Senior Design Manager - Multidisciplinary

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 worlds most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Team Management:

• Provides technical leadership for smaller project teams
• Responsible for technically leading groups of Design Managers and technical teams to deliver within scope, budget, time and quality standards
• Delivers effective communication inclusive of clients and team members to clarify expectations and requirements
• Make day-to-day decisions for project teams
• Mentors technical leadership talent and trains staff, ensuring discipline skills are up to date and industry-relevant

Technical Excellence:

• Delivery of EC Africa Projects, understand status, budget, risks, etc.
• Has a solid Technical Background on Multidisciplinary Engineering Projects and can contribute to technical discussions when needed
• Applies diversified knowledge of Design Management principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields
• Makes decisions independently on technical problems and methods
• Resolves complex technical problems and acts as the go-to person for specific technical issues
• Acts independently on technical matters
• Performs quality reviews and serves as Lead Verifier on projects, confirming that the approach satisfies the client scope of services and expectations
• Applies acquired expertise and knowledge to solve technical challenges
• Supports digital transformation strategy and implementation and embraces change within the discipline
• Responsible for developing a robust technical network within AECOM locally to provide clients with the most appropriate technical solutions
• Responsible for managing a project to achieve specified objectives. Involves the overall planning, coordination and control of a project from inception to completion to produce a functionally and financially viable project that will be completed on time within authorized cost and to the required quality.
• Manages scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and change management.

Interdisciplinary Coordination:

• Ensures assigned teams effectively coordinate with each other

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience within the built environment
• Bachelor (BEng or BTech) or Masters Degree in Engineering from an accredited University.
• Registered as PrEng or PrTech Eng with ECSA or similar accredited international registration, AND
• Registration as PrCPM with SACPCMP, OR
• Certification as PMP / PgMP / PfMP / PMI-SP / PMI-ACP with PMI

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds 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 youre 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and youll 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 persons potential, and well help you reach yours.

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

ReqID: J10112867

Business Line: Building Engineering

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Enterprise Capabilities

Career Area: Program & Project Management

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM SA