Project Manager

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

Sector expeirence in either aviation or infrastructure is strongly desired.

The Project Manager will act as the Contracting Entity’s representative and will be responsible for overseeing the project from initial planning and design through to successful completion and commissioning. The role involves ensuring the project is delivered on time, within budget, and in accordance with the required specifications. The Project Manager will also ensure that all project goals and objectives are achieved in line with the Contracting Entity’s employer requirements and the broader corporate strategic objectives for the portfolio.

Programme Requirements, Standards & Performance

• Oversee and monitor project delivery in relation to schedule, interfaces, cost, variations, contract compliance, and risk management, coordinating with relevant team members and functions as required.
• Develop and maintain the Project Execution Plan, ensuring the project aligns with and is delivered in accordance with the Contracting Entity’s standards, procedures, and delivery methods.
• Establish and maintain an effective working relationship with the Airport Transformation Manager and ensure alignment with programme objectives.

Project Management Activities

• Lead the coordination and integration of all project activities, ensuring that interfaces are identified, managed, and resolved throughout all stages of the project lifecycle.
• Maintain and manage the Responsible / Accountable / Consulted / Informed (RACI) task tracker to ensure clear accountability across the project team.
• Collaborate with technical teams to coordinate and manage design consultants and other external service providers.
• Arrange and chair design review meetings and communicate formal design acceptance to the Contractor.
• Ensure that any design changes are clearly communicated to relevant members of the project team and to stakeholders who may be affected.
• Provide monthly reports on project activities and progress across the project lifecycle, including construction works during the construction phase.
• Maintain the project risk register and review and update risks during monthly progress meetings.
• Identify opportunities to improve project management processes, procedures, templates, and tools, and escalate improvement proposals to the appropriate line manager.
• Apply appropriate performance management techniques to monitor project delivery.
• Manage the project change control process.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination between the project team and the client through regular meetings and formal written communications.

NEC Contract Activities

• Review and accept programme submissions in accordance with NEC contract requirements.
• Lead project delivery in the spirit of mutual trust and cooperation as set out within the NEC contract framework.
• Issue communications and documentation as required under the Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) and perform any additional duties specified within the contract.
• Undertake the duties of Project Manager as defined under the Contracting Entity’s programme contract, maintaining close engagement with the Client to ensure that all actions align with the Contracting Entity’s project objectives.
• Manage the compensation event process to ensure the Contractor is appropriately compensated for Contracting Entity–initiated changes.
• Ensure that the Contractor notifies compensation events in a timely manner so that the Contracting Entity’s interests are protected.
• Assess and certify payments at each contractual assessment interval.

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:

• Minimum 10 years experience in the Construction / Infrastructure sector including on relevant aviation and/or other related projects of a similar size and complexity

• Understanding of operating in a live airport site

• Experience of operating on site, not just office based

• Tangible experience of documenting best practice construction project management policies and standards.

• Track record of delivering construction/asset delivery projects to time and within allocated budget;

• Knowledge of operating as a client’s project manager

• Experience of dealing with a range of stakeholders at all levels across the organisation influencing the improvement of process and guidance to support project delivery

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

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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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