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Job Description

AECOM Buildings + Places is seeking a Project Director, Major Projects to join our federal government focused team and help develop our local presence in the national capital region. This new position is based out of our Ottawa office.

Responsibilities

• Building and nurturing relationships with existing and potential clients. Developing and managing strategic alliances to expand market reach and access.
• Lead the capture team on major multidisciplinary and alternative delivery pursuits in coordination with client account and portfolio managers, marketing department and operations.
• Develop strong client relationships and lead projects from beginning to end, to achieve the mandates’ goals and objectives
• Provides leadership over all aspects of the project and has accountability for the design including meeting projects requirements within the approved project parameters.
• Act as principle in charge, with hands on management, and have overall control and accountability for the overall delivery of services
• Will lead and present all design approval presentations as well as all preparatory presentations
• Professionally certify all consultants’ deliverables
• Lead program and project planning, scheduling and budgeting, consultant tendering and selection, operational readiness planning, and contract administration efforts
• Regularly report to the client on project status by means of schedule updates, meeting minutes, financial records and other reports
• Manage project staff allocated to your projects, peer reviewing their deliverables and continuously developing their knowledge and capabilities
• Manage project budgets and finances and complete monthly invoices and financial reporting as required.
• Chair client, project and site meetings, find resolution to issues and coordinate between multiple stakeholders
• Provide oversight and leadership to the change management process, payment certificates and other contract or project related administrative documents
• Ensure that client expectations and satisfaction are met or exceeded on all projects and the client’s best interests are represented with respect to contractual and technical issues
• Select and organize project teams and establish levels of authority and lines of communication
• Manages portfolio of clients with multiple projects with varying levels of complexity.
• Consistently delivers profit margins planned.
• Has decision-making authority and directs others in recognizing risk and uncertainty with plans to mitigate and eliminate risks. Directs staff to operate and minimize exposure to claims.
• Supervises and directs multiple project teams to exceed client and finan