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 at AECOM. With 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 over 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.

Start here. Grow here.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Manage and support AECOM Design Teams and external architects and assist with the management of the design process across the UK and internationally.  
• Help grow the Design Management team in the UK by demonstrating value at every opportunity and assist in managing and mentoring the team. 
• Forge relationships with architects and engineers across AECOM and externally to build up a contact database for future business development. 
• Establish and implement design procedures and protocols to be followed by the Design Team necessary for successful project delivery. 
• Management of any information exchange including monitoring of deliverables issued by sub-consultants to determine whether submittals are as per agreed scopes. 
• Produce an integrated design schedule following liaison with all Design Team members and including key milestones laid out by the Client. Internal milestones, co-ordination sequences and delivery dates will be shown. 
• Monitor design progress and identify areas of risk/ concern that are approaching. 
• Identification of design deliverables, who they will be prepared by and when they need to be delivered. 
• Monitor and collate comments from the Client on design submission and manage responses from the Design Team. 
• Prepare and maintain drawing register. 
• Prepare and agree with the Architect a schedule for all project workshops and meetings, including a preliminary outline agenda, location etc. 
• Prepare in advance a formal timetable and agenda for all project workshops and obtain all necessary input from the Design Team to ensure all key issues are addressed. 
• Prepare and issue minutes of all major project workshops and meetings, circulate these minutes for comment before formal issue to the Client where applicable. 
• Establish procedures and processes to assist in the briefing and information gathering process such as a Request for Information (RFI) system. Responsibilities and roles of decision making to be identified. 
• This is a Client and Architect facing role and demonstrable skills in maintaining and developing both internal and external relationships are required.  
• Help maintain our world class reputation built upon a powerful brand which reflects its core values of integrity, innovation and collaboration.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Nuclear and/or Defence Sector Experience
• Previous experience of running Design Teams and an understanding and empathy of the design process.
• Working within a team environment
• Managing and running a team 
• Understanding of the design process.  
• Project and design programming skills.  
• Excellent communication skills.  
• Commercial awareness of projects.  

Evidence of these being displayed will be reviewed as part of the Performance Review process and training and development needs agreed as appropriate.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.