Commercial Capital Project Manager

The Commercial Capital Delivery Project Manager is integral to enabling the expansion and future revenue growth for the Commercial capital development portfolio at Dublin Airport. As a key member of the Commercial team this role will manage the delivery of the Commercial Capital Investment Programme (CIP) both with respect to future planning through the capital planning process together with the management of the delivery of the existing and future commercial CIP plans.

Responsibilities

As Commercial Capital Project Manager, the principal responsibilities of the role include:

Project Manage the Commercial Capital Investment Programme (CIP)

• Manage the delivery of the Commercial CIP portfolio of projects of c.€300+m ensuring projects are delivered on time and to the specifications and requirement of the business. Examples include Lounge and Fastrack upgrades
• Point of contact for Commercial on all capital development projects. 
• Co-ordination of various stakeholder groups including Capital Development, Airport Transformation Team, Infrastructure and Commercial Business Owner to support projects from concept inception through feasibility, design and delivery.
• Develop detailed portfolio management and reporting tools, together with detailed individual project plans focusing on the Commercial responsibilities around performance metrics, risk analysis and reporting to monitor and track delivery progress against key milestones and timelines
• Develop strong professional relationships and ways of working with Commercial Dept. Heads, Infrastructure, Capital Planning motivating and delivering results from cross functional teams
• Responsible for weekly and monthly reporting on individual projects and portfolio progress, escalating challenge and risks into the senior commercial management team
• Lead in the preparation and delivery of reports and updates to Management and provide strong representation of the Commercial agenda in cross functional project update meetings

Governance & Approval

• Provide guidance and clarity to Commercial Business Owners together with comprehensive direction on the inputs, requirements and sequencing of various stakeholder and management approvals to progress projects through the daa internal capital governance process ensuring projects progress through the various checkpoints at pace

• Provide commercial oversight during the design development and construction phase of the projects

  
  

Future Commercial Capital Investment Programme

• Ensure strategic alignment of the commercial capital investment objectives with Airport Masterplan, Corporate Strategy and Regulatory Determination (e.g. CIP / RAB).
• Lead and represent Commercial with respect to the future Capital Investment Programme, co-ordinating requirements and ensuring delivery as per the spec defined in the project charter and communicate and escalate any programme and or project risks between the Business Owners and the Capital Planning Team, translating passenger, airline and non-aeronautical revenue forecasts into Commercial capital investment requirements
• Work closely with the Commercial Business Owners to define the scope, capacity and functional requirement for each of the Commercial CIP projects and ensure supporting business case development outputs are delivered on time
• Lead on the co-ordination of all regulatory and stakeholder engagement 

Other

• Support the Commercial Revenue, Growth & Development with project management of other Commercial delivery projects

Qualifications

Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in construction project management or infrastructure delivery 

• Strong experience in operating in a complex stakeholder driven organization with a proven track record of managing the capital delivery of a portfolio of large scale and complex projects

• Track record of delivering construction delivery projects to timelines and to the specifications and requirements of the client

• An in-depth understanding of, and a passion for, capital infrastructure project management with Airport experience an advantage

• Tangible experience of documenting best practice construction project management policies and standards

• A high level of technical competence and experience across Commercial and business activities
• Track record of leading multiple, diverse teams working concurrently across a diverse portfolio
• Experience of dealing with a range of stakeholders at all levels across the organisation influencing the improvement of process and guidance to support project delivery

Skills

• Leadership and people management experience with strong influencing skills with the ability and proven experience in working successfully with multiple stakeholders
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to communicate at all levels with the organisation across all communication methods
• A critical thinker and adept at distilling complex problems and solutions into simple concepts
• Commercially driven with strong business acumen
• Be responsible and ensure accountability for work
• Self-starter that is Results orientated 
• Knowledge of construction, engineering and project management project delivery principles

• Project management experience and qualifications. PMP, Prince2 

• Embraces change and demonstrates high resilience in the face of adversity
• Ability to work within a fast-paced environment with quickly changing priorities.

Education & Qualifications 

• Third level degree or master’s qualification in Construction, Engineering, Surveying or Construction Project Management 

Mandatory Practicing/Training/Compliance Certification

• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent

Professional Memberships

•  institute of chartered engineers is a bonus

daa is an equal opportunities employer committed to celebrating diversity & inclusion and recognising the value that difference can bring, both for our business and for our people. We encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experience. We ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all and offer reasonable accommodations to applicants at all stages of the selection process

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