Project Manager (Net Zero Carbon, Sustainability & District Heat Networks)

Start here. Grow here.

As a Project Manager specialising in Net Zero Carbon Sustainability and District Heat Networks you will lead and support the delivery of lowcarbon and energy infrastructure projects across all stages of the project lifecycle from earlystage concept and feasibility studies through design development procurement construction commissioning and handover.

You will work collaboratively with clients engineers sustainability specialists and contractors to deliver complex environmental and energy transition projects that support national and regional decarbonisation goals.

Heres what youll do:

Project & Technical Leadership

• Lead the endtoend delivery of Net Zero sustainability decarbonisation and district heat network projects.
• Oversee feasibility studies business case development and strategic options appraisals.
• Manage the design process across multiple disciplines (energy civil mechanical sustainability digital).
• Ensure compliance with heat network efficiency standards lowcarbon guidance and Net Zero objectives.

Project Management Delivery

• Act as clientside project manager throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Prepare and maintain project programmes resource plans and milestones.
• Monitor and manage project risks opportunities and dependencies.
• Lead procurement activities contractor selection and contract administration (NEC preferred).
• Manage budgets project controls reporting and governance reviews.

Stakeholder & Team Management

• Manage diverse internal and external stakeholders including local authorities private developers utilities and community partners.
• Build and lead multidisciplinary delivery teams and oversee consultant and contractor performance.
• Coordinate design assurance quality management and technical reviews.
• Foster strong client relationships and identify opportunities for followon work or crosssector support.

Construction & Commissioning

• Oversee construction monitoring site progress change control and technical queries.
• Lead commissioning planning and readiness reviews for heat networks and lowcarbon systems.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely efficiently and to required performance standards.

If youre passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality AECOM welcomes you. Join our team where we dont just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

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Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM youll 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 whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

Essential

• Experience managing projects within the sustainability lowcarbon energy heat networks or wider energy infrastructure sectors.
• Strong understanding of Net Zero principles carbon reduction strategies and energy system design.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and managing contractors.
• Strong knowledge of project management processes governance and reporting.

Preferred

• NEC Project Manager accreditation or experience.
• Degree in Engineering Construction Project Management Energy Systems Sustainability or a related discipline.
• Chartered status with RICS CIOB RIBA ICE APM IET CIBSE or relevant body.

Additional Information :

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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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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