Practice Director - Ports and Marine Engineering

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Job Description Start here. Grow here.

AECOM is seeking a highly experienced and dynamic Practice Director – Ports & Marine Engineering to support the growth and delivery of our business.

You will lead capability development, drive project delivery excellence, and play a key role in securing and delivering work across frameworks and standalone opportunities.

This is a strategic leadership position, combining work winning, operational leadership, and people development, with a strong focus on collaboration across regions and Enterprise Capability (EC) teams.

The Practice Director will be focused on delivering our existing diverse portfolio of Ports & Marine projects as well growing to meet the demands of high growth sectors for the integration and coordination of multi-disciplinary, complex infrastructure projects.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Project & Client Leadership Lead and support client relationships for the Practice Ensure successful project delivery – meeting schedule, cost, and quality targets

Lead continuous improvement through client feedback and delivery performance

Implement and uphold AECOM project governance standards

Build and lead effective supply chain and partner relationships

Leadership & People Development Grow capability and capacity within the practice regionally and through EC collaboration

Drive utilisation performance and align resource planning at a national level

Mentor, develop, and retain high-performing teams, fostering a strong and inclusive culture

Operational Excellence & Performance Support operational performance across the Ports & Marine Engineering, including cost, schedule, and quality

Drive quality and innovation to differentiate AECOM from peers

Drive performance against key business KPIs and growth targets

Coordinate national workshare and resource planning aligned to practice objectives

Promote and lead Safety, Health, Environment (SHE) and Wellbeing initiatives across projects and teams

Act as a visible safety leader, embedding best practices at both project and operational levels

Monitor and improve both leading and lagging sustainability and safety metrics

Collaboration & Strategy Work closely with other Business Lines, and global geographies

Support multi-disciplinary project delivery across sectors

Share knowledge, best practices, and technical expertise across the organisation

Strengthen collaboration with EC teams to enhance delivery capability and efficiency

Business Development & Work Winning Deliver the existing Ports & Marine Engineering framework and project portfolio while helping to secure repeat business and new opportunities the end-to-end sales cycle for projects

Provide capability, expertise, and resources to support bids led at sector level

Support and embed the Enterprise Capability (EC) vs. home country delivery model for bids Develop discipline-specific EC strategies and relationships to maximise global delivery capability

Support the Practice’s engagement in cross-sector growth opportunities

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

Extensive experience in ports, coastal, or marine engineering with a track record leading large, complex programs.

Professional registration (e.g., Chartered…