Regional Director - Project Management

**Company Description** **Work with Us. Change the World.** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. **Job Description** **Start here. Grow here.** **Are you a Regional Director with experience of leading a team of Project Managers?** **Do you have experience delivering** **major construction projects and portfolios of work?** **Are you able to develop and grow opportunities across both the public and private sector?** **If so, we are looking for an experienced Regional Director to lead our Project Management consultancy team serving the North of England.** You will possess the skills and experience to actively lead a team of Project Managers across a range of grades (including Project Directors and Associates) managing performance, career development, and recruitment. The role is market facing, including driving business development and growth with new and existing clients in both the Public sector (including Healthcare, Tertiary Education, Central Government, Defence) and Private clients and developers across the commercial sector. As a Regional Director you will be responsible for the technical delivery of services by the team including managing client relationships and being the point of escalation where necessary. You will also have the ability to successfully manage and deliver complex, high profile projects including being the day-to-day point of contact responsibility where appropriate. You will be supported in this role by our Director who leads our Project and Cost Management team across the North of England & Scotland, operating with like-minded experts in the Programme Project and Cost Management team that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions. **Main aspects of the role:** + Provide leadership within the project management business practice + Undertake Line Management and supervisory responsibilities, where you will support, motivate, and mentor members of your team + Drive actions to retain and hire new team members + Manage project finances, resourcing, audits, and reviews, to a portfolio of projects being led within the cost centre + Ensure all staff members reporting to you have current and relevant training + Support team members through Professional Chartership + Lead client account relationships and frameworks + Lead commissions (including cross discipline and multi-dis services) taking responsibility for their successful delivery + Progress business development opportunities with existing and new clients, including cross- selling other services. + Lead bid and fee proposals including through internal governance processes. If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Buildings + Places page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see first hand the difference we're making in the industry! **Qualifications** **Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?** **Here’s what we’re looking for:** **Minimum Requirements and qualifications** + A range of public and private sector experience. + Extensive Project Management experience gained within a construction consultancy setting. + Experience at a leadership level in a comparative Project Management business. + Experience of managing, leading & growing teams. + Demonstrable track record of winning new work from new clients & repeat work from existing clients. + Extensive experience of successfully delivering complex projects. + Extensive experience in all aspects of pre and post contract services including: feasibility studies, cost planning, tender document preparation. + Demonstrable strong client relationships & network of contacts. + Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills. + Excellent industry network and reputation, including development of Thought Leadership and personal profile. + A passion for first class service delivery, implementing best practice and continuous improvement. + Possess the ability to work across service lines. + Construction Related Degree + Chartered Status with the RICS, CIOB or APM + NEC4 Accreditation (preferred) **Additional Information** Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn. **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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. **ReqID:** J10143861 **Business Line:** B&P - Buildings & Places **Business Group:** DCS **Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India **Career Area:** Program & Project Management **Work Location Model:** Hybrid