Senior Project Manager

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Job Description

AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice is actively seeking a highly talented Senior Project Manager to manage large, complex and mulit- discipline active and future projects. This opportunity includes exciting career changing opportunities. The candidate is to be based in Seattle, WA.  

AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building engineering, workplace strategy, business transformation, asset advisory, economics and development planning, master planning, urban planning, and landscape architecture in a dynamic, interactive, collaborative and creative work environment. As a result of a diverse portfolio of project there are endless exciting projects. 

With a range of expertise from strategy and design through project realization, we create better outcomes to grow economies, protect natural systems, conserve natural resources, make societies more equitable and connect and engage people through innovative, sustainable design solutions. 

Job Summary/Responsibilities: 
AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager for the opportunity to manage projects in the aviation and transportation market sector.  In the role of a project manager, this individual will need to be a leader for our design teams while also creating a collaborative environment for multi-discipline teams to engage with clients and deliver excellent work.  The selected candidate will manage projects primarily associated with an existing portfolio of large capacity contracts with growth into developing and winning work. Responsibilities include: 

Client Management and Relationship Building 

The most important attribute for this position is a successful track record of growing and fostering relationships with clients leading to repeated work.  

• Builds and maintains and fosters positive client relationships. 
• Develop proposals, scopes of work and fees that meet the client’s needs and expectations. 
• Client management services and relationship building. 
• Primary point of contact for projects for projects. 
• Work with clients to be in a trusted advisor role. 

Leadership/Team Management 

Lead multi-disciplinary and often multi-company teams to an integrated successful project execution measured by client feedback, and business performance The position includes working with clients as well as interdisciplinary technical leads and subconsultants to coordinate the successful capture and execution of projects in design and construction. 

• Mentor and develop staff, providing leadership in an environment the cultivates teamwork, initiative and growth. 
• Have an attitude that supports teamwork and collaboration with a desire to proactively build teams for successful project outcomes. 
• Plan, direct and monitor all aspects multi-disciplinary work. 
• Ability to engage on multiple projects, or a large project with multiple phases.  Expected level of engagement includes supervision on delivery of scope, direction and coordination as necessary; identification of change orders, or delegating portions of projects to deputies with active engagement in oversite. 
• Understand issues and proactively problem solve address issues in a timely and professional manner. 
• Develop and communicate staffing plans and workload expectations throughout the project duration.  
• Lead by example for safety and quality execution 
• Manage and directs professional and technical staff to complete complex architectural and engineering projects. 
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/subcontractors for capture and execution of projects. 
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget. 
• Celebrate team successes. 

Project Management 

Project Managers with the support of project controls are responsible for d