Associate Director – Transaction Advisory in Edinburgh

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we are 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. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. 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. We are one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here. Are you looking to advise on infrastructure projects as they develop into their own asset class, and projects that are always more complex and innovative than the last? If so we are looking for an experienced Associate Director / Technical Director to join our Transaction Advisory and asset management team to advise on economic and social infrastructure projects being delivered via project and quasi-development / property finance routes. You will be joining a team of like-minded advisors that have a passion for innovation and delivering thoughtful infrastructure project advice.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Deliver a backlog of existing advisory mandates across social and infrastructure sectors under a project finance and real estate finance banner, where asset management is a key focus.
• Focus on client delivery and advice, in order to enhance AECOM’s Transaction Advisory’s service capability.
• Deliver a range of core project finance services, including PPP / PFI, lifecycle, operational and payment reviews, and quasi-development / property finance.
• Identify qualifying economic infrastructure projects for delivery through participation in technical, financial and risk discussions with clients.
• Deliver analytical and thoughtful advice on infrastructure transactions.
• Identify sector pursuits and where advice can be offered across the client base.
• Build and develop effective working relationships with colleagues, intermediaries and other networks to help develop further opportunities and your own career.
• Contribute to the knowledge management of the Transaction Advisory team and wider Asset Management team.
• Own and manage the delivery of a set number of projects for a set number of clients.
• Maintain a quality of delivery and advice to bolster your own client base.
• Utilise in-house project management systems / protocols to assist your ongoing development.
• Identify technical risks within projects and consider potential mitigation of these risks for the benefit of infrastructure transactions.

If you are passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don’t just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

Qualifications

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

• Degree or equivalent in Construction and Engineering related subjects (Architecture; Architectural Technology; Building Surveying; Building Services Engineering; Civil Engineering; Construction Management; Electrical Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; and / or Quantity Surveying); and either formal professional qualification, or substantially en-route to achieving a full professional qualification (RIBA; RICS; CEng).
• Experience in the construction and engineering market.
• Experience in technical asset management, transactions, project or development finance.
• Proven experience of working on several projects, meeting deadlines and working under pressure within a business unit with internal and external clients.
• Strong numerical ability.
• Curiosity, awareness and an interest in the fields of science, technology and innovation.
• Motivated and able to self-manage ongoing tasks.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team, often to demanding deadlines.
• Analytical problem-solving skills.
• Has a strong interest in construction; engineering; technology; business and innovation.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information About AECOM

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity. 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. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.