As a Facilities Project Manager at Southwest Airlines, you’ll lead capital projects across our locations—from planning and design to build and close. You’ll join our Corporate Facilities Projects Team, where you'll manage multiple projects at once, keeping budgets, timelines, and scope on track while coordinating with vendors and internal teams. In this role, you’ll negotiate contracts, oversee construction progress, and ensure spaces meet operational needs efficiently and safely. Your work helps create and maintain facilities that support our People and Customers—keeping Southwest running smoothly every day.

Additional details

• The culture of Southwest Airlines means we value the camaraderie, collaboration, and innovation that occurs when we come together and interact face-to-face at our vibrant Corporate Campus. Due to the nature of this role, you would be required to work from our Dallas, TX Headquarters facility during business hours.   

• U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.

We’re committed to fair hiring practices and to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. 

• Assess current or future Customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with Customers, or other methods
• Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope
• Complete project deliverables, ensuring adherence to standards
• Define and drive complex program plans for multiple, simultaneous, related projects or for a single highly complex project
• Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans
• Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs
• Schedule and facilitate meetings related to Facilities projects
• Analyze and negotiate contract terms and conditions utilizing a working knowledge of contract styles, developing a strategy, and making recommendations in order to asses compliance with corporate policies and objectives and mitigate corporate risk
• Evaluate economy and efficiency of space utilization by defining potential changes in function, workflow, future plans for expansion, value engineering, and architectural guidelines in order to develop proposals for better utilization
• Direct the preparation of technical drawings to ensure customer/operational needs are met, Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) standards are documented and implemented appropriately, and the budget is utilized efficiently
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee’s Leaders

• Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models
• Knowledge of business and construction management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Knowledge of contract administration, including types of contracts and enforcing contracts
• Knowledge of construction techniques
• Ability to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
• Skilled in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions

• Required: High School Diploma or GED

• Advanced level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in:
  • Managing construction projects
  • Managing construction contracts
  • Managing project cost
• Preferred: Knowledge/Experience with AutoDesk suite
• Preferred: Knowledge/Experience with Bluebeam
• Preferred: Knowledge/Experience with eBuilder or similar project/construction management tool(s)

• Must be able to obtain a SIDA (Secured Identification Display Area) badge and meet all local airport requirements

• Ability to perform work duties from limited space workstation/desk/office area for extended periods of time
• Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

• Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
• Ability to travel up to 75%, including overnight stays
• Ability to work extended hours as needed, including some weekends and holidays
• Ability to be on call to respond to inquiries as needed
• Ability to work in construction environments while wearing personal protective equipment

Pay & Benefits

• Competitive market salary from $103,750 per year to $115,300 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company.

Benefits you’ll love

• Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)

• Southwest will help fund your 401(k) retirement savings with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings**

• Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit***

• Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets)

• Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.

• Explore more Benefits you’ll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits

*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.

**401(k) match contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits

***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting

schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company.