Senior Project Manager - Climate Resilience & Adaptation

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AECOM is seeking a highly motivated Senior Project Manager to join our growing Climate Resilience & Adaptation Team in our New York City, New York or Bloomfield, New Jersey locations. The ideal candidate possesses strong capabilities and experience in both project management and engineering design to lead multidisciplinary teams on resilient infrastructure planning, design, and construction projects for public and private sector clients. In this role, your work will have a tangible, positive impact in the communities in which we work and live.

The primary responsibilities include:

• Overall management and responsibility for technical and financial delivery of climate resiliency & adaptation projects throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Development and execution of scope, staffing, schedule, and budget and management of multi-discipline teams including AECOM and subcontractor staff
• Function as primary contact with client for all project matters.
• Lead and guide project team on engineering planning, analysis, design, and construction work, primary focused on extreme weather adaptation, coastal flood risk reduction, sea level rise, stormwater management, and green infrastructure, including both nature-based and hard infrastructure solutions.
• Author and review technical reports/memorandums.
• Coordinate and engage with local, state, and federal agencies, project stakeholders, and community groups to gain consensus and approvals as required.
• Participate on new business proposals with technical and marketing teams.
• Manage, mentor, and train junior and mid-level staff.

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS in Civil, Water Resources or Coastal Engineering + 8 Years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex consulting engineering projects, minimum $5M fee, including leading technical teams and coordinating with clients.
• Experience in conceptual, preliminary, and final design development, as well as construction, including drawings, specifications, cost estimating, and scheduling.
• PE in NY and/or NJ or ability to acquire within 6 months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Experience with climate resilience & adaptation planning and design, climate hazard/risk assessments, flood risk reduction, and/or water resources infrastructure projects.
• Other relevant certifications such as CFM or DBIA.
• Experience with business development, strategic planning and/or proposal preparation.
• Experience with federal, state, and local regulatory permitting and stakeholder/community engagement.
• Experience with or oversight of hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) modeling using various software programs such as MIKE-21, InfoWorks, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, SWMM, etc.
• Strong business acumen, as well as written and verbal communication skills.

• Relocation is not available for this role 
• Sponsorship is not available for this role. 

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

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.

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