Project Manager III, CAAT (Advanced Aviation)

Location: Required to work in the Fort Worth, Texas office; the role includes travel of up to 20% for position-associated missions and training sessions. Applicants must be U.S. persons due to federal deemed export controls and ITAR compliance.

Salary: $6,666.67–$7,500 monthly, approximately $80,000.04–$90,000 annually. Salary depends on education and experience.

Company

Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi is a Hispanic-Serving and Minority-Serving Institution within the Texas A&M University System, supporting research, education, and advanced aviation technology initiatives.

What you will do

• Manage assigned CAAT projects and task orders from initiation through execution and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverable trackers, action item logs, risk and issue registers, and project records.
• Coordinate activities across CAAT staff, ARI offices, consortium members, subcontractors, external partners, subject matter experts, and public-agency stakeholders.
• Lead project kickoffs, recurring meetings, technical interchange meetings, partner meetings, and closeout sessions.
• Support project status reports, sponsor-facing reporting inputs, proposals, RFP responses, statements of work, and task order planning.
• Facilitate working groups and consortium activities while coordinating finance, contracting, research administration, purchasing, and operational support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field and seven years of related experience; a master’s degree with five years or a doctoral degree with three years may substitute.
• Experience with project schedules, action item tracking, risk and issue logs, deliverable trackers, status reports, or project dashboards.
• Experience supporting project closeout, lessons learned, final reports, or sponsor-facing deliverable packages.
• Strong written and verbal communication, attention to detail, critical thinking, proactive problem solving, and the ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to work across federal, state, local, university, and public-agency environments.
• Must work in the Fort Worth, Texas office, be able to travel up to 20%, lift 50 pounds, and occasionally work outdoors.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or higher in project management, business administration, aviation, or a related field.
• Project management certification or formal project management training.
• Experience with federally sponsored projects, aviation, autonomy, transportation, public-sector technology, research operations, or university research administration.
• Experience facilitating working groups, technical teams, consortium meetings, or other multi-stakeholder activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, flexible spending, and dependent-care benefits.
• Teacher Retirement System of Texas or Optional Retirement Plan participation, plus voluntary deferred compensation options.
• Vacation, sick leave, birthday leave, and 12–15 paid holidays annually.
• Tuition benefits, including public loan forgiveness, book scholarships, and tuition coverage for up to 18 credit hours per fiscal year subject to applicable rules.
• University vehicles may be available for official business travel; a valid driver’s license is required to operate them.
• Employment is subject to credential verification and a criminal history investigation.