Project Manager – Drainage (Aviation Infrastructure)

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At AECOM  we are currently recruiting for a Project Manager – Drainage (Aviation Infrastructure)join us at our Dublin office.

This role is primarily site-based, with attendance on site required four days per week and one day per week available for remote working.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of drainage-related capital projects within the aviation sector, ensuring projects are completed in accordance with approved budgets, schedules, quality standards, and aviation infrastructure requirements.

• Manage and coordinate the development of drainage designs throughout the project lifecycle, from feasibility and detailed design through procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover, including Design and Build projects.

• Coordinate and manage key stakeholders, including airport operations, engineering teams, consultants, contractors, regulatory authorities, and other relevant parties, to ensure project objectives and delivery milestones are achieved with minimal disruption to airport operations.

• Procure, manage, and direct multidisciplinary consultants and specialist contractors in areas including civil and drainage engineering, structural engineering, mechanical and electrical services, environmental management, surveying, and quantity surveying.

• Oversee project estimates, planning, procurement strategies, and statutory approvals, ensuring compliance with relevant aviation regulations, environmental requirements, health and safety legislation, and applicable drainage standards.

• Work collaboratively with airport departments, including Engineering, Asset Management, Operations, Health and Safety, Environmental Management, Security, and Commercial teams, to ensure effective project coordination and delivery.

• Maintain effective project controls, including resource allocation, consultant and contractor performance, programme monitoring, quality assurance, cost control, and approval of payment certificates in accordance with contractual requirements.

• Prepare, review, and approve project execution plans, delivery programmes, cash flow forecasts, cost reports, risk registers, and progress updates to support effective project governance and financial management.

• Manage the day-to-day activities of construction contractors delivering drainage infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with approved designs, technical specifications, contractual obligations, airport safety protocols, and quality standards.

• Oversee drainage infrastructure improvements, including surface water management, stormwater networks, runway and taxiway drainage interfaces, apron drainage, and associated infrastructure, ensuring operational resilience and environmental compliance.

• Identify and manage project risks, technical issues, programme constraints, and operational interfaces, implementing mitigation measures to minimise disruption to airport activities and maintain safe working conditions.

• Ensure the successful testing, commissioning, documentation, and handover of completed drainage assets to airport operations and maintenance teams.