Project Manager I

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

AECOM is seeking a Project Manager I to be based in Portland, Oregon. 

The job responsibilities of the Project Manager include:

• Responsible for managing project(s) involving the overall planning, coordination, and control of a project from inception to completion, delivering a functionally and financially viable project completed on time within authorized cost and to the required quality.
• Assists with Managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and change management.
• Under general direction supports one or more less complex projects or phases / portions of a portfolio of clients with multiple complex projects in active and secure buildings / campuses, consisting of major modernization, renovation and alteration projects, systems upgrades, and tenant improvement projects for Federal (GSA) and State School Districts (PPS) buildings and sites.
• Serves as part of a field team – reports to more senior field PM, assists with duties supporting the Owner’s project team (CO, PM, COR, Ppty Mgr, O&M, stakeholders, etc); and professionally interfaces with the project design and constructor teams, provides proactive project assessment and support, and maintains team engagement, and client satisfaction.
• Under general direction contributes to the delivery of revenues assigned from specific clients, promotes repeat business by delivering exceptional quality and support in the execution of projects.  Within individual's area of responsibility, consistently identifies potential project problems or opportunities in a proactive manner, analyzes the issues using all appropriate resources, develops alternatives and arrives at the most optimum approach to mitigate problems or exploit opportunities.
• Has limited independent decision-making authority (as authorized) but makes sound, well-informed and objective decisions relating to assigned project with a strong understanding of the impact and implications of decisions
• Under general direction models and contributes to the collaborative project teams and completes delegated assignment(s).  Contributes to team in providing quality completion of assigned responsibilities as part of the comprehensive construction management assist support services and owner’s representation, provides on-site observation / progress documentation of the construction activities, completion of work, contract compliance, understands how to recognizes risk and adhere to mitigation strategies, minimizes unsatisfactory work.
• Project Specific Responsibilities include but are not limited to: supports project stages, phases, or likely from inception to completion, assists with coordinating design review comments, understands con