American Airlines

Sr Manager, Corporate Real Estate

American Airlines$108K — $130K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or Construction Management or equivalent experience/training
  • 10+ years of demonstrated experience in design, planning, development, and management of facility construction projects including master plan projects
  • Prior experience in construction or facilities development
  • Licensed Architect or Interior Designer in the state of Texas

Responsibilities

  • Manage space planning and management for a 3 million sq ft corporate campus
  • Develop project scope and definition documents
  • Collaborate with internal departments and external stakeholders to outline project programs
  • Create and manage tactical and strategic facility plans
  • Assist in selecting leased real estate as required
  • Oversee development of design and construction documents
  • Provide written and verbal project status updates

Benefits

  • Travel Perks with access to 365 destinations on 6,800 daily flights
  • Comprehensive health benefits from day one including medical, dental, and vision
  • Wellness programs to support personal well-being
  • 401(k) program with potential employer contributions after one year
  • Additional benefits like Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance, and travel discounts
Full Job Description
9/18/26

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities: Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID: 88318

Job Description

What you'll do

  • Responsible for the space planning and space management for a 3 million sq ft. corporate campus including the management of the space planning data base
  • Development of project scope and/or definition documents
  • Proactively works with all internal departments and external Stakeholders to establish project program
  • Development and management of tactical and strategic facility plans
  • Assists in selection of leased real estate as needed
  • Preparation and management of procurement process for projects
  • Development and management of internal funding documents and consultant and contractor contracts
  • Development and management of project estimates, budgets and schedules, including construction phases
  • Oversees development of design and construction documents
  • Oversees furniture selections and specifications
  • Responsible for the technical direction of project architects, engineers and consultants involved in assigned projects to ensure that all program requirements are meet within budget and time constraints
  • Oversees construction
  • Provides written and verbal project status reports
  • Represents the best interest of the company at public meetings regarding departmental affairs
  • Manages direct reports
  • Limited travel is expected


All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or Construction Management or equivalent experience/training
  • 10+ years of demonstrated experience in design, planning, development, and management of facility construction projects including master plan projects
  • Prior experience in construction or facilities development
  • Licensed Architect or Interior Designer in the state of Texas


Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • N/A


Skills, Licenses & Certifications
  • Working knowledge of architectural and engineering construction documents, contracts, and commercial real estate
  • Ability to think strategically
  • Understand the business need for each project and make ongoing decisions bacsed on the best results for the company
  • Consistently able to anticipate upcoming problems and therby avoid them to preserve the project's intent, schedule, and budget
  • Capable of handling larger and complex projects requiring multi-phasing and/or fast tracking
  • Must be ablek to work with diverse user groups
  • Ability to successfully manage direct reports
  • TSA Regulations require a fingerprint-based criminal history records check, which must be completed prior to any individual assuming this position. The successful candidate must also clear an internal background review prior to assuming this position.


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


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...

American Airlines Careers

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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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