Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

Job Description

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

If so, we are looking for an experienced Associate Project Manager to join our team in Belfast to work on a number of private and public sector projects. You will be joining a team of like-minded experts that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions.  

About Us: 
AECOM plays a critical role in the conceptualisation and creation of amazing spaces, delivering projects and buildings that define our communities. AECOM Buildings & Places is made up of dedicated teams delivering projects in Commercial, Residential, Hospitality, Sports Venues, Work Places, Education, Government and Healthcare.
 
We are friendly, busy and motivated with an established track record of successfully delivering local and overseas projects. Some of our flagship work in recent years include; 

BBC Broadcasting House, Belfast City Council’s Office Accommodation, Leisure Transformation Programme at Andersonstown, Brook and Lisnasharragh, Avoniel Leisure Centres and Templemore Baths and the St Pancras Chambers Hotel in London to name but a few.

About Our Team: 
We are an industry leader in program management and construction management services for large capital programs and oversee activities ranging the full life-cycle of a project.  The project management team serves both private and public clients in a wide range of sectors. We believe that project management is first and foremost about providing our clients with certainty of outcomes. We look beyond the traditional time, cost, quality view of project delivery and look to understand what is truly important to our clients and how we can better service them. 
Our team has increased demand for individuals with front end design experience and contract administration experience.  We are looking for confident and ambitious individuals that can demonstrate a balanced, robust and reasonable approach to design, procurement and delivery.

Job Responsibilities: 
You will need to manage and take ownership of all aspects of the project, proactively engaging with the client, construction and design team to drive the project forward.  You will be required to prepare succinct and accurate reports that look forward and identify clear actions and recommendations.  When managing a contract, you will be required to positively engage with the construction and design team and work collaboratively to address risks and avoid claims and disputes whilst maintaining meticulous records to allow you to quickly respond to issues arising and form an informed and balanced opinion having due regard to the building contract. You will also be involved in the development of less experienced team members supporting them in becoming professionally qualified.

QualificationsExcellent communication, interpersonal and team-building skillsHighly motivated, able to work independently, diligent and with an eye for detailExperience in NEC contract administrationStrong in setting up and implementing robust Project Management processesDemonstrate financial acumen relating to viability and cashflows Ability to produce formal reports and documents which clearly set out complex issues and recommendations

Preferred Qualifications :

Professional Qualification – ideally Project Management/ Construction/Engineering/Quantity Surveying Bachelors DegreeChartered Status with the RICS, CIOB, RIBA, ICE or other equivalent institution APM affiliation (as secondary accreditation) 

Additional Information

When you join AECOM, you become part of a company that is pioneering the future. Our teams around the world are involved in some of the most cutting-edge and innovative projects and programs of our time, addressing the big challenges of today and shaping the built environment for generations to come. We ensure a workplace that encourages growth, flexibility and creativity, as well as a company culture that champions inclusion, diversity and overall employee well-being through programs supported by company leadership. Our core values define who we are, how we act and what we aspire to, which comes down to not only delivering a better world, but working to “make amazing happen” in each neighborhood, community and city we touch. 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.

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 [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.