Associate Project Manager

Aecom; Ledston; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Career development opportunities

Disability Confident Employer

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an Associate / Senior Project Manager to own and deliver complex construction projects in the Industrial and Defence sectors across the UK. You will manage projects from early development through to handover, with significant onsite attendance in Bolton and regional office collaboration in Manchester, Liverpool or Leeds.

You will lead project management and Employers Agent duties, ensuring robust cost, schedule and risk controls while maintaining strong client relationships and

Qualifications

• Experience delivering infrastructure or defence sector projects.
• Familiarity with JCT Design and Build contracts and Employers Agent duties.
• Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams and manage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead major projects (£100m+) in the Industrial and/or Defence sector.
• Act as Project Manager and Employers Agent, handling contracts and commercial positions.
• Be the primary client contact, leading project management with site supervision where needed.
• Represent and administer JCT Design and Build contracts as Employers Agent.
• Manage programme, cost and risk with robust controls.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships across stakeholders.
• Mentor junior team members and support team growth.
• Ensure governance, approvals and security requirements are met.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Security clearance

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

MAPM / MRICS / MCIOB or equivalent

Tools

NEC3/NEC4 contracts

Job description

Job Description

Start Here. Grow Here.

Are you an Associate or Senior Project Manager with experience delivering construction projects within the Industrial and / or Defence sectors. AECOM’s Defence team is growing across the United Kingdom, and we are seeking suitably experienced individuals to join us. Based within commutable distance of either our Manchester, Liverpool or Leeds offices you will support a strong pipeline of secured and upcoming work, whilst initially being required to provide significant onsite attendance in the Bolton area.

Our work spans the full Defence estate, from accommodation, training, and operational facilities to secure technology, aviation, and specialist infrastructure. As part of our integrated delivery team, you will help shape, plan, and deliver projects that directly support UK Defence capability, ensuring the Armed Forces have the facilities required to operate effectively and safely.

The Role

As an Associate / Senior Project Manager, you will take ownership of projects or defined work packages, from early-stage development through to construction and handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead major projects (£100m+) in the Industrial and/ or Defence sector.
• Act as Project Manager and Employers Agent, managing contractual processes and commercial positions
• Key day to day point of contact for the client, you will be leading a commission for Project Management, incorporating site supervision and drawing on wider disciplines where necessary.
• Work as the Employers Agent to represent and administer JCT Design and Build contracts.
• Manage programme, cost, and risk, ensuring robust project controls are maintained
• Build and maintain strong client relationships across multiple stakeholders
• Support and mentor junior team members, contributing to team capability and growth
• Ensure compliance with governance, approvals processes, and security requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Experience delivering infrastructure or industrial projects, ideally within MOD, DIO, or similarly regulated environments related to the defence sector.
• Strong working knowledge of JCT Design and Build contracts
• Prior and proven experience working as an Employers Agent.
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams across design and construction
• Ability to manage stakeholders across client, contractor, and end-user groups
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC or higher)

Enjoy the Perks.

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.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience)
• Working towards or holding a professional qualification (MAPM, MRICS, MCIOB or equivalent)
• Understanding of MOD governance processes (e.g. Approvals, RIBA, Business Case, Security Accreditation).
• APMQ, PRINCE2 or equivalent (desirable)
• Experience working on projects under Government, MOD or DIO frameworks.

Desirable qualifications and experience.

• Strong working knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 contracts (PSC and/or ECC)

Additional Information

Due to the nature of the work undertaken successful applicants will need to have active UK SC Clearance or the ability to gain UK SC clearance, ideally holding single UK nationality

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 [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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