Senior Project Manager

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Location:

CA - Halifax, NS - 1701 Hollis St
Compensation: CAD 145,000 - CAD 170,000 - yearly

Job Description
AECOM is looking for a Senior Project Manager and Client Manager to lead projects within the Atlantic Region. The position will be based in the Halifax, NS office.

Key Responsibilities - Senior Project Manager:

Provide leadership and project management expertise on environmental assessment and remediation projects.

Serve as the primary client liaison, ensuring strong relationships and high client satisfaction.

Oversee project performance, ensuring compliance with scope, budget, and schedule.

Communicate regularly with regulators, clients, and internal technical teams.

Prepare and review technical reports, regulatory submittals, and project documentation.

Develop strategic proposals and budgets for new opportunities.

Lead and mentor junior staff, fostering a culture of safety and excellence.

Supervise subcontractors, field staff, and multidisciplinary technical teams.

Exhibit personal safety leadership in all aspects of project execution.

Key Responsibilities - Client Manager:

Be AECOM’s primary point of contact with the client.

Act as the client’s leading advocate within AECOM; and AECOM’s leading advocate with the client.

Sets the strategic direction for AECOM with the client, setting the plan and overseeing its execution.

Be seen as a leader who brings together all aspects of AECOM in meeting the client’s needs.

Be the focal point for introducing innovations and market intelligence to the client.

Talks to the client regularly about their wider business outside of any project delivery or pursuit engagement.

The person who brings the client’s ’voice’ to internal teams leading pursuits and capture.

The key person at AECOM that can leverage their relationship with the client to assist delivery teams in the resolution of anticipated or actual issues.

Facilitate the project proposal as per the AECOM proposal process to ensure that detailed schedules (WBS), costs, and proposal write-ups, including all qualification information, are produced as part of a finalized high quality, competitive proposal package to be submitted to the Client.

Upon receipt of an approved Purchase Order, manage the successful delivery of the project scope to the Purchase Order including the Ts & Cs and the specific Scope of Work documentation.

Develop and manage Project Plans in collaboration with the project team.

Ensure that staff are trained, competent and qualified to perform their project-related tasks.

Execute project deliverables in accordance with Project Plans, ensuring health & safety, quality, cost and schedule adherence.

Interface with the Client to ensure that all client goals are defined, understood and are achieved to the Client’s satisfaction.

Effectively communicate with the Client and the Project Team on a routine and ongoing basis.

Through the AECOM Risk Management process, identify, mitigate and address risks as they arise, manage all mitigating actions to ensure that the project deliverables are met.

Ensure all AECOM Project Management requirements are met throughout the project associated with the AECOM Project management systems.

Ensure all Project Deliverables to be submitted to the Client have been completed following due process and meet the quality requirements as detailed within the Client SOW and Project Plans.

Monitor and report to the Client on all project aspects including schedule, cost, quality, Health & Safety, risk and issues on a routine basis.

Carry out effective Project Change Management throughout project execution.

Ensure that all Project Accruals and Invoices are produced and submitted to the Client monthly or as agreed within the Contract Ts & Cs.

Ensure that all Sub-Contractor Management activities are completed including receiving and paying Sub-Contractor invoices and effective oversight of Sub-Contractor activities.

Effectively complete all project close-out actions including completion of all final documentation, a final project report and final invoicing and payments.

Carry out a Lessons Learned session to identify and incorporate lessons learned, including all improvement opportunities as part…