Project Commercial Manager - Environment Sustainability

Start here. Grow here.

AECOMs commercial function is designed to link the operational requirements of the business with the key corporate functions such as finance legal and risk.

In your new role as Project Commercial Manager Environment & Sustainability  you will play a crucial role in enhancing project commercial outcomes and driving commercial best practice and learning. By leveraging your expertise in consultancy engineering construction contracts program and change management you will support and uplift project managers (PMs) in commercial matters. This includes mitigating risks minimising lost margin and fostering commercial best practices to boost project performance and client satisfaction. 

Reporting to the Assistant Commercial Director and working under the direction of the Business Unit Operations Director or commercial team your responsibilities will span across multiple projects. 

Heres what youll do:

• Collaborate:  Assisting PMs Project Directors and Lead Verifiers in the commercial management of projects to ensure successful delivery. 
• Provide Expertise: Applying your knowledge of contract management to enhance project performance focusing on critical aspects like insurances programme delay damages and key contract dates. 
• Ensure Quality: Using contract administration platforms such as CEMAR and Asite to oversee and act on client communications and instructions.  Ensure changes are managed rigorously with a focus on commercial implications of change manage commercial risk and opportunity generally.
• Oversee: Participating in project reviews commercial discussions with clients and suppliers and ensuring the execution of action items. 
• Mentor: Coaching technical staff to heighten their commercial awareness and expertise. 
• Deliver: Working to reduce disallowed costs and efficiently manage expenditures from AECOM and its subcontractors. Contributing to Go/NoGo decisions for new projects or significant changes to existing projects. 

Scope of projects: 

• Energy transition projects including green hydrogen / ammonia offshore / onshore wind solar farms battery storage pumped hydro schemes 
• Water engineering water scarcity 
• Carbon advisory ESG energy utilisation 
• Digital tools 
• Environment Impact / Biodiversity Net Gain 
• Ground investigation programmes (road; rail; carbon capture hubs) 
• International projects: Latin America Middle East Asia India 

Come grow with us.

We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear multimilliondollar projects for major rail and transit agencies. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project

And lets not forget about the perks at AECOM. Youll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and wellbeing customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a worklife balance that suits your lifestyle technical practice networks AECOM University and volunteering days

This role is part of a dynamic commercial team within the Environment & Sustainability (E&S) Business Unit of the EWE Business Line. Our E&S team fosters a culture of trust and collaboration comprising 700 professionals including Scientists Engineers and Project Managers. We specialize in providing consultancy services across diverse sectors serving clients in the UK Europe and worldwide with our projects reaching as far as the Middle East and Africa. 

The EWE team is at the forefront of AECOMs strategic purpose and acts as a global centre of excellence  to provide leading consultancy and infrastructure services in the fields of sustainability social equity net zero carbon advisory renewable energy and water scarcity. As such you will be involved in negotiating and supporting various projects where AECOMs UKI team is a leader. 

There are multiple future career development opportunities from Project Management through to Operations or Commercial functions or taking commercial responsibility for a Practice or Business Unit. 

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

• Preferably a degree (or equivalent qualification) in law quantity surveying or engineering discipline
• Good working knowledge of NEC3 and NEC4 suite of contracts and associated.
• Experience in project commercial and risk management including client facing roles. 
• Experience communicating with clients subcontractors and subconsultants to proactively resolve commercial performance concerns/risks

We celebrate diversity including neurodiversity and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process please contact us at

At AECOM we value everyones unique contributions and perspectives. 

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information :

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For further information about the role reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn (Melissa Moody). 

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds 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 privatesector 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 youre 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 wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industryleading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

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

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime