Program Manager

AECOM • Dallas, TX

22h • $213,000 - $270,000 • Onsite

About The Position

AECOM is seeking an accomplished Program Manager to lead a high-visibility capital construction program supporting a U.S. Federal client nationwide. Serving as the Owner’s Representative, this role offers a unique opportunity to provide strategic oversight, leadership, and delivery excellence across complex projects from concept through completion. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in federal capital programs, strong leadership of multidisciplinary construction management teams, and a proven ability to drive projects forward while balancing scope, schedule, budget, and stakeholder expectations. This position is critical to ensuring successful program execution, risk mitigation, and client satisfaction across a dynamic, multi-project environment.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Construction Management, Engineering, or Architecture + 10 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership
• Experience with managing US Federal Government projects within the past 5 years.
• Experience leading contacts, managing people, budgets, schedules, overseeing subcontractor performance, and working with stakeholders and governing agencies on behalf of a public-works owner.

Nice To Haves

• 12 years of experience progressive construction project management experience that includes knowledge of all project phases: planning, design, preconstruction, construction, commissioning, and turnover to operations.
• Master's degree in construction management, engineering, or architecture.
• Construction Management, Engineering, or Architecture professional certifications (CCM/PMP) and/or license (RA/PE).
• OSHA 10 Certification.
• Experience and understanding of all contract documents and in field problem solving skills and the interpretation of drawings and specifications

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading a construction management team to deliver capital construction program for US Federal Government clients.
• Responsible for managing, coordinating, and administering a program or groups of projects from conceptual stages through all phases of the projects, with the assistance of the project team.
• Responsible for overall performance of the program team and takes the lead in reporting and ensuring project completion within budget, schedule and in conformance with specifications.
• Reviews contracts, scope documents, and available data for the project, and establishes schedules and budgets for compliance with project scope requirements and contract obligations.
• Takes leadership initiative in working with internal team members, and client departments including cost/scheduling, procurement, quality assurance, construction, contracts, legal, labor relations, finance, accounting and other services and departments as required to successfully manage projects.
• Provides an integrated project team approach in working with designers, contractors and governing agencies.
• Reviews and comments on design submissions, change orders, and contracts/sub-contracts, and represent the client interests to ensure control of and validate change orders are current, fair and efficiently processed.
• Reviews comments received from governing agencies on behalf of the client and coordinates timely resolutions.
• Responsible to proactively monitor critical project milestone dependencies, and track actions which may result in risks to critical project milestones.
• Reviews project key performance indicators and forecasts any modifications to schedules, cost estimates, and financial reports, and effectively reconciles risks to commitments that may exceed assigned schedules and budgets.
• Coordinates communications, stakeholder contacts and maintains good working relationships.
• Monitors and controls contractual commitments to assure work being performed is in accordance with the specifications and terms of the contracts.
• Reviews builder submittals and RFI documents, and provides field surveillance to ensure specified quality of design.
• Conducts project coordination and client meetings as necessary to review progress and discuss upcoming work.
• Works with stakeholders to negotiate and resolve conflicts, disputes, and potential claims on behalf of the client.

Benefits

• AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees