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AECOM Aviation Lead - Project & Cost Management in London, United Kingdom
Company Description
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
Aviation has been highlighted in Europe and India as a high growth sector for AECOM. Whilst we are already operating across some key programmes of work for significant clients in the UK&I, we see significant future growth potential as the sector recovers from the downturn induced by the Covid 19 outbreak. Our clients are beginning to re-invest in their assets, to ensure they are in the right condition, but also to ensure their capacity needs of the future. Sitting within our Infrastructure Project Management and Cost Management unit you will take on responsibility for the growth, service quality and delivery, people development and team leadership for Project Management and Cost Management in the UK for Aviation. You will be part of a wider leadership group working in a cross-discipline approach to enhance AECOMs offer and reputation in the Aviation sector ensuring we bring the best of our capabilities to our clients.
Growth of the aviation Project and Cost Management team will offer a clear path to career development and further progression within our organisation providing an opportunity for an ambitious and established aviation expert to advance in the professional status.
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 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!
Here’s what you’ll do
Direct, develop and grow our Aviation Project Management and Cost Management offer across the UK, specific responsibilities include:
Manage and build the team reflective of the long-term growth and service proposition strategy.
Build the order portfolio across the UK with existing and new clients.
Develop a Business Plan that fully reflects the market growth potential and position AECOM as the premiere Aviation Project Management and Cost Management consultant in the UK by market share and reputation.
Identify key clients and key pursuits. Prepare key client management plans and key pursuit plans, maintaining a strong and achievable pipeline of opportunities.
Develop and maintain existing client relationships looking to build trusted advisor status across key clients.
Help to grow the team including leading recruitment for the team as well as coaching and developing the existing teams’ skills.
Lead major pursuit proposals.
Leverage the wider AECOM network and other business lines to enhance capability and work winning strategies.
Implement and maintain AECOM international standards of project delivery, quality, program and budget.
Oversee the delivery of large complex and multidisciplinary Aviation projects
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Technical Experience: Significant experience in project and/ or programme delivery in at Director level. A clear and apparent understanding of airports and the time, cost quality drivers that are inherent for our clients and implications on their projects.
Business Development: Previous experience of developing and maintaining client relationships and work backlog with new and existing clients. Demonstrable experience of utilizing relationships with clients to drive meaningful growth for a consultancy in the past.
Team Management: Previous experience of team management and team building.
Advisory Experience: Able to demonstrate a strong client and stakeholder network within the Aviation industry which will translate into winning and delivering aviation projects in the advisory sector.
Qualifications: MRICS or equivalent chartership to demonstrate commitment to professional development
Personal Attributes
Communication: Excellent presentation and communication skills in English (written and verbal). Excellent report and proposal writing skills.
Client relationships : Ability to develop new client relationships and to strengthen existing client relationships. Ability to identify, understand and focus on client’s key requirements.
Commercial: Commercially astute, clear understanding of setting and working to business development goals, use of consultancy contracts, profit and loss.
Team Leadership : Strong team leadership skills. Ability to lead a team and to mentor and develop staff. Ability to manage staff resources. Self-starter, proactive and entrepreneurial.
Team Player: Strong team player, ability to work closely with colleagues and get the best out of the team.
Delivery: Commitment to delivery of quality output, on time and to budget. Ability to fully engage with projects and an ‘eye for detail’ when required.
Integrity in dealing with clients, staff and business dealings
As part of our Inclusion efforts you will:
Demonstrate your dedication to driving our inclusion and wellbeing strategies by instilling a culture of respect and care within your team; being a role model aligned to these strategies.
Build a diverse and inclusive workforce by recruiting and retaining the best talent and nurturing the next generation of leaders who will do the same.
Lead with empathy, respect and understanding, actively seeking out diverse points of view and creating a psychologically safe environment where these points of view can thrive.
Provide all employees the freedom they need to grow, develop, innovate and be their whole selves at work.
Additional Information
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!
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: J10120025
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Survey & Estimation
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited