Jobs at AECOM

AECOM is hiring Project Controls professionals at various experience levels across Ireland and Northern Ireland. Responsibilities may include planning and scheduling, cost estimating, project reporting, controls, and risk management across infrastructure, healthcare, and data center projects. Candidates should hold a degree in Quantity Surveying or a related field, have relevant consultancy or contractor experience, and demonstrate strong analytical, communication, organizational, stakeholder-management, and multitasking skills.

AECOM is seeking project and programme management professionals for infrastructure and multidisciplinary projects across Ireland. Responsibilities include leading projects from inception through delivery while managing scope, schedules, costs, risks, stakeholders, and client outcomes. Opportunities span project manager, senior project manager, associate director, and programme manager levels across rail, transport, healthcare, education, utilities, commercial, residential, and public-sector programmes.

AECOM seeks geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, and tunnel engineers at all levels for UK and international ground engineering and tunnelling projects. Responsibilities include delivering technical designs from concept through operation, applying relevant standards, supporting project teams, and providing leadership appropriate to experience. Candidates may work across rail, highways, energy, water, defence, nuclear, ports, and other infrastructure sectors. The role offers hybrid work, mentoring, professional development, and chartership support.

Leads technical development and delivery for AECOM’s Ground Engineering team. Responsibilities include reviewing geotechnical data and analyses, advising clients throughout project lifecycles, overseeing project schedules and budgets, leading multidisciplinary delivery, developing client relationships and business opportunities, and mentoring junior engineers. Requires chartered status, strong knowledge of UK ground conditions and investigation practices, geotechnical design standards, and experience with stakeholder management and technical leadership.

Supports transport planning projects through data collection and analysis, transport strategy and model development, scheme appraisal, development transport assessments, business case preparation, and report and proposal writing. The role involves collaborating with senior staff, clients, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary teams, attending meetings and workshops, and developing technical and professional skills toward chartership.

Lead complex, multidisciplinary rail infrastructure projects across the UK and Ireland. Responsibilities include coordinating technical disciplines, managing stakeholders, overseeing project performance, and ensuring safe, innovative, and efficient delivery throughout the project lifecycle. Projects may include railway enhancements, renewals, station developments, regeneration programmes, electrification, design, integration, and assurance. The role involves collaboration with rail, electrical power, overhead line equipment, civil engineering, and technical specialists.

Manages project controls across rail infrastructure projects, including planning, cost, risk, change, performance measurement, earned value management, reporting, and governance. Establishes baselines and PMO frameworks, oversees project reviews and financial reporting, assesses risks and changes, supports resource mobilization and compliance, and provides assurance for complex programmes. Leads and mentors project controllers while improving tools, processes, reporting standards, and cross-functional collaboration.

Provides executive leadership for large, complex rail and transit programs from pursuit and mobilization through delivery, commissioning, and operational readiness. Oversees multidisciplinary teams, rail systems integration, safety and regulatory compliance, commercial and financial performance, stakeholder relationships, testing, and handover. Drives innovation, digital delivery, asset performance, client growth, and succession planning while ensuring schedule, budget, quality, risk, and operational objectives are achieved.

Lead electrical design and delivery for hyperscale and mission-critical data centre projects across the UK and EMEA. Own power architecture, systems studies, protection design, controls integration, resilience, energy efficiency, standards compliance, multidisciplinary coordination, quality, team mentoring, client relationships, business development, strategy, and project financial performance.

Lead delivery of major rail project packages across design, planning, procurement, construction, and operational readiness. Manage scope, budgets, schedules, contracts, risks, quality, safety, stakeholder coordination, reporting, and multidisciplinary integration. Support site inspections, compliance checks, systems integration, and continuous improvement while ensuring alignment with programme objectives and operational railway requirements.

Lead mechanical delivery for hyperscale and co-location data centre projects across UK/EMEA. Drive technical excellence, client relationships, work-winning, team leadership, and project financial management.

Administers commercial contracts for rail infrastructure projects, including drafting, reviewing, maintaining records, tracking milestones, managing contract data, monitoring compliance and risks, supporting negotiations, and assisting with invoicing and payment processes. The role liaises with internal stakeholders, vendors, suppliers, and external partners while producing contract performance and compliance reports.

Leads enterprise-level capture and business development pursuits in the UK and Ireland Water sector, owning pursuit strategy from opportunity identification through submission. Develops client positioning, capture plans, value propositions, bid strategies, budgets, governance, and partner selection. Builds client and stakeholder relationships, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, improves win rates, mentors pursuit staff, and ensures commercial, legal, financial, and governance compliance. Supports strategic growth through innovative, sustainable, digital, and technology-enabled solutions.

Lead programme-wide reporting for rail projects: establish reporting governance, develop BI dashboards and templates, manage reporting cycles, improve data quality, mentor reporting team, and deliver timely, decision-ready insights for senior stakeholders.

Manages budgeting, procurement, cost control, forecasting, tendering, contract cash flow, risk mitigation, and financial reporting for major rail infrastructure projects. The role develops cost-management processes, monitors variances, supports value-for-money outcomes, ensures regulatory compliance, collaborates with project stakeholders, drives continuous improvement, and coaches junior team members.

Leads planning and scheduling for complex rail infrastructure projects, including integrated schedules, milestone tracking, risk mitigation, critical path analysis, budgets, cost profiles, valuations, accruals, and governance reporting. The role coordinates multidisciplinary stakeholders, ensures regulatory and quality compliance, supports project delivery objectives, mentors junior planners, and drives continuous improvement in scheduling and project controls.