Senior Project Manager (Construction Consultancy)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 30, 2026. AECOM scores B on the Alion truth index.
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Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a passion for delivering fast-paced, complex, client-facing projects for blue-chip FTSE 500 organisations?
In the role of Senior Project Manager you will lead and oversee the successful delivery of large-scale projects from concept through to completion. You will bring deep experience in delivery, strategic stakeholder engagement, risk and quality management, and leadership of multidisciplinary teams.
You will play a pivotal role in representing AECOM in front of major clients, driving excellence across project governance, commercial management, and technical delivery.
Our team is friendly, busy, and highly motivated, with an exceptional track record of delivering prestigious UK and international projects. Recent highlights include:
UBS, Amazon, Eversheds, LinkedIn, Goldman Sachs, Electronic Arts, 22 Bishopsgate, Knightsbridge Estates, Palace of Westminster, Southbank Place, Arctic Science Centres, The Bank of England, and BBC Broadcasting House.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior Project Manager, you will:
- Lead the delivery of multiple complex projects or programmes, ensuring alignment with client strategic objectives and organisational priorities.
- Oversee all project phases, including feasibility, design, procurement, delivery, and handover.
- Demonstrate strong client-facing leadership, acting as a trusted advisor and fostering long-term relationships.
- Drive robust project governance, including cost management, scheduling, risk and issue management, and quality assurance.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary internal and external teams (QS, MEP, Architecture, Sustainability, Contractors).
- Provide high-level direction and mentoring to junior project managers and project support staff.
- Make informed, proactive decisions with minimal supervision, while escalating strategically where necessary.
- Ensure all works adhere to project budgets, timelines, health and safety requirements, and client expectations.
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.
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Enjoy the Perks
At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being. This includes career development opportunities, flexible hybrid working, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and paid volunteering days.
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Minimum Requirements
- Proven and competent experience in construction project management, with demonstrable leadership on complex, high-value projects.
- Experience from a consultancy or client-side organisation, with ability to lead and advise on construction delivery.
- Strong pre- and post-contract project management expertise across the RIBA lifecycle.
- Proven track record managing multiple stakeholders at senior levels.
- Strong understanding of JCT and/or NEC contract administration (accreditation advantageous).
- Ability to manage and maintain accurate project documentation (digital and physical).
- Excellent communication, organisational, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional qualification in Project Management, Construction, Engineering, or Quantity Surveying (Master’s desirable).
- Chartered status with RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE, or similar.
- APM affiliation preferred.
- Prince2, MSP, or similar project/programme management experience beneficial.
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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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.