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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.
Heres what youll 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 Practices engagement in cross-sector growth opportunities
Qualifications :
Ready to push the limits of whats possible
Heres what were looking for:
- Extensive experience in ports coastal or marine engineering with a track record leading large complex programs.
- Professional registration (e.g. Chartered Engineer PE or equivalent) and degree in civil/coastal/marine engineering or related field.
- Demonstrable success in client development winning strategic pursuits and delivering major multi-disciplinary projects.
- Strong technical grounding in marine structures (quay walls jetties berths) coastal protection dredging and reclamation terminals navigation and resilience.
- Familiarity with relevant standards and guidance (e.g. PIANC and regional codes) and digital delivery (BIM analytics modeling).
Proven team leadership P&L accountability and capability building across distributed teams. - Proven experience leading in Ports & Marine Engineering or multi-disciplinary infrastructure teams
- Strong track record in supporting work winning delivering projects and successful client relationship management
Additional Information :
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About AECOM
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