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Associate Programme Manager (Infrastructure Construction)
- cambridge, essex, United Kingdom
- Permanent·Hybrid
- Full time
Job Description
- *Company Description**
- *Work with Us. Change the World.** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the worlds most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
- *Job Description**
- *Start here. Grow here.** In response to significant client demand and a strong infrastructure opportunity pipeline, the AECOM programme management advisory and delivery teams are seeking to grow across all grades. The team is seeking suitably experienced and capable individuals to work independently or with a Director to successfully shape, develop, initiate and deliver client investment and business change programmes. The available roles will support programme advisory and delivery commissions across the whole programme lifecycle including programme definition, delivery model and organisational design, programme readiness, maturity assessments, programme management and PMO design and implementation. Depending on an individuals grade, example role duties include: Support the team in the delivery of its strategic goals in relation to capability, growth and commercial targets; Lead or support the delivery of significant, complex programme management advisory or delivery commissions involving multidisciplinary teams and diverse stakeholder groups; Ensure commissions are managed and delivered to the appropriate quality standards and commercial expectations; Ensure a robust approach to risk identification, evaluation and mitigation is applied to all commissions; Demonstrate leadership in the implementation of AECOM health, safety and environment requirements; Develop strong relationships with clients and members of the cross-functional teams to support successful delivery; Identify and act upon business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross-selling opportunities within and without the team; Lead and support the development of proposals through the entire bid process; Ensure all direct reports are engaged, developed and supported along their own career journeys; and Identify opportunities to share knowledge and best practice and promote the team both internally and externally with clients and relevant industry bodies. 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. Why not give our AECOM Buildings + Places page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see first hand the difference we're making in the industry!
- *Qualifications**
- *Ready to push the limits of whats possible?** _Heres what were looking for:_ Depending on an individuals grade, typical requirements and experience required includes: Public and private sector infrastructure, aviation, energy, rail and water experience preferred - other useful experience would include Defence, Government, Highways, Health and Decarbonisation. Complex, multi-disciplinary programme and PMO management experience; Proven track record for delivery; Key skills including: leadership, strategy development, relationship management, complex problem solving and insightful; Management consulting experience; Demonstrable client engagement at senior levels; Experience in client management able to manage the account in terms of live programmes while seeking new opportunities; Line management experience in a comparative consultancy business; Highly motivated with excellent industry network; Possess the ability to work across service lines (including a track record of cross-selling); and Commercial experience is essential along with a proven track record of winning and retaining new clients. Qualifications/criteria: Degree level education, ideally project or programme management/construction/engineering. ChPP or APM accreditation Managing Successful Programmes accredited (or international equivalent) is preferred. Experience using business information tools is preferred.
- *Additional Information** At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. **_To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment._**
- *About AECOM** AECOM is the worlds 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 youre 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. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and youll 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 persons potential, and well 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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
- *ReqID:** J
- *Business Line:** B&P - Buildings & Places
- *Business Group:** DCS
- *Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
- *Career Area:** Program & Project Management
- *Work Location Model:** Hybrid