Project Director

Aecom2; Tampere; On-site; EUR 93,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM Buildings + Places in Markham, Ontario, is seeking a Project Director to lead our transportation-focused team and help expand our presence across Canada. This newly created role emphasizes building long‑term client relationships, managing a portfolio of complex projects, and driving winning proposals.

You will provide senior leadership across project delivery, oversee budgets and schedules, administer contracts, and mentor project teams while ensuring client satisfaction, quality outcomes,

Qualifications

• Licensed architect or engineer.
• University degree in relevant field.
• Ten (10) years relevant experience, with at least five (5) years as a Project Director delivering new buildings and capital improvements.
• Experience with Design-Build, P3 and Construction Management of projects ≥ $25M in the last 15 years.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret security clearance or 10 years residence history in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture client relationships to expand market reach.
• Manage a portfolio of clients with multiple projects.
• Lead proposal capture teams for major multidisciplinary pursuits.
• Develop strong client relationships and lead projects from initiation to close-out.
• Provide leadership across all facets of project delivery and accountability for design within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Support project managers with planning, scheduling, and budgeting, tendering, and contract administration.
• Regularly report to clients on project status and financials.
• Oversee project budgets and financial reporting; drive risk management.

Skills

Licensed architect or engineer

Client relationship management

Communication skills

Project leadership

Proposal leadership

MS Project

Excel

AI prompting

Education

University Degree in relevant field

Tools

MS Project

Word

Excel

Job description

AECOM Buildings + Places is seeking a Project Director to join our transportation focused team and help develop presence across Canada.

This position is based out of our Markham office.

This is a newly created position.

Responsibilities

• Building and nurturing relationships with existing and potential clients. Developing and managing strategic alliances to expand market reach and access.
• Manage a portfolio of clients with multiple projects with varying levels of complexity.
• Lead proposal capture teams on major multidisciplinary and alternative delivery pursuits in coordination with client account managers, market sector leads, marketing department, and operations leads.
• Develop strong client relationships and lead projects from initiation to close-out, while achieving mandated goals and objectives.
• Provides leadership across all facets of project delivery and assumes full accountability for the design, ensuring all project requirements are met within approved scope, schedule, and budget parameters.
• Act as principle in charge, supporting AECOM project managers with hands on management, and have overall control and accountability for the overall delivery of services.
• Support project managers in delivering project work including planning, scheduling and budgeting, consultant tendering and selection, operational readiness planning, and contract administration efforts
• Regularly report to the client on project status including schedule updates, meeting minutes, and financial status reporting.
• Monitor and oversee project budgets and finances and complete monthly invoices and financial reporting as required.
• Oversee project managers and project teams, conducting peer reviews of deliverables and continuously developing team knowledge and capabilities.
• Support project managers in leading client, project, and site meetings, driving issue resolution and effective coordination among diverse stakeholder groups.
• Provide project oversight and leadership with respect to administering construction contracts, including but not limited to, change management, payment certificates, contract negotiations, and close out procedures.
• Champion client satisfaction by ensuring expectations are met or exceeded on all projects and by advocating for the client's best interests in all contractual and technical decisions.
• Identify, select, and organize project teams, establishing clear levels of authority and lines of communication.
• Maintain full financial accountability for projects, consistently delivering planned profit margins
• Hold decision-making authority and lead the identification, mitigation, and elimination of project risks and uncertainties, directing staff to operate in a manner that minimizes claims exposure.
• Provide oversight and leadership to the change management process, payment certificates and other contract or project related administrative documents
• Ensure that client expectations and satisfaction are met or exceeded on all projects and the client's best interests are represented with respect to contractual and technical issues

Minimum Qualifications:

• Licensed architect or engineer
• University Degree in relevant field of study
• Ten (10) years relevant experience, with a minimum five (5) years as a Project Director, delivering new buildings and capital improvement projects.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain strong, long-standing relationships with a variety of clients built through consistent collaboration, a deep understanding of their priorities, and a proven track record of delivering successful projects.
• Alternative delivery experience in Design-Build, P3 and Construction Management of new construction and renovation projects of minimum $25M during the last 15 years.
• Experience with projects with layers of complexity that include sustainable design to net zero, electrification, industrial processes and utilities, complex and phased programming and implementation, and management of multiple stakeholders from private and public.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret security clearance or 10 years residence history in Canada.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with projects of $250M Capital Cost executed during the last 15 years
• MBA, PMP designation and LEED AP accreditation is an asset.
• Fifteen (15) + years of experience in project management role, delivering new building and capital improvement projects.
• Experience in other alternative delivery models such as Modified Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build and Integrated Project Delivery.
• Demonstratable experience delivering winning proposals.
• Depth of knowledge in program and project planning, scheduling and budgeting, interior and base building construction techniques, operational readiness, and contract administration.
• Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills.
• Strong digital and computer skills, including a working knowledge of scheduling (MS Project), word processing (Word) and spreadsheet (Excel) software applications, and AI Prompting.
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