Graduate Construction Project Manager

Construction/Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Civil.

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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.

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Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity within our Project Management Team in Southampton.

Here's what you'll do:

As a Graduate Project Manager at AECOM, you have the opportunity to work on a number of exciting projects across a wide array of sectors. These include education, health care, sports facilities, residential and transport to name but a few, for both public and private sector clients.

The role of the Project Manager is dynamic and stimulating. As a Graduate Project Manager, you will assist other members of the Project Management team to drive projects forward and ensure that our clients achieve the built assets that their business function requires. This involves working at all stages of the project from initial concept right through to construction and operation of the building. The Project Manager is a key interface between the client, design team, consultants, contractors and other project stakeholders.

The Project Manager helps to ensure actions are carried out by the appropriate parties at the right times to ensure deadlines are met and that value is added to the clients’ projects.

Job Responsibilities:

To be effective in the role of a Graduate Project Manager you must have strong communication skills, be good at building relationships and rapport with the various parties involved in a project, be good at planning and managing your time, be highly motivated, and be committed to delivering excellent service to our clients.

Day to day duties include:

  • Regular liaison with all relevant parties
  • Procurement
  • Liaising/Assisting Senior/Associate Project Managers
  • Contact administration.
  • Data management
  • Coordinating the project team
  • Planning key tasks
  • Reporting on progress and cost
  • Site visits and meetings

Qualifications

Here’s what we’re looking for:

  • Bachelor’s degree (min 2:1 or equivalent) in Project Management, Construction Project Management, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering is essential.
  • A Master’s degree in Project Management or Construction Management & relevant work experience would be an advantage.
  • RICS accreditation preferred.
  • Effective decision making and strong verbal and written communication.
  • Proactive and driven approach to work and creating success.
  • Ability to working in a team of diverse individuals to meet common objectives.
  • Buy-in to achieving deadlines set by Clients and Managers.
  • Good organisation skills: ability to manage multiple tasks and willingness to ask for help when needed, as well.

Enjoy the Perks

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

National Chartership Support Network

The journey to Chartership is challenging however at AECOM we have a strong support network to help you be successful. Within each office a dedicated coordinator will connect you with a supervisor who will mentor you throughout, whilst our dedicated Chartership Steering Group drives our strategy and maintains close relationships with our accrediting bodies.

Early Careers Training Programme

Our Training programme ADVANCE focuses on providing the necessary tools to navigate your early career with focus on EDI, social value, wellbeing, career development and planning, professional skills, brand awareness and understanding AECOM processes. Delivered in person and online you’ll meet and work with senior leaders during the programme.

We’ll prepare you for your Chartership assessment with interactive presentation skills and case study training days that will develop skills that benefit you now and for times ahead. Underpinning our live and interactive content our bespoke AECOM University resource provides over 30 hours of self-directed learning aligned to your Chartership pathway.

AECOM has been developing professionals for many years and benefits from an engaged Chartership community who support graduates in practicing for their assessment interview with mock interviews; creating assessment conditions for rehearsal and valuable feedback to be obtained.

Our monthly CPD programme delivered by internal and external subject matter experts will further enhance your technical understanding and embed a CPD habit that will support your professional development.

Residential

Our Chartership Technical Training Residential; hosted at Aston Conference Centre provides graduates with the opportunity to build both their technical and interpersonal skills to support successful Chartership.

Over three days you will have opportunity to work with other graduates across disciplines laying the foundations of working relationships for the future. Our bespoke EQ workshop will enhance the themes explored in AECOM’s ADVANCE programme and focus on building your self-awareness to support your career aspirations.

Additional Information

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis. Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades.

You must have permanent right to work in the UK &/or Ireland as we unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

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 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, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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

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  • Deadline
    Ongoing
  • Salary
    Competitive + benefits
  • Degree required
    2:1 and above
  • Location
    Southampton (Hybrid)
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Disciplines Accepted...
  • Civil/Infrastructure
  • Construction/Project Management
  • Quantity Surveying

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