Project Director Cost Management

Our Birmingham Cost Management team continues to grow with specific growth demand within the Commercial Industrial and Logistics Residential and Education markets where we have successfully secured positions with many high-profile clients and some key local projects and programs in the industry. As a direct result of this growth we are currently seeking a Project Director to join our Birmingham team.

We will give you 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.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on the teams and committees you join and our business.

Job Responsibilities: 

• You will be primarily working alongside other Directors to successfully manage grow and deliver Cost Management duties on various capital projects. 
• The role will entail direct client liaising acting as the key day to day client interface ensuring that client objectives are met and are specifically responsible for business development / winning new commissions / marketing objectives.
• The role will cover the whole project lifecycle from a Cost Management perspective. You should possess the skills and experience to actively lead and support the internal team manage and mentor staff.
• To provide oversight / strategic guidance / audit and review to a portfolio of projects.
• You will help develop collaborative relationships with our existing clients and other professional colleagues within the industry. Demonstrate an ability and desire to obtain an increased understanding of a clients business demonstrating client focus.
• You will be connected organised and self-motivated being able to successfully work with minimum supervision.
• Successful delivery of projects ensuring tasks on projects are resourced managed and completed efficiently on time and with a keen desire to maintain clients satisfaction leading to continued and further business. 

Qualifications :

• Degree Qualified BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management.
• Professional Qualified Chartered Status with the RICS.
• Proven ability to develop long term relationships with all team members and effectively balance people and processes.
• Proven leadership within a Cost Management business and provide leadership management and mentoring to the team.
• Strong client relations ability to actively provide business development opportunities with existing and new clients ensuring these are identified and acted upon and generate winning new commissions.
• To win clients through strong business development skills.
• Manage the delivery of cost management outputs in accordance with agreed timescales and quality standards.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are key.

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 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 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. 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.

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   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time