Senior Project Manager, Federal

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Senior Project Manager to be based in Sacramento, CA. As a people manager, the Senior Project Manager will mentor and guide integrated federal project teams to success. In addition to leading planning and design coordination, the Senior Project Manager will be responsible for client communication, consultant coordination, and contract administration. Project responsibility will focus on a diverse portfolio within the federal market sector, with an emphasis on program delivery and construction execution.

The successful candidate must be a licensed Architect or Engineer with strong, hands‑on technical knowledge and proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams through planning, design coordination, and construction delivery. The ideal candidate will have experience managing federal facility programs and working knowledge of federal design criteria, including Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), Engineering Technical Letters (ETL), Air Force Manual (AFMAN), and Air Force Instruction (AFI), ensuring compliance through effective coordination with design disciplines.

US West Buildings + Places as a vast market spread and geography, providing opportunities across a wide range of project typologies, including Science & Technology, Advanced Manufacturing, Commercial, Aerospace, Higher Education, Industrial and Process, Transportation, Aviation, Sports and Federal market sectors across the western United States and beyond. As a dynamic team of Architects, Planners, and Engineers. We strive to incorporate beauty, sustainability, resiliency, equity, and innovation in our projects.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

* Performs management, leadership, and people accountability responsibilities for a specific technical group or department, developing talent and mentoring staff across planning, design coordination, and construction phases.

* Has full responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating complex, multidisciplinary assignments from program inception through turnover.

* Plans and develops tasks concerned with unique or controversial federal facility challenges-defining scope, selecting problems for investigation, and developing novel, mission‑driven concepts and approaches.

* Acts as the primary liaison between internal/external project partners (federal clients, design consultants, and construction contractors), ensuring effective communication, coordination, and implementation of action plans aligned to mission requirements.

* Independently guides and resolves technical matters on projects; consults with Technical Leadership on complex building code issues when necessary-demonstrating depth of expertise in campus‑scale programs (utilities, infrastructure, and multi‑facility delivery) and constructability.

* Operates with minimal supervision, receiving primarily administrative guidance with assignments framed in broad objectives and limits-showcasing a leadership role with significant autonomy in program and construction delivery.

* Leads a team of architects, engineers, and designers, orchestrating and aligning activities across planning, design reviews (e.g., 30/60/90%),…