Senior Project Manager (Construction Consultancy)

Role overview

Core responsibilities

• Provide oversight, strategic guidance, audits, and reviews across a portfolio of projects.
• Manage client portfolios containing multiple projects.
• Deliver assigned client revenues through repeat business and flawless project execution.
• Maintain planned profit margins and complete projects without write-downs or multiplier erosion.
• Manage complex clients and projects involving risk-triggering factors.
• Direct Project Managers in recognizing and mitigating risk and uncertainty.
• Supervise staff and minimize exposure to claims.
• Manage project management team outputs to agreed timescales and quality standards.
• Build strong relationships with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Act as the primary interface with new and existing AECOM clients.

Qualifications and experience

• Relevant work experience in a similar consultancy or other client-facing business.
• A relevant degree or professional qualification in project management, construction, engineering, or quantity surveying.
• Chartered status with MAPM, RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE, or an equivalent institution is ideally preferred.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Excellent understanding of construction contracts, ideally JCT and NEC.
• Excellent understanding of the built environment and CDM Regulations 2015.

Workplace

• AECOM offers a flexible hybrid working model, including work from an office, remote location, or client site.
• Newly hired employees must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location.

Benefits

• Benefits include career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days, and flexible working options.
• AECOM provides compensation, benefits, wellbeing programs, and access to industry-leading technology and projects.

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