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Project Manager, Airport Development

Metropolitan Airports Commission

Minneapolis, MN · HybridFull-time$117–162K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$117–162K/yr
Location
Minneapolis, MNHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid State Driver's License

Job overview

The Project Manager of Airport Development initiates, schedules, and implements aviation-related projects in the MAC Capital Improvement Program, initially focusing on building infrastructure. The role manages assigned development projects at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport and the Reliever Airports, including cost and budget accountability. It oversees consultants’ design work and coordinates with MAC departments, municipalities, airport tenants, and government jurisdictions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Construction Project ManagementMicrosoft WordMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft ExcelConsultant ManagementBuilding CodesPermitting

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Architecture, Civil Engineering, or Related Field or Associate Degree With Experience4+ Years Construction Project ExperienceAssociate Degree With 8+ Years ExperienceValid State Driver's LicenseReliable Vehicle

Full job description

Job Duties

The Project Manager of Airport Development will, under direction from Senior Project Manager, initiate, schedule, and implement a broad range of aviation related projects and programs outlined in the MAC Capital Improvement Program (CIP), with an initial focus on building infrastructure projects. The position is responsible for the implementation of, and the cost/budgeting accountability for, assigned Commission-approved development projects at the Minneapolis – St. Paul International Airport (MSP) and the Reliever Airports. Technical responsibilities include working directly with architectural, engineering, and construction management consultants and overseeing the development of design studies, project plans, specifications, and reports pertaining to CIP projects. In addition, this position will work closely with other MAC departments, municipalities, airport tenants and other governmental jurisdictions as required. Other responsibilities will include directing consultants in the preparation of feasibility studies, preliminary reports, and phasing plans to establish costs, priorities and timing for projects in the CIP.

This is a safety-sensitive position which will require a pre-employment drug screen.

Minimum Education Required

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Civil Engineering or a related field

Four years of progressively responsible experience in the design and management of construction projects that may have included building facilities, pavement or roadway, utilities/infrastructure, coordinating design standards while ensuring compliance with plans and specifications, completion dates, budgets and workmanship

In lieu of a bachelor's degree, an associate degree in one of the listed fields and eight years of experience in the design and management of construction projects

Intermediate skill level using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel

Experience managing contracted architects, engineers or other construction industry consultants

Experience working with building officials and/or permitting and code requirements

Valid state driver’s license and a reliable vehicle to commute between work sites

Minimum Experience Required

Four years of progressively responsible experience in the design and management of construction projects that may have included building facilities, pavement or roadway, utilities/infrastructure, coordinating design standards while ensuring compliance with plans and specifications, completion dates, budgets and workmanship.

In lieu of a bachelor's degree, an associate degree in one of the listed fields and eight years of experience in the design and management of construction projects

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

1

Public Transportation Accessible

Yes

Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Yes

Physical Required

Yes

Drug Test Required

Yes

Compensation

$117,487.00 - $162,163.00 / Annually

Postal Code

55450

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

Hybrid

Requisition ID

2026-1560

Job Benefits

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How this job compares

Set against the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$117–162K/yr
  • Minnesota median$102–160K/yr447 salary ranges
  • US median$111–178K/yr14,446 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $140K, is 6% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($132K) — in the middle half of Project Manager salary ranges in Minnesota.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 554 open Project Manager jobs in Minnesota and 22,993 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Minnesota
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — less than three in four Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 19,950 postings).
Education
12,857 of the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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