Company Description

Work 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 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.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Managing Principal to be based in Atlanta, GA with the primary responsibility to lead and grow the multi-disciplinary Architecture and Engineering Consulting practice. This position should be able to position AECOM as a top 3, A/E firm within the Atlanta community.

This is a practice-building position. We are seeking an individual who can bring visibility and client relationships in the public and private market sectors. The selected candidate will be able to build strong client relationships as well as an established client and industry network. The ideal candidate understands business fundamentals that include teambuilding, business development, client leadership, P&L oversight, design quality, and project delivery, and can convey innovative design thinking and solutions.

The responsibilities of this Practice Building position include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for developing and executing the strategic growth plan for their office, including developing and executing client outreach goals.

• Leads the local strategy in assuring that we are building client relationships, pre-positioning, winning, and delivering the most important work in the region.

• Together with regional practice leadership and market sector leaders build high-performance design teams – soliciting and managing client feedback to align operations and allocate resources according to strategic priorities, recognizing and unleashing the potential of others by providing the needed environment, resources, coaching, experiences, and other support champions an innovative and collaborative culture

• Champions change – makes the AECOM vision understandable, creates buy-in to the vision by linking day-to-day work to the attainment of the vision, and engages and mobilizes others to drive change.

AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building engineering, workplace strategy, business transformation, asset advisory, economics and development planning, master planning, urban planning, and landscape architecture.

With a range of expertise from strategy and design through project realization, we create better outcomes to grow economies, protect natural systems, conserve natural resources, make societies more equitable, and connect and engage people through innovative, sustainable design solutions. Our teams have worked on signature projects such as the new plan for the LA2028 Olympics, industrial facilities for GE and Rolls-Royce, headquarters and workplaces for NASA, Unilever, Sony Music, DirecTV, Box, Inc., and many Fortune 500 companies.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Architecture or related industry degree (Engineer, Interior Designer, or Planner and 10+ years of related experience and/or demonstrated equivalency of experience and education

• 2 years of demonstrated leadership.

• Licensed Professional

• Experience with Atlanta marketplace

• Experience and skill in strategic business development, client relationships, and driving sales and revenue.

Preferred Qualifications:

• The ability to support and lead business development activities through early client interaction, “scope of work” development, interviews, and ongoing client maintenance interface.

• Acted as principal-in-charge of a large/multi-disciplined project /consultant team.

• Together with Regional Leadership, national Market Sector leaders, Principal-In-Charge and Project Directors, established project scopes, work plans, and work schedules

• Successfully delivered project scope and fee, delivering targeted profit to the firm interfaced with project managers on schedules, project review meetings, issues management, and client expectations

• An ability to travel periodically and/or work remotely with teams.

• A strong desire to train, mentor, and develop staff to grow their careers and the business.

• 20+ years of experience in the Atlanta marketplace

• Other expertise may include concentrated experience in client markets such as Commercial, Corporate Workplace, Transportation, Higher Education, Federal, and Cities. Each is considered an important market sector to the role.

Additional Information

Other Information:

• Relocation may be available for this position, depending on existing Georgia client relationships.

• Sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. The range for this position is $200,000 to $210,000.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10108431

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: East

Career Area: Business Management

Work Location Model: Hybrid