Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Project Manager III to join our Asset Advisory Services team in any the following offices: San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Orange, CA or Seattle, WA.

We are also willing to consider a full telecommuting position for highly qualified candidates.

About AECOM

At AECOM, we believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

We take on the most complex challenges and pioneer innovative, iconic solutions that push the limits of what’s possible – the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge, record-breaking sports events, the largest greenfield port development mega project, life-sustaining and disaster recovery programs, and the tallest tower in the Western Hemisphere.

About Buildings + Places

AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building engineering, workplace strategy, business transformation, asset advisory, economics and development planning, master planning, urban planning, and landscape architecture. With a range of expertise from strategy and design through project realization, we create better outcomes to grow economies, protect natural systems, conserve natural resources, make societies more equitable and connect and engage people through innovative, sustainable design solutions.

Job Summary/Responsibilities

AECOM’s Asset Advisory Services West team is seeking a Project Manager III to support several large building asset management projects and assist the team leaders in growing the business regionally and globally. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate an established career in buildings-focused asset management and/or architecture/engineering, with 7+ years of progressive experience in project management.

Our clients are wide-ranging, from large government entities (municipal and federal) to global commercial organizations. The commonality between our clients is they manage large real estate portfolios. Our team’s mission is to assist these clients with technology implementation, strategic recommendations, building code analysis, condition assessment and capital planning.

The individual we seek enjoys developing novel solutions for unique issues and is capable of adjusting their perspective from small details to the overall big picture. They need to understand how buildings function and how owner-side strategic decisions are made. Our projects are large, complex and multidisciplinary. Our team is characterized by people who are flexible and solutions-oriented with a dedicated focus on continuous improvement. As a project manager, the candidate must also be able to anticipate client needs while balancing internal business expectations.

Because asset management is a developing field, we are willing to train a candidate in Asset Management who has a related career in architecture/engineering that meets our other criteria.

Some key responsibilities the Project Manager III- Asset Advisory Services hire will be performing include:

• Can exercise independent judgement in determining how work is performed but receives guidance and direction on new projects, tasks and priorities from team leadership
• Act as the client’s key point of contact on assigned projects
• Maintain project finances and documentation according to AECOM standards
• Become an AECOM Certified Project Manager within 3 months of hiring
• Identify ways to improve project and team processes and workflows
• Contribute to project deliverables which may involve technical writing, data collection and research
• Perform work related to asset management and strategic planning, including developing capital projects and performing quality reviews of data
• Lead field assignments
• Technology implementation/improvement of our asset management tools
• Train AECOM staff and subcontractors on Asset Advisory processes
• Assist with proposals and business development
• Direct project tasks and mentor less experienced staff
• Ability to lead and motivate a team, as well as manage conflicts and diverse personalities.
• Excellent time management skills to ensure projects are completed within deadlines.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• A degree (BS/BA) in Architecture, Engineering, or Planning + 4 years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of accumulated professional experience
• Licensed Architect or Engineer (RA, PE) in the United States (California preferably)
• Good written and verbal communication, including technical writing
• IAM and/or PMP certification
• Experience managing all phases of capital projects
• Broad knowledge of building and construction, design, including advanced understanding of industry practices
• Ability to use Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, Access)
• Comfortable with learning and using digital data collection tools and online platforms.
• Enterprise asset management system experience helpful.
• Manages complex planning studies, development applications and reviews.
• Develops plans, studies and analyses on regional basis.
• Conducts meetings and presents reports and other findings to staff with advisory boards and client leadership

Additional Information

• Offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. The salary range for this position is $110,000 - $130,000
• Relocation is available for this position
• Sponsorship is available for this position
• Remote/Telecommuting is available for this position (with occasional travel and field work required).

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD &D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

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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.