Senior A/E Project Manager – Client Relationship & Project Delivery

AECOM is seeking an accomplished and relationship-driven Senior Architectural/Engineering (A/E) Project Manager to join our Buildings + Places team in Seattle, Washington.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced A/E professional who brings together technical knowledge of building design, strong project management capabilities, and a passion for developing trusted client partnerships.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Serve as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for key clients, building strong, long-term relationships through responsiveness, collaboration, and successful project delivery.
• Proactively engage clients to understand evolving needs, anticipate challenges, and identify opportunities to expand services and provide additional value.
• Lead client meetings, project discussions, presentations, and stakeholder coordination, establishing clear expectations and maintaining effective communication throughout project delivery.
• Partner with studio leadership and business development teams to support client account growth, proposal development, contract negotiations, and pursuit of new opportunities.
• Take ownership of projects from initiation through design, construction administration, and closeout, ensuring alignment with client expectations, contractual commitments, schedules, budgets, and quality objectives.
• Develop, negotiate, and manage scopes of work, including deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, schedules, budgets, responsibilities, and change management.
• Monitor project performance, including budgets, profitability, earned progress, resource utilization, and project risks; implement corrective actions and mitigation strategies as needed.
• Facilitate coordination among internal teams, external consultants, client representatives, and construction stakeholders to support successful project execution.
• Guide teams through project milestones, technical reviews, interdisciplinary coordination, and design decision-making.
• Maintain an understanding of the relationship between design decisions, constructability, building systems, project costs, schedules, permitting requirements, and operational considerations.
• Provide leadership on technical and project delivery issues while leveraging the expertise of discipline-specific design professionals.
• Support design quality, interdisciplinary coordination, regulatory compliance, and alignment with client requirements.
• Drive client satisfaction, accountability, and retention through consistent project performance and collaborative problem-solving.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Accredited Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Engineering and + 6 years of experience with an architectural or engineering firm
• 12+ years of experience in A/E design, project management, or multidisciplinary building project delivery.
• Licensed Architect (RA) or Professional Engineer (PE) preferred.
• Proven success managing complex projects with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, contracts, and performance.
• Experience in aviation, commercial, healthcare, higher education, municipal, institutional, transportation, or similar building markets.
• Strong client relationship, business development, and stakeholder management skills.
• Expertise in scope development, change management, project financials, and risk management.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating consultants.
• Working knowledge of A/E contracts, project delivery processes, and industry-standard tools such as Revit, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Bluebeam.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.