Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

At AECOM, we are currently seeking a SeniorProject Manager to join our Belfast office.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Project Manager, you will play a key role in delivering building projects in Northern Ireland across the full project lifecycle — from initial concept and design development through procurement, construction, and commissioning.

Key Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Managing projects from inception through to completion, covering design, procurement, site delivery, and commissioning phases
• Collaborating with the wider project management team to successfully deliver capital investment projects
• Acting as the primary day-to-day client contact, ensuring client objectives are clearly understood and achieved
• Leading project management commissions and taking full accountability for successful project delivery
• Planning, directing, and supervising all activities associated with moderately sized projects involving moderate risk, complexity, and financial impact
• Supporting the operational performance and continuous improvement of the AECOM project management team in Belfast
• Demonstrating recent experience in delivering projects across RIBA Stages 0–7
• Administration of NEC ECC contracts.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

The successful candidate will bring experience within the buildings sector, along with the following qualifications and professional credentials:

• A postgraduate qualification in Project Management, Construction, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline
• Chartered status with one of the following professional bodies: RICS / CIOB / ICE / RIBA / Engineers Ireland
• Membership or affiliation with APM would be advantageous
• NEC4 ECC PM Accreditation would also be advantageous

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 [email protected]

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!

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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 [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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