AECOM
Senior Specification Consultant
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Senior Specification Consultant
Architectural Specifications Specialist
Locations: Worldwide (Hybrid work model) Business Group: AECOM — Buildings & Places (B&P) Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
About AECOM
Work with us. Change the world.
At AECOM, we’re delivering a brighter future by shaping infrastructure that improves lives, supports communities, and transforms landscapes. As the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, we partner with clients to address their most complex challenges—whether transforming urban skylines, ensuring clean water availability, or optimizing energy systems. With over 50,000 professionals across 212 offices, we combine technical expertise, collaboration, and innovation to deliver lasting impact worldwide.
Our global team excels through diversity, inclusivity, and a shared mission: delivering a better world for future generations.
Join Our Global Practice
Are you eager to contribute to progressive, high-impact projects while part of the world’s largest 2,500+-strong architecture team? We invite ambitious professionals to redefine architecture, drive innovation, and secure sustainable projects while cultivating long-term client relationships.
As an Architectural Specifications Specialist, you’ll play a key role in fulfilling contractual requirements with precision and expertise.
Key Responsibilities
Client and Project Management
- Compile architectural specification documentation for both internal (AECOM) and external clients, ensuring alignment with project and contractual standards.
- Develop deep client knowledge and secure repeat commissions through active pipeline tracking.
- BUILD and MAINTAIN relationships with high-value clients to meet business development goals.
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Technical & Compliance Leadership
- Author detailed and accurate architectural specifications, supporting multiple project phases from design conception to contract execution.
- Advise clients on design responsibility issues, contractual risks, and procurement routes affecting specification formats.
- Guarantee specifications deliver cost-efficient, high-performance materials and delineate discipline-specific requirements (coordination with Civils, Structures, and MEP specialists).
- Ensure compliance with AECOM’s QA/QC and Health & Safety policies.
Innovation & Professional Growth
- Stay ahead of technical standards, construction methodologies, and innovation in BIM, sustainability, and design delivery.
- Share innovative practices through mentoring junior colleagues and enforcing a culture of continuous improvement.
Key Requirements
Essential Qualifications & Attributes
✔ Proven expertise in compiling architectural specifications across **at least one of:
- UK construction standards**
- Middle East procurement methodologies (desirable)**
✔ Strong technical proficiency:
- Comprehensively understanding construction methods, standards, and BIM protocols.
- Familiarity with NBS Chorus or equivalent tools (a plus).
✔ Exceptional linguistic and communication abilities:
- Clear written and verbal skills for technical/design documents and high-level stakeholder relations.
✔ Detail-oriented self-starter:
- Ability to operate independently within agreed budgets and schedules.
✔ Microsoft Office proficiency (Word, Excel, Outlook) with database management experience.
Personal Traits
- Enthusiastic, proactive attitude with a passion for design excellence.
- Adaptability and flexibility in evolving working methods.
- An entrepreneurial mindset for identifying and executing business development opportunities.
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What We Offer
Global Impact & Career Growth
✅ Hybrid work model – Flexibility to collaborate from AECOM offices, client sites, or remotely. ✅ Transformational Work – Contribute to iconic projects that define skylines and sustainable infrastructure. ✅ Upskilling & Mentorship – Guidance and developmental opportunities to advance your expertise.
Compensation & Wellbeing
📊 Equal Opportunity Employer 💡 Professional incentives (marketed competitions, learning grants, career consulting). 🏆 Social recognition for consistent, superior performance. 💼 Comprehensive benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Extended leave (including paid time off)
- Wellness programmes for physical & mental health
- Support for family flexibility (e.g., parental leave, childcare subsidies)
- Industry-leading technology & training tools
Inclusion & Fairness
- Disability Confident Employer: AECOM offers guaranteed interviews under their interview scheme for candidates with disabilities. Contact us for additional support.
All applications will be treated in strict confidence.
Ready to shape the future?
If you thrive at the intersection of architecture, contracts, and innovation — and have a hunger to grow within a dynamic, global team — we’d love to hear from you.
ReqID: J10151807 AECOM – Building & Places (B&P) CAD Global Architectural Service Themes
Apply today and let’s deliver a better world, together.
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