AECOM
Associate Risk Manager / Project Director
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Associate Risk Manager / Project Director
Project Director – Risk Management
Company Description
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.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
Start here, grow here
We are recruiting for a Project Director to join our growing risk 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. They will collaborate with a range of internal staff, clients, and sub-contractors to develop an accurate understanding of risk exposure, 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 with opportunities to work globally.
- 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 informed decision making.
- Coach and mentor staff in risk management best practice.
- Facilitate the identification, assessment, and prioritisation of risks.
- Develop robust Risk Registers, Risk Management Plans, and Risk Mitigation Plans.
- Conduct Quantitative Risk Analysis (QCRA and QSRA), utilising techniques such as Monte-Carlo to establish project contingency levels.
- Design 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 a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised and accredited university or hold a risk management qualification (e.g., MOR, APM Risk, IRM).
- Have proven experience and excellent working knowledge in a multi-discipline project environment.
- Be proficient in the use of industry risk management tools such as:
- ARM
- Xactium
- RiskHive
- Predict
- Safran
- Primavera Risk Analyser
- @risk
- Demonstrate competency in implementing Risk Management processes aligned with ISO31000, Institute of Risk Management, or Association of Project Management methodologies.
- Have experience managing a team of risk professionals.
- Possess flexibility to travel and work across different sectors.
- Exhibit good task facilitation skills.
- Have a working knowledge of engineering and construction management.
- Understand current methodologies and tools related to project management.
AECOM celebrates diversity, including neurodiversity, and believes it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected].
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!
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At AECOM, we maintain a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle—from advisory, planning, design, and engineering to program and construction management. Our clients—public and private sector—trust us to solve their most complex challenges across transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment.
Our global, publicly traded firm (Fortune 500) had $16.1 billion in revenue (Fiscal Year 2025). Learn more about our mission to deliver sustainable legacies at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
- Hybrid work model: Flexibility to work from AECOM offices, remote locations, or client sites in a dynamic environment.
- A culture that champions your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, and pioneering mindset.
- A safe and respectful workplace where everyone brings their whole selves to deliver transformational outcomes for clients.
We provide competitive compensation, benefits, and well-being programs tailored to meet the needs of employees and their families.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential and will invest in your growth and success.
- AECOM is a Disability Confident Employer, offering interviews to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria. To apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme, contact [email protected].
- All applications are processed in confidence in accordance with EEO guidelines.
State/Province: London, City of Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Limited Business Line: B&P – Buildings & Places Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: International Primary Location: UK – London – Aldgate Tower
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