Project Manager – Drainage (Aviation Infrastructure)

Description

The company is a global infrastructure consulting firm and a Fortune 500 business, with professional services revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.

It works across transport, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, with a team of over 50,000 planners, engineers, designers and construction managers.

The company is recruiting a Project Manager for drainage on aviation infrastructure, based at its Dublin office.

The role is mainly on site.

Responsibilities

• Lead drainage capital projects in the aviation sector so they finish within approved budgets, timelines, quality standards and aviation infrastructure requirements.
• Direct drainage design across the full lifecycle, from feasibility and detailed design through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, including design and build projects.
• Manage airport operations, engineers, consultants, contractors, regulators and other parties so milestones are met with little disruption to the airport.
• Hire and direct multidisciplinary consultants and specialist contractors in civil and drainage, structural, mechanical and electrical, environmental, surveying and quantity surveying.
• Oversee estimates, planning, procurement approaches and statutory approvals, keeping to aviation, environmental, health and safety and drainage standards.
• Coordinate delivery with airport teams including engineering, asset management, operations, health and safety, environmental management, security and commercial.
• Run project controls covering resources, consultant and contractor performance, programme monitoring, quality assurance, cost control and approval of payment certificates under the contract terms.
• Prepare, review and sign off execution plans, programmes, cash flow forecasts, cost reports, risk registers and progress updates.
• Supervise the daily work of construction contractors so they follow approved designs, specifications, contracts, airport safety rules and quality standards.
• Oversee drainage improvements such as surface water management, stormwater networks, runway and taxiway drainage interfaces, apron drainage and related assets, keeping them resilient and environmentally compliant.
• Identify and manage risks, technical problems, programme constraints and operational interfaces, putting mitigations in place to limit disruption and keep sites safe.
• Oversee testing, commissioning, documentation and handover of finished drainage assets to airport operations and maintenance teams.

Requirements

• You will have experience working across a range of sectors.
• At least 10 years managing large or multiple infrastructure or capital projects, ideally large drainage or civil projects.
• Strong knowledge of project management and contract management.
• A proven record of running programmes and improving performance.
• Experience working in a complex stakeholder environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Conditions

Site-based role at the Dublin office, with four days a week on site and one day a week available for remote working.

Hybrid working options are available.

New hires must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office as a condition of employment, as part of a secure recruitment process.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Disability Confident Employer, and will interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Benefits

• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking.
• Work flexibility and a wide range of compensation, benefits and well-being programmes for employees and their families.
• Membership of a global, publicly traded firm.
• Transformational work with big impact.