Infrastructure Design and Build Lead UK and Ireland

AECOM; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Infrastructure Design and Build Lead to drive growth and deliver innovative projects. This role involves overseeing design and build work, fostering collaboration among teams, and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. The successful candidate will leverage their extensive experience in the infrastructure sector to build strong relationships with contractors and lead multi-disciplinary teams. Join a dynamic environment that champions integrity and entrepreneurial spirit, where your contributions will help shape the future of infrastructure projects across the UK and Ireland.

Benefits

Flexible Work Options

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Professional Development Programs

Health and Well-being Programs

Qualifications

• Considerable design and build experience in the infrastructure industry.
• Strong contract management and stakeholder relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the portfolio of design and build work and manage project delivery.
• Cultivate relationships with contractor partners and manage multiple stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Management

Contract Management

Design and Build Experience

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Master’s Degree in Engineering or Construction

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Construction

Chartered Membership of a Professional Body

Job description

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

As part of our wider collaboration and growth initiatives, we are currently seeking to appoint an individual in the role of Infrastructure Design and Build Lead. Reporting directly to the Head of Infrastructure and working closely with the Highways Regional Directors and Infrastructure Team Leads, the role will focus on driving growth and delivering innovative design and build projects. You will also be a key member of the Infrastructure Leadership Team in the UK and Ireland.

AECOM has identified significant opportunities for growth in the design and build market and we are positioning ourselves for these. Your role will involve fostering collaboration within our design and build teams, setting each of our projects up for success and overseeing delivery for our contractor clients.

You will be required to integrate capability from across AECOM to deliver design and build projects on time and on budget.

About You

Drawing on your considerable design and build experience across the infrastructure industry, you will have the confidence and drive to position AECOM for the pipeline of detailed design-based opportunities. Your considerable experience of working with contractors and relationships therein will be key to this engagement and setting AECOM up for a successful approach to, and delivery of these projects. As a strong collaborator, you work well with teams at different levels, drawing on your leadership, detailed design, and construction contract experience. You will be able to manage multiple stakeholder inputs with competing priorities whilst maintaining relationships and progress.

Key Responsibilities

The Infrastructure Design and Build Lead will be accountable for overseeing the portfolio of design and build work specifically they will:

• Develop the design and build pipeline.
• Cultivate relationships with our contractor partners.
• Support the AECOM UK&I contractor Client Account Managers.
• Leverage existing framework appointments, secure reappointments, and win new pursuits.
• Oversee our design and build expertise; identifying any resourcing gaps and managing same.
• Lead the development and execution of design and build projects.
• Serve as Project Director to oversee assigned projects, supporting design and build project delivery teams.
• Ensure compliance with AECOM procedural and quality management systems.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams from the technical skills and capabilities to successfully deliver design and build projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver successful multi-disciplinary bids.
• Apply AECOM governance across all design and build project pursuits.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Experience in leading detailed design delivery and construction contract management in a design and build environment.
• Considerable experience of working with construction and a detailed knowledge of contractors in the transport infrastructure industry.
• Strong stakeholder and contract partner relationships and management skills to harness those relationships.
• Demonstrated expertise in the area of managing transportation project teams.
• A proven track record in developing and growing contractor relationships, client account management, and delivering design and build project pursuits.
• Effective communication, interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Desirable - Chartered Membership of a recognised professional body in engineering or construction (or other appropriate) discipline / Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in an appropriate discipline.

As an inclusive AECOM leader, you will have:

• Demonstrated dedication to fostering a culture of respect, diversity, and inclusion.
• Proven ability to build and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce while nurturing talent development, mentoring, and coaching.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Siobhan Osborne.

Applications will close at 5.00pm on 31st January 2025.

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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.

ReqID: J10120479

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited