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Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
In your new role as Project Commercial Manager - Environment & Sustainability, in AECOM's Environment, Water & Energy (EWE) Business Line, you will play a crucial role in enhancing project commercial outcomes and driving commercial best practice and learning. By leveraging your expertise in consultancy, engineering construction contracts, program, and change management, you will support and uplift project managers (PMs) in commercial matters. This includes mitigating risks, minimising lost margin, and fostering commercial best practices to boost project performance and client satisfaction.
Reporting to the Assistant Commercial Director and working under the direction of the Business Unit Operations Director or commercial team, your responsibilities will span across multiple projects.
Each team member has a development plan to provide a clear pathway to personal development and career progression. The team provides technical leadership of project throughout the infrastructure lifecycle from feasibility, preliminary and detailed design stages. Our clients are many and varied from both the private and public sector and include custodians of the UK's Rail network, numerous local authorities, and major contractors.
Here's what you'll do:
* Collaborate: Assisting PMs, Project Directors, and Lead Verifiers in the commercial management of projects to ensure successful delivery.
* Provide Expertise: Applying your knowledge of contract management to enhance project performance, focusing on critical aspects like insurances, programme, delay damages, and key contract dates.
* Ensure Quality: Using contract administration platforms such as CEMAR and Asite to oversee and act on client communications and instructions. Identifying and managing Early Warnings, participating in Risk Reduction meetings, and facilitating Compensation Events and their implementation. Applications for Payment, Forecasts to Complete, and project programs.
* Oversee: Participating in project reviews, commercial discussions with clients and suppliers, and ensuring the execution of action items.
* Mentor: Coaching technical staff to heighten their commercial awareness and expertise.
* Deliver: Working to reduce disallowed costs and efficiently manage expenditures from AECOM and its subcontractors. Contributing to Go/No-Go decisions for new projects or significant changes to existing projects.
Scope of projects:
* Energy transition projects including green hydrogen / ammonia, offshore / onshore wind, solar farms, battery storage, pumped hydro schemes
* Water engineering, water scarcity
* Carbon advisory - ESG, energy utilisation
* Digital tools
* Environment Impact / Biodiversity Net Gain
* Ground investigation programmes (road; rail; carbon capture hubs)
* International projects: Latin America, Middle East, Asia, India
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what's possible?
Here's what we're looking for:
* Degree in engineering / quantity surveying (or equivalent qualification).
* Experience in project, commercial and risk management, including client facing roles.
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.
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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