Design Manager - Highways

Company DescriptionWork with Us. Change the World.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 nearly 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 DescriptionThe Design Manager is crucial to the success of any infrastructure project, and you will be responsible for the overall design delivery including having the ultimate carriage on any technical decision as well as ensuring projects are delivered within the program.You will be an excellent leader for your design team; proactively and passionately supporting our staff to achieve outstanding results for our clients.With an eye for the market and a collaborative personality, you will also drive a strong client-centric culture, helping to position our the team for success.This position offers excellent career growth potential and provides an opportunity for you to play an instrumental role in the Civil Infrastructure Team, to help develop and mentor the next generation of our staff.What will a day in this role look like:

• Provide specialized technical input to studies and design for staff's specific area of expertise.
• Develop study and design procedures to facilitate high-quality cost-effective work by others.
• Participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
• Perform quality control review of design calculations or drawings.
• Provide input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements.

QualificationsThe following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.What are we looking for from you?As a Design Manager within our Civil Infrastructure Team, you will possess some of the following:

• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects and meeting and exceeding delivery requirements.
• Experience leading and mentoring a team of professionals to deliver exceptional service.
• Excellent knowledge of project management, and business management systems and procedures, and financial systems
• Strong client engagement and business development experience would be advantageous.

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