Senior Construction Manager

Company Description

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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

AECOM is seeking a highly experienced and proactive Senior Project Manager to join our team in the Netherlands.

In this senior leadership role, you will be accountable for the successful end-to-end delivery of multiple complex projects, ensuring they are executed to the highest standards of safety, quality, schedule, and budget.

You will oversee both client-specific and internal HSSE protocols, driving a culture of safety excellence while identifying opportunities to enhance cost efficiency and operational performance.

Your ability to lead, influence, and inspire multidisciplinary teams and contractors will be essential to navigating the dynamic and multifaceted nature of our programmes. As a key representative of AECOM, you will play a critical role in maintaining strong, trust-based relationships with the Client Team and ensuring consistent, transparent communication throughout each project phase.

If you are a results-driven leader with exceptional communication skills in both Dutch and English, and thrive in fast-paced, high-stakes environments, this is an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver innovative infrastructure and construction projects that will make a lasting impact across the Netherlands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead multidisciplinary project teams across all phases—from planning and design through to construction and handover.
• Own full accountability for programme delivery, ensuring adherence to timelines, cost controls, and quality benchmarks.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for high-level client engagement, maintaining strong, trust-based relationships throughout project lifecycles.
• Direct the implementation of robust Health, Safety, Security & Environmental (HSSE) protocols, ensuring strict compliance with AECOM and client policies.
• Manage operational teams on-site and remotely, providing strategic guidance and daily leadership to ensure alignment and excellence in execution.
• Conduct high-level stakeholder meetings, manage executive reporting, and support governance processes including audits and performance reviews.
• Identify and implement process and cost efficiencies, value engineering opportunities, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Oversee procurement, contracts, and supply chain relationships, ensuring partner alignment and contract compliance.
• Champion AECOM’s values and ethics, promoting a high-performance culture grounded in integrity, safety, and innovation.

Qualifications

Core Competencies:

• Strategic Project Leadership: Demonstrated success in directing large-scale construction and infrastructure programmes across logistics, industrial, or commercial sectors.
• HSSE Excellence: Recognized for leading safety-first cultures and implementing world-class safety practices with measurable improvements.
• Client Relationship Management: Trusted advisor to clients, able to manage complex stakeholder environments and drive long-term partnerships.
• Operational Execution: Proven ability to manage project delivery teams in fast-paced, high-pressure environments with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Change & Risk Management: Experienced in navigating regulatory, contractual, and site-related risks with agility and foresight.

Required:

• 20+ years of progressive experience in construction or infrastructure project delivery.
• Engineering degree or equivalent technical qualification.
• Proven track record managing diverse, high-performance operational teams.
• Advanced proficiency in Dutch and English (written and spoken).
• Strong commercial awareness and budget management experience.
• Valid driving license.

Preferred:

• Advanced management qualifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
• Experience in delivering logistic and industrial projects.
• In-depth understanding of Dutch construction laws, regulations, and permitting processes.
• Experience working within multinational, matrixed organizations.

Additional Information

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. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.