Assistant Project Manager

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day management and coordination of multidisciplinary design projects.
• Develop and update programmes, milestones, deliverable schedules, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate discipline interfaces; identify scope gaps, overlaps, and dependencies.
• Track progress, risks, actions, approvals, and decisions; escalate issues when required.
• Support resource forecasts, budget monitoring, progress reports, and performance tracking.
• Identify scope changes and support variations and change requests.
• Coordinate with clients, authorities, subconsultants, and stakeholders; support meetings and follow-up.
• Oversee coordination of QA/QC, BIM, and document control; support authority submissions and approvals.
• Maintain project records, correspondence, registers, and trackers; promote lessons learned and continuous improvement.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 3–7 years of relevant experience, including exposure to project management and/or design management.
• Technical background in utilities, roads, or transportation infrastructure; engineering consultancy experience is essential.
• Understanding of multidisciplinary design delivery, project lifecycle requirements, project planning, controls, risk, and change management.
• Experience coordinating disciplines, stakeholders, and project interfaces.
• Working knowledge of Abu Dhabi authority requirements, regulations, and approval processes; Dubai and Saudi Arabia exposure is advantageous.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Familiarity with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project is advantageous; PMP or equivalent qualification is advantageous.

Onboarding

• New hires must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office as a condition of employment.

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