Senior Project Manager (Building Consultancy) (Permanent) in Birmingham

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager looking to work on building projects that can change the world, projects that are always more complex and innovative than the last? In this position, you will be required to lead Project Management commissions, taking responsibility for their successful delivery under the supervision of a Director or Regional Lead.

You will need to provide oversight, strategic guidance, audit & review to a portfolio of projects at any one time. At times you may also need to provide effective support to other Project Managers on larger projects.

The duties are to ensure commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time. Part of this role is also to develop strong relationships with clients and members of the cross-functional team whilst being the primary interface with AECOM clients (new and existing) and manage the delivery of project management team outputs, in accordance with agreed time-scales and quality standards.

As a Senior Project Manager you will get the opportunity to work on various projects in the public and private sector. You will manage a portfolio of clients with multiple projects and be responsible for delivering revenues assigned from specific clients as a result of repeat business caused by flawless execution of projects. You will consistently complete projects without write-downs or multiplier erosion.

You will typically manage projects involving Risk Triggering Factors (RTF), manage more complex clients and projects, have decision-making authority, and direct other Project Managers in recognising risk and uncertainty with plans to mitigate and eliminate such. You will direct staff to operate and minimise exposure to claims and supervise and direct Project Managers with multiple projects or programmes of projects.

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Professional qualifications ideally include a Project Management/Construction/Engineering/Quantity Surveying Degree and Chartered Status with the MAPM, RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE or other equivalent institution. Relevant degree or professional qualification, work experience within a similar consultancy or other client-facing business, excellent communication and organisational skills, and an excellent understanding of construction contracts ideally JCT and NEC and the built environment are essential.

Additionally, an excellent understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 is required.

To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivalled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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.