About the role

The Project Manager will deliver complex, multidisciplinary design and construction projects from initial design through to handover while managing budgets and milestones. They will also maintain effective communication with stakeholders and provide contract administration across the NEC4 suite.

What they look for

Project management Construction consultancy NEC4 contracts Contract administration Stakeholder management Budget management Risk management Business development Multidisciplinary project delivery Communication skills Organizational skills IT skills Numeracy Client relationship management

Requirements

Candidates must have a proven track record in delivering complex buildings and infrastructure projects within a construction consultancy setting. Proficiency in NEC contracts and strong relationship-building skills are essential for this role.

Benefits

Hybrid work options Professional development Global career opportunities Well-being programs Compensation programs

Full description

Company Description

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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.

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're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world.

Join us.

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a successful track record of delivering complex, multi-discipline design and construction schemes into the buildings and infrastructure sectors? Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase your skills within a high performing team, where your contributions will be acknowledged and your achievements celebrated? Read on – we might just have the opportunity you’re looking for.

In recent years, our project delivery within the transport, buildings, and infrastructure sectors has experienced sustained growth, driven by increasing demand for our expertise across these vital public services. Building on this success, we are seeking to appoint an experienced Project Manager with a proven history of achievement in a construction consultancy setting, to be based in our Manchester or Leeds office.

Job Description

Here’s what you’ll be doing

Delivering complex, multidisciplinary design and construction projects across all project lifecycle stages, from initial design through to handover, while ensuring client expectations, programme milestones and budget requirements are met.
Maintaining regular and effective communication with clients, design teams, procurement, cost engineering, planning, construction, and OHS teams to ensure seamless project coordination, informed decision-making, and the timely resolution of issues.
Providing effective contract administration across the NEC4 suite of contracts, proactively managing contractual processes, risks, and stakeholder obligations throughout the project lifecycle.
Overseeing changes to project scope, ensuring they are effectively managed through formal change control procedures to minimise impacts on programme, cost, and quality, while tracking and reporting project progress.
Establishing and maintaining strong client relationships, proactively supporting business development activities, identifying new opportunities, and contributing to the continued growth of the business.

Qualifications

Here’s what we’ll be looking for

Evidence of successfully delivering complex, multi-disciplined, Buildings and Infrastructure projects from concept to handover
Experience of the NEC suite of contracts, ideally including the Professional Services Contract (PSC) and Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC)
The ability to work collaboratively as part of a high performing, integrated, multi-organisational, team
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Highly motivated with a growing industry network and the ability to build strong relationships with clients and other 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

Academic Qualification – ideally Project Management/ Construction/Engineering/Quantity Surveying Master’s Degree
NEC 3/4 accreditation
Chartered Status with the RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE, APM or other equivalent institution

Additional Information

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Enjoy the Perks.

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. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. 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.

About AECOM

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. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

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