American Airlines

Project Manager, Corporate Real Estate

American Airlines$95K — $115K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 5 years of relevant work experience
  • Prior experience in aviation facilities development is preferred
  • 5-10 years in design, planning, and management of airport facility projects is preferred
  • Strong understanding of project management principles across multiple disciplines

Responsibilities

  • Develop project scope and definition documents by collaborating with user groups and partners
  • Create project plans, estimates, budgets, and schedules
  • Prepare bidding and proposal documents
  • Compile internal funding requests
  • Select and evaluate outside consultants and contractors
  • Draft contract agreements with procurement partners
  • Manage projects from start to finish, ensuring adherence to budgets and schedules
  • Provide regular status updates on project progress
  • Assist in evaluating airport capital projects and construction plans

Benefits

  • Travel perks for exploring 365 destinations on over 6,800 daily flights
  • Immediate access to health, dental, vision, and wellness benefits
  • Wellness programs to support personal health
  • 401(k) program with employer contributions after one year
  • Additional perks including employee assistance, pet insurance, and travel discounts
Full Job Description
9/18/26

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities: Fort Worth - TX, Charlotte - NC, Philadelphia - PA, Phoenix - AZ
Requisition ID: 88319

Job Description

Why you'll love this job
• This position is a member of the Corporate Real Estate Facilities Development team within our Corporate Affairs division.
• Responsible for the design and construction oversight of complex corporate facilities primarily at domestic airports but could also include international locations in strict accordance with approved corporate space standards, schedules, budgets, and that meet all requirements of the airline.

What you'll do
• Develop project scope and/or definition documents including interaction with multiple user groups, internal departments, and airport and business partners.
• Develop project plans, estimates, budgets and schedules.
• Prepare request for bid/proposal documents.
• Prepare internal funding documents.
• Evaluate and select outside consultants, contractors and vendors.
• Develops contract agreements in conjunction with internal procurement partners.
• Manage projects to established budgets and schedules from Notice-to-Proceed to Project closeout including oversight of multiple outside consultants, contractors and vendors.
• Provides written and verbal project status updates.
• Assist American's CRE Properties Representatives in evaluating Airport Capital Improvement projects and construction implementation plans.
• Some travel will be required as part of this position.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Engineering or equivalent experience/training
• 5 years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Prior experience in aviation facilities development
  • 5-10 years of demonstrated experience in design, planning, development and management of airport facility construction projects

Skills, Licenses & Certifications
• Ability to understand the business needs for each project and make on-going decisions based on the best results for the company.
• Ability to anticipate upcoming problems and thereby avoiding them to preserve the project's intent, schedule and budget.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work with diversified user groups and external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and dynamically adjust project priorities to meet evolving business requirements.

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
  • Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
  • Health Benefits: On day one, you'll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that's just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
  • Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself - that's why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
  • 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
  • Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more


Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life's journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

About American Airlines

US Airways provides international and domestic air transport in the United States. It is owned by the American Airlines Group. US Airways utilizes a fleet of 343 mainline jet aircrafts, along with 278 regional jet and turbo-prop aircrafts operated by contract and subsidiary airlines under the name US Airways Express. It was originally established as All American Aviation.It operates an airline network with 193 destinations in 24 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. It also operates the US Airways Shuttle, a US Airways brand which provides hourly service between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C.As of October 2013, US Airways employed 32,312 people worldwide and operated 3,028 daily flights.US Airways is a member of Oneworld, and it currently operates along with American Airlines as a result of a merge between the two holding companies of these airliners.US Airways was established in 1973. It operates hubs at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia Inte...

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Learn more about American Airlines
Size
123,400 employees
Market Cap
$8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$8.8 billion
Founded
1930
5 Year Trend
-5.7%
Revenue
$17.3 billion
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