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AECOM Associated Director - Design (Roads/Infrastructure) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Company Description
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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 nearly 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.
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Job Description
This position requires a qualified candidate who possesses recent experience (at least the last 5 years) in managing design projects.
Business Processes: Policy knowledge, including health, safety, environment, company ethics, and business best practices. Should have a complete understanding of all contractual obligations, including AECOM DOA’s and risk committee procedures. Must have a thorough understanding consenting and regulatory authority for approvals. Performs technical quality reviews, including documentation in project record by following policies and procedures.
General Management: Undertakes full responsibility for project delivery and integrates project management elements as a portfolio manager. Identifies and exploits opportunities as they arise throughout the projects life cycle. Responsible for delivering revenues assigned from specific clients, including repeat business, due to the flawless execution of projects.
Team Management: Provides day to day management, recruits, trains, mentors, and evaluates project delivery staff's performance. Has formal supervisory responsibilities defining project team operating standards and meeting essential procedural requirements.
Client/Stakeholder Management: Assists with proposals to provide services for projects or programs. Communicates with clients to discuss work scope, requests information to support project execution, and receives client comments on draft work products. Contributes to the bidding process to win future works-able to influence customers, suppliers and peers. Actively pursues continuous learning of technical advances, emerging business/industry trends. Identifies and develops new processes that lead to improved efficiency or work quality for competitive positioning,
Commercial Management: Delivers planned profit margins and completes projects without write-downs or margin erosion. Typically manages projects involving RTF (Risk Triggering Factors). Has decision-making authority and directs other Project Managers in recognising risk and uncertainty with plans to mitigate such. Minimises exposure to claims. Fully comprehends the principles of AECOM's financial systems and is conversant in all contractual matters.
Technical Excellence: Has experience in design elements and a good understanding of safety in design principles. Ensures technical quality reviews, including documentation in the project record, as per policies and procedures. Ensures that the technical approach satisfies the client scope of services and expectations. Engages with project technical teams within a field of expertise to confirm project approach and reviews deliverables.
Interdisciplinary Coordination: Able to oversee multi-disciplinary design teams. Contributes as an in-house expert on specific technologies or processes. Responsible for ensuring design disciplines working on projects collaborate effectively to develop comprehensive technical solutions. Resolves issues or problems concerning conflicting requirements and complex coordination.
Qualifications
Degree in civil engineering
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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 $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 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. 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.
ReqID: J10100958
Business Line: Transportation
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: ME and Africa
Career Area: Program & Project Management
Work Location Model: On-Site