Senior Project Manager (Higher Education, Healthcare, Defence Construction)

Start here. Grow here.

As a Senior Project Manager based from our Cambridge or Norwich office you will need to have proven experience gained within a consultancy or client organisation and with a focus on one or more of the following key construction markets Higher Education Healthcare Life Sciences or Defence.

As a Senior Project Manager you will lead medium to large projects with minimal support provide line management and deliver significant components of complex projects as part of an integrated team under the direction of a Director.

The role would cover the whole project lifecycle from initial inception and business case development through the design process procurement process site delivery commissioning phase and defects management.

Heres what youll do:

• Lead Project Management commissions taking responsibility for their successful delivery
• To provide effective support supervision and motivation of Project Managers Assistant/Graduate and Apprentice Project Managers
• Ensure all staff members reporting to you have current and relevant training
• Lead the management of the delivery of project management team outputs in accordance with agreed timescales and quality standards
• Lead internal AECOM Project Team Meetings for the purposes of coordinating the AECOM Project Team.
• Co-ordinate review and ensure that there has been a sign off of all management information produced by project management teams prior to issue
• Lead the development of strong relationships with clients and members of the cross-functional team
• Lead the delivery of Project Management commissions ensuring their successful delivery.
• Be the main interface with AECOM clients (New and Existing)
• Lead the management of design
• Lead the management of tender documents appraisals and negotiations
• Lead the formulation and management of construction contracts
• Progress business development opportunities with existing and new clients including cross- selling opportunities.
• To support winning clients being responsible for the quality of work outputs effective communication and demonstration of professional behaviours
• Provide leadership within project management business and provide leadership and mentoring to the team
• Manage project finances resourcing audits and reviews to a portfolio of projects being led within the cost centre
• Formulate fee proposals
• Support Project Managers through Professional Chartership
• Active involvement in recruitment and retention activities
• Ensure you complete all relevant training

If youre passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality AECOM welcomes you. Join our team where we dont just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

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Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM youll 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 whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

As the successful applicant you will have the following qualifications and experience;

• Professional Qualified ideally Project Management/ Construction/Engineering/Quantity Surveying Degree
• Chartered Status with the RICS CIOB RIBA ICE or other equivalent institution
• Experience working within a consultancy
• Excellent understanding of the roles of different parties involved in construction projects and how these roles change over the life of the project
• Proven experience gained preferably in the Healthcare Life Science Tertiary Education or Defence construction sectors.
• Excellent understanding of construction contracts
• Understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and statutory compliance.

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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About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds 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 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 youre 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. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll 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 persons potential and well 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1