Federal Projects Manager

About the role

AECOM is seeking a Project Manager to be based in Orange, CA, Los Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA, Oakland/San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA.

You will be joining a team of a global team of 500+ maritime specialists who support on a wide range of maritime developments including container terminals, LNG facilities, waterfront developments, federal maritime facilities, cruise and ferry terminals, marinas and harbors as well as coastal schemes such as beach development and coastal protection schemes.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it's improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We're one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world. About DCS-Transportation

As populations grow, so do demands for safe, expedient and cost-effective transportation. Our Transportation business line partners with clients around the world to build, modernize and expand transportation infrastructure and deliver advanced mobility solutions to carry our communities into the future - safely, equitably and reliably.

We combine our extensive planning, design, construction and asset management experience with advanced technologies and innovations to help our public and private clients restore or replace their aging transportation infrastructure, and find smarter, more effective ways to move people and goods across our cities, countries and continents.

Our integrated approach and social responsibility have earned us the trust of local municipalities, government agencies, commercial clients and public-private partnerships. Our expertise and global reach enable us to deliver high-quality solutions for our clients that pave the way for long-lasting benefits to society.

Job Responsibilities

Responsible for managing a project to achieve specified objectives. Involves the overall planning, coordination and control of a project from inception to completion to produce a functionally and financially viable project that will be completed on time within authorized cost and to the required quality.

• Manages scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and change management.
• Manages one or more complex projects, involving a full spectrum of engineering services offered by AECOM.
• Provides project and technical task management for one or more simultaneous projects.
• Identifies problems, determines accuracy and relevance of information, uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and makes recommendations.
• Good presentation and communication skills in English. Good report and proposal writing skills.
• Client Relationships: Ability to assist in developing new client relationships and to strengthen existing client relationships. Ability to identify, understand and focus on clients' key requirements.
• Assist in development of business opportunities and project capture.
• Team leadership: good team leadership skills. Self-starter, energetic, pro-active.
• Strong Team player.

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS + 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Professional Engineer License
• Experience working with federal agencies to include Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, US Coast Guard, NOAA or US Army Corps of Engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• 20 + Years industry experience
• Project Management experience in seaport related infrastructure
• Previous experience in maintaining client relationships.
• MSc in related field
• Project Management Professional
• Previous experience in leading projects to required quality, timeliness, and budget parameters.

Additional Information

• Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.

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