Senior Project Manager - Water Sector in Glasgow

We are proud to have been appointed to all three Flood Risk and Asset Management (FRAM) Lots, the first to be announced under the UK Government Commercial Agency’s Construction Professional Services 2 (CPS2) Framework. The award deepens our 25-year partnership with the Environment Agency, through delivering our expert technical, environmental, and commercial and programme services across flood and coastal risk management. We will support the Environment Agency in ensuring the safe and efficient delivery of their record investment programme, reducing flood risk, and delivering projects that protect communities and benefit the environment.

We are looking for Senior Project Managers and Associate Project Managers, with a history of delivering in the Water industry to join our Infrastructure Project Management team to work on the FRAM across our North, Midlands and Scotland Region operating from 8 regional offices. As a Senior Project Manager, you will be expected to work with other Seniors, Associates or Project Directors to successfully manage, coordinate and deliver water projects. The role will cover the whole project lifecycle from initial inception, through the design and procurement process and onto the site delivery and commissioning phase.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Lead the successful delivery of multi-disciplinary complex projects within collaborative delivery teams.
• Provide effective support and mentoring to Project Managers, Graduates and Apprentices.
• Establish and maintain governance arrangements for the delivery of projects, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities that align with organisational practice.
• Client-side project management, including stakeholder, H&S, risk, quality, schedule, and contract management.
• Ensure projects and commissions are delivered to the satisfaction of the client for quality, cost, and time.
• Support and manage the project team ensuring appropriate resources are provided on projects, meeting the client and business requirements.
• Actively manage subcontractors and resources remote from the core project team.
• Develop strong relationships with clients and members of the cross-functional team.
• Support business development opportunities with existing and new clients.
• Manage the submission of project management bids.

Qualifications:

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Experience of NEC suite of contracts, particularly the Professional Services Contract (PSC) and Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) ideally NEC ECC Accredited.
• Experience of working as part of an integrated, multi-organisation, collaborative teams.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Highly motivated with a growing industry network.
• Relationship building skills – ability to build strong relationships with clients, teams, and stakeholders as well as an ability to build and maintain networks of business contacts.
• Able to work under own initiative where appropriate working closely with the Senior Project Managers and Associates in the delivery of some of our projects.
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful, and flexible.
• Experience of working within a client organisation, either directly or through a co-location/secondment arrangement.
• Excellent IT Skills and the ability to utilize current digital tools.
• Excellent numeracy, verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience of preparing bid submissions.
• Ability to manage client relationships effectively both internally and externally.
• Prior team and line management experience with clear leadership skills.

Education, Professional Qualifications Requirements:

The individuals proposed for the role will ideally demonstrate the following:

• A minimum 6 years of proven experience in a consulting environment providing a full spectrum of PM services including chairing meetings, minuting or proactively engaging in discussions, developing the PEP, progress reports, and tender documentation.
• General post contract management and administration, proactively engaging with relevant stakeholders, being aware of the scope of service and ensuring we deliver within the agreed parameters.
• A relevant degree such as in project management, engineering, environmental science, construction, or relevant subject.
• Demonstrable experience of NEC3 and NEC4 contract management.
• A project management qualification such as the APM PMQ or PRINCE2 would be desirable.
• A member of a related professional body preferably chartered (APM, CIOB, ICE, RICS) would be desirable.
• You may be required to undertake and successfully complete security screening checks.

Additional Information:

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.