Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure Design

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The Senior Infrastructure Project Manager is responsible for overseeing a portfolio of clients with multiple infrastructure projects, ensuring flawless execution, timely delivery, and profitability. This role involves complex project management, risk mitigation, and directing a team of Project Managers. The ideal candidate will also have a strong background in design management to effectively integrate and oversee design processes within infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client and Portfolio Management:
  • Manage a portfolio of clients with multiple ongoing infrastructure projects.
  • Foster strong client relationships to secure repeat business and drive revenue growth.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for clients, addressing concerns and ensuring client satisfaction.
• Project Delivery and Financial Performance:
  • Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
  • Consistently achieve planned profit margins and prevent write-downs or multiplier erosion.
  • Identify opportunities for project upselling and additional service offerings.
• Risk Management:
  • Identify Risk Triggering Factors (RTF) and develop mitigation plans.
  • Make informed decisions to manage risk and uncertainty, ensuring project stability and success.
  • Direct staff in minimizing exposure to claims and legal issues.
• Team Leadership and Supervision:
  • Supervise and direct Project Managers handling multiple projects or a program of projects.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to Project Managers, fostering professional development.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive project execution.
• Design Management:
  • Oversee and integrate design management processes within infrastructure projects.
  • Ensure design deliverables meet project requirements, standards, and client expectations.
  • Coordinate with design teams to manage design changes, approvals, and quality assurance.
• Operational Excellence:
  • Develop and implement project management best practices and standard operating procedures.
  • Monitor project performance using appropriate tools and techniques.
  • Conduct regular project reviews and post-project evaluations to identify areas for improvement.

• Educational Background:
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
  • Professional certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent) preferred.
  • Advanced degree (MBA or MS) in a related field is a plus.
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 15 years of experience in infrastructure project management.
  • Proven track record of managing large-scale, complex infrastructure projects.
  • Experience in design management within infrastructure projects is highly desirable.
• Skills and Competencies:
  • Strong leadership and team management skills.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.
  • Proficiency in project management software and tools.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Personal Attributes:
  • Detail-oriented with a commitment to delivering high-quality results.
  • Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Proactive and strategic thinker with a focus on continuous improvement.
  • Collaborative and team-oriented with a strong client focus.

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.

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