Graduate Construction Project Manager

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 h 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 nearly 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.

We have a number of exciting opportunities across the UK & Ireland for graduates to work within our Project Management Teams.

Here’s what you’ll do:

As a Graduate Project Manager at AECOM, you have the opportunity to work on a number of exciting projects across a wide array of sectors. These include education, health care, sports facilities, residential and transport to name but a few, for both public and private sector clients.

The role of the Project Manager is dynamic and stimulating. As a Graduate Project Manager, you will assist other members of the Project Management team to drive projects forward and ensure that our clients achieve the built assets that their business function requires. This involves working at all stages of the project from initial concept right through to construction and operation of the building.

The Project Manager is a key interface between the client, design team, consultants, contractors and other project stakeholders.

The Project Manager helps to ensure actions are carried out by the appropriate parties at the right times to ensure deadlines are met and that value is added to the clients’ projects.

To be effective in the role of a Graduate Project Manager you must have strong communication skills, be good at building relationships and rapport with the various parties involved in a project, be good at planning and managing your time, be highly motivated, and be committed to delivering excellent service to our clients.

Day to day duties include:

• Regular liaison with all relevant parties
• Procurement
• Liaising/Assisting Senior/Associate Project Managers
• Contact administration.
• Data management
• Coordinating the project team
• Planning key tasks
• Reporting on progress and cost
• Site visits and meetings

At AECOM, 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, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

National chartership support network

The journey to Chartership is challenging however at AECOM we have a strong support network to help you be successful. Within each office a dedicated coordinator will connect you with a supervisor who will mentor you throughout, whilst our dedicated Chartership Steering Group drives our strategy and maintains close relationships with our accrediting bodies.

Early Careers Training Programme

Our Training programme ADVANCE focuses on providing the necessary tools to navigate your early career with focus on EDI, social value, wellbeing, career development and planning, professional skills, brand awareness and understanding AECOM processes. Delivered in person and online you’ll meet and work with senior leaders during the programme.

We’ll prepare you for your Chartership assessment with interactive presentation skills and case study training days that will develop skills that benefit you now and for times ahead. Underpinning our live and interactive content our bespoke AECOM University resource…