Water Framework Manager

Job Description

Shape the Future of Water in Ireland.

AECOM is seeking an experienced water industry professional to lead a multidisciplinary professional services framework for our key client, Uisce Éireann.

Based in our Dublin city centre office – whilst also utilising our flexible hybrid work model – you will take a leading role in managing client relationships, driving framework performance and identifying opportunities for business growth. Working closely with colleagues across AECOM, you'll help deliver excellent client service while supporting the continued growth of our water business in Ireland.

Our portfolio spans water and wastewater asset planning and infrastructure delivery, covering the full project lifecycle. Our services include modelling, feasibility and appraisal, environmental and planning services, sustainability, energy and carbon reduction, engineering design, project and programme management, cost management, site supervision and commissioning.

This is an opportunity to combine client leadership, commercial management and strategic development within one of the UK and Ireland's leading infrastructure consultancies, with opportunities for further career progression across our wider business.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Lead: Act as a principal point of contact for the framework, building trusted relationships with Uisce Éireann and strengthening AECOM's reputation as a valued delivery partner.
• Deliver: Work with project and programme teams to deliver agreed objectives across safety, quality, cost, programme and innovation. Monitor performance against framework KPIs, identify areas for improvement and ensure contractual and commercial commitments are met.
• Grow: Partner with strategy, growth and account management colleagues to develop and deliver the framework account plan. Identify upcoming client needs and coordinate with internal teams to position AECOM for them. Coordinate bid teams, and lead the development of compelling technical and commercial proposals.
• Develop: Work with your AECOM colleagues to identify areas of business need (capacity and capability), highlighting areas to expand the team through progression of internal staff and external recruitment.

Join our team. 

Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 700 experts across the UK & Ireland. Collaborate with top-tier civil, mechanical, electrical and process engineers to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion. 

Let's not forget the perks! 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, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days and our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle.

If you're an experienced water industry professional who enjoys building client relationships, leading complex programmes and creating opportunities for growth, we'd like to hear from you. 

Qualifications

Ready for this new challenge?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Degree (or equivalent) in an engineering subject. 
• Deep understanding of the water sector and knowledge of the regulatory environment that our clients operate in.
• Proven experience in forming strong relationships and mutual trust with a range of stakeholders within client organisations.
• Experience in technical and commercial bid development and delivery of water industry schemes.
• Experience of delivery across project phases, such as business case development, feasibility, outline/conceptual design, detailed design, construction support etc.
• Experience delivering professional services in the water industry across a range of areas – Asset Management, Engineering, Environment, Planning, Programme/Project Management etc.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities so, if you're an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable adjustment to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]

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.