Project Director Cost Management - Residential

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Our Team in London consists of 130 cost managers, working across various sectors and is part of our wider 500 strong UK+I Cost Management team.

We are friendly, busy and motivated with an established track record of successfully delivering local and overseas projects. 

Some of our flagship work in recent years include;

No1 Undershaft, Bloomberg HQ, The Shard, Soho Place, 100 Bishopsgate, White Collar Factory, Battersea Power Station Phase 3, Greenwich Peninsula, Apple HQ, Tate Modern, working with Clients such as Derwent London, Land Securities, British Land, Knight Dragon and Sellar in London to name but a few.

As a Project Director working within the wider team, you will lead and deliver in all aspects of cost management and quantity surveying from project inception to completion.

You will be primarily working alongside other Directors to successfully manage, grow and deliver cost management duties on various projects across London and some international clients. The role will entail direct client liaising, acting as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and are specifically responsible for business development / winning new commissions/marketing objectives.

The role will cover the whole project lifecycle from a cost management perspective. You should possess the skills and experience to actively lead and support the internal team, manage and mentor staff on individual projects as well as technically complex projects, typically £100m + (construction cost); taking overall responsibility for their successful delivery.

Other responsibilities include:

• To provide oversight / strategic guidance /audit & review, to a portfolio of projects being led within the London, the South East of England and beyond.
• Help develop collaborative relationships with our existing clients and other professional colleagues within the industry.  
• Demonstrate an ability and desire to obtain an increased understanding of a client’s business, demonstrating client focus.
• You will be connected, organised and self-motivated, being able to successfully work with minimum supervision.
• Successful delivery of projects, ensuring tasks on projects are resourced, managed and completed efficiently, on time and with a keen desire to maintain client’s satisfaction leading to continued and further business. 
• Day to day main client point of contact for projects. 
• Be enquiring, proactive and challenge where appropriate our own existing methods/processes to demonstrate value for money to the client.

• Residential experience with developers
• Understanding of a variety of project types/sizes/sectors.
• Good working knowledge & understanding of JCT suite of contracts, particularly the Professional Services
• Proven ability to advise clients and design teams on cost, value and risk, not just cost in isolation.
• Excellent numeracy, verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience of working as part of integrated, multi-organisation, collaborative teams
• Prior line-management experience
• Work-winning with new and repeat clients

As part of AECOM’s London and South-East Cost Management team, you will join a diverse group of 150+ Project Managers at various stages of their careers. Operating from our London (Aldgate) and our Oxford offices, we work in a wider variety of sectors, including Commercial, Residential, Government & Defense, Occupier, Healthcare, Tertiary Education and Infrastructure.

• Flexibility and Growth: Benefit from flexible working through our Freedom to Grow policy, as well as tailored training, mentoring, and leadership opportunities to advance your career.
• Rewards and Benefits: Enjoy a competitive pension scheme, company share incentive plan, and additional support for long-term success (such as award-winning armed forces support and other internal support networks).
• Diverse Opportunities: Work on a wide range of projects with global clients, including potential for international assignments.
• Inclusive Culture: Join a strong, collaborative team with regular social events and opportunities to give back through Social Value initiatives, including two CSR days annually.

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]

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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.