AECOM
Associate Risk Manager / Project Director
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Associate Risk Manager / Project Director
Project Director – Risk Management (London, Manchester, Birmingham, or Bristol)
About AECOM
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 over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
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Job Description
Start here, grow here
We are recruiting for a Project Director to join our growing Risk Management Team at either our London, Manchester, Birmingham, or Bristol offices.
As a Project Director, you will be responsible for leading the risk management capability for AECOM’s major infrastructure projects across a broad range of sectors. Working as part of the AECOM Integrated Programme Controls team, the Project Director will need to be:
- Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and customers
- Effective in collaborating with internal, client, and sub-contractor staff
- Skilled in developing an accurate understanding of risk exposure
- Capable of implementing appropriate governance and supporting effective decision-making.
In this senior position, you will:
- Manage an established team of risk consultants, supporting various capital projects across the UK
- Have opportunities to work on AECOM’s global projects and programmes
Responsibilities
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Act as the risk management lead for high-value projects and programmes
- Engage with project teams to ensure effective implementation of risk management
- Provide direct risk management input to bids and proposals to secure new business
- Perform risk assurance checks to ensure the quality of project and programme risk management
- Communicate key project and programme risk management data to senior leaders
- Produce comprehensive risk reports for effective informed decision-making
- Coach and mentor staff in risk management best practice
- Facilitate risk identification, assessment, and prioritisation
- Develop robust Risk Registers, Risk Management Plans, and Risk Mitigation Plans
- Conduct Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA & QSRA): Utilising tools such as Monte-Carlo to establish project contingency levels
- Create and implement risk management frameworks for projects and programmes
- Support cost, scheduling, project controls, and change management teams where appropriate
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Qualifications & Requirements
What we’re looking for?
As the ideal candidate, you will have:
- Experience working within our primary markets, alongside these preferred qualifications and skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised and accredited university
- Alternatively, possess a risk management qualification (e.g., MOR, APM Risk, IRM)
- Proven experience and excellent working knowledge in a multi-discipline project environment
- Proficient in Industry Risk Management tools (e.g., ARM, Xactium, RiskHive, Predict)
- Demonstrated experience conducting Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA & QSRA) using tools such as Safran (Primavera Risk Analyser), @Risk
- Competency in implementing Risk Management processes aligned with ISO31000, Institute of Risk Management, or Association of Project Management methodologies
- Experience in managing a team of risk professionals
- Flexibility to travel and work across different sectors
- Strong task facilitation skills
- Knowledge of engineering and construction management
- A working knowledge of current project management methodologies and tools
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About AECOM
Working at AECOM
At AECOM, we are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle—from advisory, planning, design, engineering to program and construction management. Our public- and private-sector clients trust us to address even the most complex challenges.
Working here offers you:
- Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity—a flexible hybrid work model where your creativity, integrity, and pioneering spirit thrive.
- A dynamic and inclusive environment where everyone can bring their unique talents and bring their “whole self” to work.
- Access to state-of-the-art technology and industry-leading expertise, enabling wave-changing impact.
We also champion:
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) priorities
- A diverse and disability-inclusive culture
- Comprehensive compensation, benefits, and well-being programs.
AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values each person’s potential and is committed to supporting your growth and success. Covering $16.1 billion in revenue within fiscal year 2025, we are a Fortune 500 firm that’s reshaping the future through forward-thinking solutions.
Join us, and you’ll be part of a global, impactful movement.
Additional Notes
- Disability Confident Employer: We offer interviews to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who meet the criteria. Please address requests for assistance to [email protected].
- Secure Recruitment Process: All newly hired employees must attend an in-person Day 1 Onboarding at an AECOM office as a condition of employment.
- The company affirms EEO guidelines for confidentially handling all candidate information.
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