Associate Project Manager

AECOM; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Career development opportunities

AECOM University

Volunteering days

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an Associate or Senior Project Manager to lead defence and industrial projects from development through handover. You will be based within commuting distance of Manchester, Liverpool or Leeds, with initial significant onsite attendance in Bolton, delivering complex schemes for UK Defence.

You will take ownership of projects, manage contracts, costs and risks, and act as primary client contact.

Qualifications

• 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)

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

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Organisational skills

Client liaison

Team mentoring

Governance compliance

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

MAPM MRICS MCIOB or equivalent

Tools

JCT Design and Build contracts

NEC3/NEC4 contracts

Job description

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.

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?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• 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

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