Senior Federal Project Manager (Civil Engineer)

Company Description

At AECOM, our work in providing access to clean water enables communities to thrive and ecosystems to flourish, contributing to a resilient future. As a global leader in infrastructure consulting, we are at the forefront of significant water projects, with over 6,000 of the industry’s best minds driving innovation and technical excellence. Together, we develop solutions that are not only best in the world, but best for the world.     

With an acceleration in infrastructure investment, your bold ideas and global expertise have never been more crucial. Join our dynamic team, where innovation, career growth, and collaboration are celebrated. Enjoy the freedom to grow with customizable career paths, water-specific technical and professional development and the potential to contribute to transformational projects worldwide.    Discover your #H2Opportunity 

Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a Senior Federal Project Manager for immediate employment in our Central Civil Works Department. In this role you will help manage our flood risk management design and construction projects for USACE, USIBWC, NRCS, and other federal and sometimes non-federal entities. Our team has a passion for making a positive impact on community safety and developing solutions for the technical challenges these projects bring. Our projects include assessment, inspections, alternatives analysis, design, and construction of dams, locks, levees, floodwalls, floodgates, stormwater pump stations, riverbank and coastal erosion mitigation, ecosystem restoration, sediment diversion, wetland creation, and other related hydraulic projects. You will help us as we continue to build a Federal Project Management team in order to more effectively provide our federal clients with exceptional service.

Working at AECOM means being part of a global team and collaborating with award-winning professionals around the globe. This position can be a hybrid role allowing you to both work from home and from the office, as appropriate for your projects.

Responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Manages all phases of projects (from proposal to close-out).
• Prepares project work plan, scope, schedule, and budget, and communicates these to project team members; monitors/manages project production for compliance with schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
• Strictly adheres to AECOM and federal/client quality control and safety planning and requirements.
• Strictly adheres to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR).
• Develops detailed subcontractor scopes and bid sheets, and follows the FAR in subcontractor selection process.
• Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions with a strong understanding of the impact and implications of decisions.
• Identify, mitigate, and manage project risks.
• Advises/mentors less experienced staff on project management skills and mentors staff interested in project management as their Deputy Project Managers.
• Oversees design staff and team members for civil works, flood risk reduction, and CSRM projects in completion of alternatives analysis, value engineering, plans, specifications, Design Documentation Reports, and Opinions of Probable Cost.
• Identifies new business opportunities for AECOM, coordinates and participates in project presentations to clients and other external groups, promotes AECOM’s capabilities, marketing its services among existing and prospective clients, and assists in the technical write ups and strategies for TORN responses and Statements of Qualifications for MATOC/SATOC/IDIQ/IDC pursuits.
• Coordinates and participates in contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors and drafts complex professional service agreements and addenda for review by senior management.
• Monitors and reports financial status of projects to upper management.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 10+ years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Valid Driver’s License
• US Citizen or Permanent Resident.

Preferred Qualifications

• 20+ years of professional experience, 10+ of those years as a project manager or deputy project manager for large, complex federal projects.
• Experience as a Project Manager for USACE projects related to flood risk management is a strong priority/focus of this role. Experience with these projects and client will be looked at as a positive.
• Professional Engineer License and the ability to obtain your PE in typical states that allow reciprocity within 3 months of employment.
• Strong understanding of flood risk mitig