Senior Project Manager - job 1 of 4

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AECOM is seeking a Senior Project Manager with a focus on New Jersey transportation clients, including NJDOT and NJ Counties.

In this critical role, you will be entrusted with managing a portfolio of projects and your primary objective will be to strategically expand AECOM's market share for the assigned client.

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate expertise in Transportation, with comprehensive knowledge of sustainability planning, resiliency, and renewable energy
• Oversee and execute marketing strategies and proposal preparation with utmost precision
• Lead and manage a team of professionals, ensuring contract deliverables are met with minimal supervision
• Represent AECOM in client meetings, providing authoritative updates on project progress
• Develop and implement comprehensive project scopes, work plans, and schedules
• Assume full responsibility for overall project management, including technical aspects, financial oversight, schedule adherence, and client satisfaction
• Ensure strict compliance with contractual obligations by rigorously reviewing and approving all contract documents prior to client submission
• Implement strategic training, mentoring, and development programs for staff
• Proactively identify potential budget and schedule impacts, formulating contingency plans
• Drive innovation in design and delivery methodologies to maintain AECOM's competitive edge

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS + 10 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications:

• 15 years of experience
• Specialize in Transportation, with strong knowledge of sustainability planning, resiliency, and renewable energy
• Affiliated with professional organizations

• Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
• Relocation assistance 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.