Associate Director - Glasgow, United Kingdom - AECOM

AECOM

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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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.
We will give you 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - 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.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities.

We believe in leadership at all levels.

No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future.

Join us and let's get started.

Job Description:

Successfully deliver projects and programmes to the satisfaction of the client and AECOM. The role will be responsible for a programme or portfolio of projects from early identification of the opportunity, through bidding, mobilisation, delivery and into closure.
Lead the group of Energy focused project managers, developing common delivery approaches for 'typical' projects and programmes.

Project Management Team Leadership

Work with practice leads and client account managers to understand the resource needs for the project management on energy projects.
Work with other parts of the business to map the accessible resources that can be deployed on Energy projects.
Act as an advocate of structured project delivery to client and technical teams using this approach to draw wider AECOM disciplines in.

Client Relationship

Promote a clientcentric culture across the project team.
Responds to client feedback and takes action as appropriate.
Effectively manage change with the client and the project team.

Project Planning & Execution

Manages multidisciplinary projects and programmes through all phase (from beginning to close out).
Prepare and execute the Project Plan during the opportunity and contracted phases including Project close out.
Understand and mitigate for project and business risk.
Prepare for and participate in monthly project reviews; manage and execute resulting action items.
Foster the capture and sharing of knowledge and lessons learned to support continuous improvement

Maintain the AECOM project management and reporting system.

Financial Management

Guide and oversee the establishment of the project governance structure and review with the AECOM management.
Confirm that project cost and revenue is current and accurately reflects the anticipated project financial outcomes.
Manage the project cash performance.

Technical Management

Assign and manage excellent project technical outcomes for the client.
Ensure the execution of the project deliverables is consistent with the Project Plan.
Ensure that technical and quality reviews are established and administered.
Actively participate in the AECOM technical practice groups.

Project Team Management

Facilitate and coordinate cross discipline and interoffice work activities.
Effectively manage project team and technical interfaces.
Provide timely and effective guidance to project team members.
Mentor project team members in furtherance of their professional development.
Accurately determines skill sets needed to accomplish required tasks; identifies and assigns or procures internal and external project team members accordingly.
Foster positive project team morale
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Business Development

Leverage successful delivery of the project to develop further work opportunities with the client.
Lead and participate in the development of qualification documents and commercia