledge of engineering principles professional services contracts construction administration construction engineering inspection and construction management principles and other project development concepts and techniques
• General knowledge of construction project delivery methods and contracting mechanisms
• General knowledge of project management systems for construction
• General knowledge of the principles and practices of airport planning design and construction including contract management
• General knowledge and understanding of capital planning NEPA and annual budget and business planning processes
• General knowledge of quality control and quality assurance principles as well as standard industry methods and techniques applied to architectural/engineering design construction administration construction engineering inspection construction management and other construction related services
• General knowledge of or ability to learn Federal standards related to Transportation Security Administration Customs and Board Protection and airport security regulations and requirements.
• Ability to effectively communicate with consultants contractors regulatory agencies and staff
• Ability to work as a key team member on simultaneous complex and timesensitive engineering and construction projects
• Ability to make difficult decisions requiring compromise and appropriate political judgment
  
  

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