Lamar Advertising Company

Airport Area Project Manager

Lamar Advertising Company • $95K — $115K *
Atlanta, GA 30349In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, project management, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 7-10 years of progressively responsible experience in construction or project management.
  • Direct experience managing projects at commercial airports or government facilities.
  • Experience with multimillion-dollar capital projects from planning to closeout.
  • Skills in developing project scopes, schedules, budgets, and managing contractor teams.

Responsibilities

  • Provide guidance and supervision to Airport Project Managers and field crews.
  • Manage airport capital projects from site survey to final closeout.
  • Develop project schedules, budgets, scopes of work, and field plans.
  • Coordinate with architects, engineers, contractors, and airport departments.
  • Conduct site inspections to monitor progress, quality, and budget adherence.
  • Review contractor submissions and manage project documentation.
  • Identify and report significant project risks and issues.

Benefits

  • Monday-Friday hybrid schedule with paid holidays and frequent domestic travel.
  • Comprehensive 6-week training program and access to corporate-led sales school.
  • Multiple medical plan options, including a health savings account.
  • Dental and vision insurance, along with hospital and critical illness coverage.
  • Generous paid time off policy increasing with tenure and 12 paid holidays.
  • 401(k) plan with company match and employee stock purchase plan.
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities and internal leadership programs.
Full Job Description
Are you an experienced project manager interested in leading innovative airport infrastructure and advertising projects? If so, we'd love to have you join our team The Airport Area Project Manager is responsible for the day-to-day planning, management, and execution of airport capital improvement, digital media, and advertising infrastructure projects throughout the area. This role leads projects from initial site survey through commissioning and closeout, ensuring projects are completed.

Preferred Locations: Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN; Atlanta, GA; and Charlotte, NC

What's in it for you?

  • A Monday-Friday hybrid schedule with paid holidays (Frequent domestic travel required)


What can you expect from us?

  • Comprehensive 6 week training program with opportunities to participate in our corporate-hosted Lamar Sales School
  • Multiple medical plan options and health savings account
  • Hospital, Accident, and Critical Illness coverage
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Short and long-term disability and paid parental leave
  • 120 hours of paid time off (PTO) that increases with tenure
  • 12 paid company holidays including Presidents Day and Juneteenth
  • Employee Stock purchase plan
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Wellness program incentives such as medical plan premium holidays and HSA contributions
  • Ongoing professional development and internal leadership programs to maximize your career potential
  • Advancement opportunities, as our goal is to promote all Sales Managers from within!


What we're looking for in YOU:

  • Excellent written, verbal and listening skills.
  • Speak on a one-to one basis using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain information, explain policies and procedures, and persuade others
  • Ability to make oral presentations to provide information or explain policies and procedures.
  • Skill in speaking with persons of various social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds.
  • General knowledge of the local and national media trends, which includes companies outside of Lamar
  • Ability to explain the outdoor advertising business to customers and account executives from installation and product standpoints.
  • Work independently and following through on assignments with minimal direction
  • Work under general direction and resolve most conflicts that may arise independently
  • Initiate various projects and assignments
  • Analyze information, problems, or situations to define problems, identify concerns/patterns, and formulate logical conclusions


Education and experience:

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, project managment, business, or a related discipline. (An equievelent of education and directly related professional experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.)
  • Minimum of 7 to 10 years of progressively responsible experience in construction, engineering, capital development, project management, or technology installation.
  • Direct experience managing construction or technology installations within active commercial airport or government facilities.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multi-million-dollar capital projects across multiple sites from initial planning through commissioning and closeout.
  • Experience developing and managing project scopes, schedules, budgets, bid packages, and multidisciplinary contractor teams.


Preferred

  • Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), Professional Engineer (PE), or registered architect license.
  • Experience with airport advertising concessions, out-of-home media, digital displays, display fabrication, and technology integration.
  • Experience supporting airport RFPs, concession transitions, terminal renovations, and ACDBE/DBE local business participation requirements.


Please note: Upon submitting your application, you will be asked to complete an 8-15 minute personality assessment. This assessment compares your professional soft skills to the skills required for success in this role. Please answer honestly; this is not a test! Not completing this assessment could result in disqualification from consideration for this position.

A day in the life:

  • Provide functional guidance and project supervision to Airport Project Managers and field crews assisting with project execution within the assigned area.
  • Manage assigned airport capital projects from site survey and scope development through design, permitting, construction, installation, commissioning, and final closeout.
  • Develop and control project schedules, budgets, scopes of work, bid packages, and field implementation plans.
  • Serve as primary project contact, coordinating architects, engineers, contractors, manufacturers, airport departments, and local certified vendors.
  • Oversee compliance logistics, including permitting, badging, escorts, shutdowns, restricted work hours, safety protocols, and secure-area access.
  • Conduct regular site inspections and monitor construction progress, quality, schedule adherence, and budget performance.
  • Review contractor documentation, shop drawings, submittals, proposals, invoices, change orders, and payment applications.
  • Manage equipment deployment and testing, overseeing delivery, installation, commissioning, punch-list completion, and warranty handoffs.
  • Identify and escalate significant project risks, delays, cost exposures, and operational conflicts to the Director of Airport Projects.
  • Maintain accurate project records and provide regular status reports to leadership


Physical demands and work environment:

  • The primary work environment for this position is an office.
  • The physical demands for this position are moderate to heavy lifting, pushing, reaching, seeing (reading, color distinction, acuity, depth perception, and peripheral vision), sitting less than 50%, standing, stooping, talking, turning, walking, and climbing
  • Other physical demands include lifting, moving, pulling, and pushing loads of up to 10 pounds
  • Ability to work outside standard business hours when required by airport operating restrictions or construction schedules.
  • The typical time spent traveling is more than 50%, requiring frequent air travel to airports and project sites nationwide

About Lamar Advertising Company

Lamar Advertising is an outdoor advertising company which operates billboards, logo signs, and transit displays in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 1902 by Charles W. Lamar and J.M. Coe, and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The company has over 200 locations in the United States and Canada. They have reportedly more than 325,000 displays across the USA. Lamar Advertising Company became a real estate investment trust in 2014. Lamar Advertising Company was founded in 1902 by J.M. Coe and Charles W. Lamar. The Company became independent under its current name in 1908 in Pensacola, Florida, when Charles W. Lamar, Sr. and J.M. Coe decided to dissolve their three-year partnership using a coin toss to divide their assets. The Pensacola Opera House and the Pensacola Advertising Company that was created to promote it were to be divided between the two men. Charles W. Lamar lost the toss and was left with the less-lucrative poster company, which he renamed the Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company. The Pensacola Opera House was destroyed during Hurricane Four of the 1917 Atlantic Hurricane season, with the Saenger Theatre later built on the site. In 2004, Lamar acquired Obie Media Corporation of Eugene, Oregon, adding 250 faces to its Washington and Idaho regions.
Learn more about Lamar Advertising Company
Size
3,350 employees
Market Cap
$9.4 billion
Industry
Business Services
Net Income
$243.3 million
Founded
1902
5 Year Trend
+3.6%
Revenue
$1.5 billion
NASDAQ
LAMR
* Ladders Estimates

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