Project Manager

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

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.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

As a Project Manager, you will coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver water sector projects from feasibility through to design, construction support and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects in line with client and AECOM requirements
• Coordinate project scope, schedule, resources and risks
• Build strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and project teams
• Support and develop team members, promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing
• Manage project commercial performance, including forecasting, costs and cash flow
• Ensure effective contract administration and quality delivery
• Coordinate subcontractors and suppliers where required
• Support business development through proposals, client engagement and future opportunities
• Promote a positive health, safety and wellbeing culture

About You

• Experience managing projects within consultancy, engineering or infrastructure environments
• Water sector experience desirable
• Knowledge of NEC contracts, particularly PSC
• Experience working across multidisciplinary and multi-organisation teams
• Strong communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills
• Able to balance multiple priorities and work collaboratively
• Proficient in project management and digital collaboration tools
• Experience supporting bids, proposals or business development activities

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? 

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Degree in Project Management, Engineering, Environmental Science, Construction Management or a related discipline
• Minimum 4 years' project delivery experience
• Security clearance checks may be required

Additional Information

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.

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.

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.

• State/Province: Midlothian
• Business Group: DCS
• Legal Entity: AECOM Limited
• Business Line: Water
• Work Location Model: Hybrid
• Operating Group: International
• Primary Location: UK - Edinburgh - Tanfield