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Construction Project Director – Integrated Resort & Infrastructure at AECOM — New York, NY

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Project Director — Integrated Resort & Infrastructure

We are hiring a seasoned Project Director to lead the end‐to‐end delivery of a ground‐up towers development, overseeing preconstruction through commissioning, opening, and handover.

Ideal candidates will have experience leading infrastructure and vertical construction on large-scale integrated resort, hospitality, high-rise residential, or mixed-use developments. The successful candidate has managed multidisciplinary teams and successfully delivered complex projects from preconstruction through turnover. Experience overseeing major utility infrastructure, site development, and building systems is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Strategy

  • Define program strategy, governance, and delivery plan; establish KPIs, reporting cadence, and decision rights.
  • Build and mentor a high‐performing, integrated team (owner’s rep, design, construction, commissioning, and operations).

Preconstruction and Procurement

  • Drive design management from concept to IFC, ensuring constructability, value engineering, and lifecycle performance.
  • Lead procurement for major packages (structure, MEP, façade, VT, FF&E/OSE, IT/AV/Security), including prequalification and contract negotiations (GMP/CMAR/DB/IPD).

Schedule, Budget, and Risk

  • Own master schedule and cost plan; manage cash flow, contingencies, and change control.
  • Maintain risk register; proactively mitigate long‐lead items (switchgear, generators, chillers, elevators, façade systems).

Permitting, Regulatory, and Compliance

  • Coordinate approvals with building officials, fire marshal, health, and environmental regulators.
  • Manage integrated systems testing, TCO/CO, and approvals to meet opening milestones.

Construction and Quality

  • Enforce safety culture and QA/QC; lead site logistics, phasing, and trade coordination in union/non‐union environments.
  • Resolve claims/disputes; administer contracts, changes, and commercial terms to protect project outcomes.

Stakeholder and Communications

  • Align owners, lenders, and agencies (if applicable), operators, designers, and contractors.
  • Provide clear executive reporting and board‐level presentations; manage community and media interfaces as needed.

Commissioning and Handover

  • Lead commissioning, training, SOPs, mock openings, and handover to operations.
  • Close out efficiently (punch list, O&M, warranties, as-builts), securing a successful opening.

About Construction Management - AECOM Tishman

Since 1898, AECOM Tishman has managed some of the largest and most complex mixed-use and mega development projects in the U.S., in total building more than 600 million square feet. From luxury residential buildings to complex mixed-use mega-developments, historic renovations, top-rated hospitals, and the world’s most revered tall buildings – the AECOM Tishman legacy is one that is even stronger today, constructing buildings that define city skylines and local neighborhoods.

Minimum Requirements:

  • BA/BS Engineering/Construction Management or similar curriculum and 12 years of relevant experience in the field of construction, with 4 years of leadership or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
  • Entertainment/hotel/hospitality construction experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience as a senior level manager for a large construction project.
  • Experience in hospitality/hotel/entertainment construction builds.
  • Demonstrated experience in building teams of qualified staff to run projects on time and within budget.
  • Strong knowledge of NYC building and construction codes.
  • Proficiency in commercial construction literacy.
  • Software proficiency in Microsoft Office products, P6, CMIC, Procore, etc.
  • This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization now or in the future.
  • Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
  • This position is not hybrid nor remote.
  • This position may or may not include relocation.

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