Graduate Construction Project Manager - Exeter

Responsibilities

The Graduate Project Manager will assist the team in driving projects forward from concept through to construction and operation. Responsibilities include liaising with stakeholders, managing procurement, contract administration, and reporting on project progress and costs.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a minimum 2:1 Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or Civil Engineering. Strong communication, organizational skills, and the permanent right to work in the UK or Ireland are essential.

Skills

• Project management
• Construction management
• Communication skills
• Relationship building
• Time management
• Procurement
• Contract administration
• Data management
• Project coordination
• Reporting
• Site visits
• Decision making
• Teamwork
• Organization skills

Benefits

• Career development opportunities
• Flexible hybrid working model
• Technical practice networks
• AECOM University
• Volunteering days
• National chartership support network
• Early Careers Training Programme
• Monthly CPD programme

About this role

Company Description
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 nearly 50,000 cost managers, planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, programme 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.
Job Description
We have a number of exciting opportunities across the UK & Ireland for graduates to work within our Project Management Teams.
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
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.
Here is what you will get from us!
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.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
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...

About AECOM

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