Senior Project Manager

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At AECOM, we are currently recruiting for a Senior Project Manager  to join our Dublin office.

The Senior Project Manager will act as the Contracting Entity’s representative, with overall responsibility for managing a portfolio of projects from planning and design through to successful completion and commissioning.

The role is accountable for delivering projects safely, on time, within budget, and to the required specifications, ensuring all project goals and objectives are achieved in line with the Contracting Entity’s Employer’s Requirements and the organisation’s strategic objectives for the portfolio.

Programme Requirements, Standards & Performance

• Oversee and monitor project delivery across schedule, interfaces, cost, variations, contracts, and risk, engaging with relevant teams and functions as required.

• Develop and maintain the Project Execution Plan, ensuring alignment with the Contracting Entity’s standards, methodologies, and strategic objectives.

• Establish and manage the project relationship with the Airport Transformation Manager.

Team Management

• Lead and manage a team of Project Managers responsible for delivering multiple projects.

• Oversee day-to-day activities, ensuring appropriate project management disciplines and controls are in place to achieve targets across cost, schedule, quality, and safety.

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive resource plan to support project delivery.

• Provide technical and contractual guidance to Project Managers in the execution of their responsibilities.

• Report on the overall performance of projects within the portfolio.

• Work closely with the Programme Director to resolve issues and mitigate risks impacting delivery.

Project Management Activities

• Lead project coordination, ensuring all interfaces are identified and effectively managed throughout the project lifecycle.

• Maintain the Responsible/Accountable/Consulted/Informed (RACI) matrix.

• Coordinate with technical teams to manage design consultants and external service providers.

• Chair design review meetings and communicate design approvals to the Contractor.

• Ensure all design changes are clearly communicated to relevant stakeholders.

• Provide monthly reporting on project progress, including construction activities during delivery phases.

• Maintain and update the project risk register, ensuring regular review at progress meetings.

• Identify and implement improvements to project management processes, tools, and templates.

• Apply performance management techniques to monitor and enhance project outcomes.

• Manage the change control process effectively.

• Ensure clear and structured communication between the project team and client through regular meetings and formal reporting.

NEC-Specific Activities

• Review and accept contractor programme submissions in accordance with NEC requirements.

• Lead and operate in the spirit of mutual trust and cooperation.

• Issue communications and documentation as required under the NEC Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) and fulfil all contractual obligations.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

We are seeking a highly experienced professional with a strong background in our primary infrastructure markets.

As the successful candidate, you will bring the following qualifications and experience:

• Proven experience within the construction and/or infrastructure sector, including aviation or other projects of comparable scale and complexity.

• Strong understanding of working within a live operational airport environment.

• Practical, site-based experience, with active involvement in on-site project delivery.

• Demonstrated experience in developing and documenting construction project management best practices, policies, and standards.

• Proven track record of delivering construction and asset delivery projects on time and within budget.

• Experience operating in a client-side project management role.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging and influencing stakeholders at all organisational levels to drive process improvements and support effective project delivery.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan. 

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s 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 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 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. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll 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 person’s potential, and we’ll 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 [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.