Senior Project Manager (Construction Consultancy)

Aecom; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global infrastructure firm is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager in Birmingham. In this role, you will lead projects, ensuring quality and efficiency while building client relationships. You will oversee a portfolio of projects while guiding junior managers. Ideal candidates hold a relevant degree and chartered status, with strong expertise in construction contracts. This opportunity provides a hybrid work environment with a commitment to your career growth and success.

Benefits

Hybrid work options

Comprehensive compensation and benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Project Management, Construction, Engineering, or Quantity Surveying.
• Chartered status or equivalent from recognized institution.
• Experience in consultancy or client-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Lead Project Management commissions for successful delivery.
• Manage portfolio of clients with multiple projects.
• Develop strong relationships with clients and teams.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organizational skills

Understanding of JCT contracts

Understanding of NEC contracts

Risk management

Education

Project Management/Construction/Engineering/Quantity Surveying Degree

Chartered Status (MAPM, RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE)

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager looking to work on building projects that can change the world, projects that are always more complex and innovative than the last?

In this position, you will be required to lead Project Management commissions, taking responsibility for their successful delivery under the supervision of a Director or Regional Lead. You will need to provide an oversight / strategic guidance / audit & review, to a portfolio of projects at any one time. At times you may also need to provide effective support to other Project Managers on larger projects.

The duties are to ensure commissions are managed to the right quality standards and are completed efficiently and on time. Part of this role is also to develop strong relationships with clients and members of the cross-functional team whilst being the primary interface with AECOM clients (new and existing) and manage the delivery of project management team outputs, in accordance with agreed time-scales and quality standards.

As a Senior Project Manager you will get the opportunity to work on various projects in the public and private sector. You will be joining a team of like-minded experts that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions.

Responsibilities

Within your role you will carry out and not be limited to the following tasks.

• Manages portfolio of clients with multiple projects.
• Responsible for delivering revenues assigned from specific clients as a result of repeat business caused by flawless execution of projects.
• Consistently delivers profit margins planned.
• Consistently completes project without write-downs or multiplier erosion.
• Typically manages projects involving RTF (Risk Triggering Factors).
• Manages more complex clients and projects.
• Has decision-making authority and directs other Project Managers in recognizing risk and uncertainty with plans to mitigate and eliminate such.
• Directs staff to operate and minimize exposure to claims.
• Supervises and directs Project Managers with multiple projects or program of projects.

Qualifications

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Professional Qualified – ideally Project Management/ Construction/Engineering/Quantity Surveying Degree
• Chartered Status with the MAPM,RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE or other equivalent institution
• Relevant degree or professional qualification
• Work experience within a similar consultancy or other client facing business
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Excellent understanding of construction contracts ideally JCT and NEC and the built environment
• Excellent understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015

Additional Information

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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 [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.