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AECOM Delivery Excellence Director, Water in Dublin, Ireland
Company Description
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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.
Are you ready to inspire, empower, and support project teams to shape the future of water infrastructure?
We are seeking a dynamic and strategic Delivery Excellence Director to lead and inspire our project and framework delivery teams within the Water UK&I division. This pivotal role will bridge technical excellence, strategic growth, and operational performance, driving both internal improvements and external client success.
At AECOM, we're at the forefront of innovation, delivering exceptional water programmes and projects through long-term partnerships with major UK water companies and international clients.
Here’s what you’ll do:
People Leadership – Project & Framework Communities:
Establish, develop, and mentor Project Director/Approver (PD/PA), Project Management (PM), and Framework Management (FW) communities.
Define and implement our approach to project management, including setting out clear roles and responsibilities for project and framework team members.
Ensure and assign PMs to projects that are appropriately experienced and qualified for the complexity of the project being delivered.
Ensure teams are skilled, resourced appropriately, and supported with coaching, mentoring, and training.
Foster professional development through internal training programs and external certifications like PMP.
Drive consistency in project set up, sign off (Go / No Go) and delivery through best practice sharing and continuous improvement initiatives.
Client Engagement & Relationship Building:
Active engagement with our clients to ensure we are delivering projects that meet or exceed their expectations.
Cultivate a client-centric culture, promoting client satisfaction and continuous feedback via Net Promoter Scores and direct client interactions.
Support business growth through strong client relationships, successful project delivery, and active involvement in major bids.
Champion lessons learned from client feedback to enhance service delivery and improve consistency of our project delivery.
Project & Framework Excellence:
Lead monthly project and portfolio clinics / project reviews to proactively identify and resolve issues, such as resourcing, managing change, mitigating risks etc.
Implement predictive analysis and data-driven insights to improve project performance.
Drive robust risk management, scope control, and financial performance monitoring, including Earned Value Management (EVM) where appropriate and ensuring that we are meeting business project update cycle dates and accuracy.
Ensure projects and frameworks are effectively set up, operated, and aligned with strategic goals.
Performance Measurement:
Maintain strong client satisfaction scores and positive feedback.
Deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards with minimal write-downs.
Support growth targets across frameworks and improve project margin trends.
If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!
Enjoy the Perks.
At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Proven leadership in project and framework management within the water or energy sectors.
Strong strategic thinking, operational insight, networking and client relationship skills.
Expertise in coaching, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
Strong analytical skills along with experience in developing and implementing strategies.
Solid understanding of project controls, risk management, and financial performance metrics.
Exceptional communication, stakeholder engagement, and change management abilities.
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.
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!
Additional Information
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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn – Jay Hewitt
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 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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10123589
Business Line: Water
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Program & Project Management
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited