Associated Director - Design

This position requires a qualified candidate who possesses recent experience (at least the last 5 years) in managing design projects.

Responsibilities:

• Business Processes: Policy knowledge, including health, safety, environment, company ethics, and business best practices. Should have a complete understanding of all contractual obligations, including AECOM DOA’s and risk committee procedures. Must have a thorough understanding consenting and regulatory authority for approvals. Performs technical quality reviews, including documentation in project record by following policies and procedures.
• General Management: Undertakes full responsibility for project delivery and integrates project management elements as a portfolio manager. Identifies and exploits opportunities as they arise throughout the projects life cycle. Responsible for delivering revenues assigned from specific clients, including repeat business, due to the flawless execution of projects.
• Team Management: Provides day to day management, recruits, trains, mentors, and evaluates project delivery staff's performance. Has formal supervisory responsibilities defining project team operating standards and meeting essential procedural requirements.
• Client/Stakeholder Management: Assists with proposals to provide services for projects or programs. Communicates with clients to discuss work scope, requests information to support project execution, and receives client comments on draft work products. Contributes to the bidding process to win future works; able to influence customers, suppliers and peers. Actively pursues continuous learning of technical advances and emerging business/industry trends. Identifies and develops new processes that lead to improved efficiency or work quality for competitive positioning.
• Commercial Management: Delivers planned profit margins and completes projects without write-downs or margin erosion. Typically manages projects involving RTF (Risk Triggering Factors). Has decision-making authority and directs other Project Managers in recognising risk and uncertainty with plans to mitigate such. Minimises exposure to claims. Fully comprehends the principles of AECOM's financial systems and is conversant in all contractual matters.