Senior Project Manager

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom TN United Kingdom Full time

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Senior Project Manager (Data Centres, Higher Education, Healthcare Construction), CambridgeClient:

AECOM

Location:

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Job Category:

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

2

Posted:

30.03.2025

Expiry Date:

14.05.2025

Job Description:

Start here. Grow here.

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

You will have the ability and experience to undertake a lead role on medium to large sized projects, with minimal support whilst providing line management support as part of your duties.

Within the role of Senior Project Manager you will be expected to work as part of an integrated team on a significant component of a large complex project, that will be led by 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.

Here's what you'll do:

  • Lead Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for their successful delivery
  • 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.
  • 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 you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

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:

As the successful applicant you will have the 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 Life Science, Tertiary Education or Defence construction sectors.
  • Excellent understanding of construction contracts
  • Excellent understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015

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

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more

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

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 [emailprotected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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