Senior Project Manager (Water and Environment Infrastructure)


Location
Exeter
Hours
Full Time
Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience
About the Role
Join AECOM's Infrastructure Project Management team as a Senior Project Manager working on a diverse portfolio of infrastructure and environmental projects. These include projects aligned with the £88bn AMP8 investment period for Water Companies and nationwide programmes with the Environment Agency focused on flood risk management, climate resilience, and environmental protection. You will lead the successful delivery of multi-disciplinary complex projects within collaborative delivery teams, managing client-side project activities such as stakeholder engagement, health and safety, risk, quality, schedule, and contract management. You will ensure projects are delivered to client satisfaction in terms of quality, cost, and time, while supporting and managing project teams and subcontractors. This role offers opportunities to work across the Southeast, Southwest, London, and Midlands, contributing to nationally significant environmental programmes. You will be part of a growing team passionate about innovation and delivering cutting-edge solutions that protect and enhance natural and built environments. AECOM supports your career growth with mentoring, training, and focused support to achieve chartered status. Join us to help uplift communities and enhance lives through impactful infrastructure projects.
Experience
- Proven infrastructure project management experience, preferably within the Water industry
- Experience with NEC suite of contracts, especially Professional Services Contract (PSC) and Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC)
- Experience working in integrated, multi-organisation collaborative teams
- Experience within a client organisation, either directly or through co-location/secondment arrangements
- Proven consulting environment experience providing full spectrum of project management services including chairing meetings, minuting, developing project execution plans, progress reports, and tender documentation
- General post-contract management and administration with proactive stakeholder engagement
About you
- Excellent communication, organisational, numeracy, verbal and written skills
- Highly motivated with a growing industry network and strong relationship-building skills
- Ability to work under own initiative and as a team player with a positive, flexible, and professional attitude
- Outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, and respectful
- Excellent IT skills and ability to utilize current digital tools
Qualifications
- Relevant degree in project management, engineering, environmental science, construction, or related subject, or equivalent industry experience for exceptional candidates
- Demonstrable knowledge of NEC3 and NEC4 contract management
- Project management qualification such as APMQ or PRINCE2 is desirable
- Associate membership of a related professional body, preferably chartered (e.g., MRICS, APM, CIOB), is desirable
- Willingness to undertake and successfully complete security screening checks if required
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