Job Description

AECOM’s Netherlands team includes around 110 professionals based in The Hague and several regional hubs. We deliver multidisciplinary engineering, construction, and program management services across a wide range of sectors. Collaboration and innovation are central to how we work.

The Role

Types of projects: Retail & Logistics

As Project Manager, you will ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, on budget, and in line with client quality and operational requirements. You will be activating in an environment with international exposure, working closely with the Construction Manager, client teams, designers, and contractors, you will provide leadership and clear communication to keep projects progressing smoothly.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and coordinate the delivery of a partially automated logistics Warehouse project in Nijmegen.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, and reporting.
• Work closely with the Construction Manager to plan, sequence, and monitor site activities.
• Maintain open communication with international client teams and internal stakeholders.
• Lead project meetings, including design reviews, cost reviews, start-up briefings, progress meetings, and closeouts.
• Ensure all works meet required safety, quality, and operational standards.
• Manage contractor performance against scope, cost, schedule, and HSSE expectations.
• Identify and manage risks with appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Promote and uphold AECOM’s HSSE and ethical standards across all sites.

You’ll Also Be Involved In

• Reviewing design and cost information to ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Supporting tender and procurement processes as needed.
• Monitoring progress across active work sites and reporting to client and internal leadership.
• Coordinating with the wider delivery team to align design, construction, and operational requirements.
• Driving efficiency, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across projects.

• Responsible for the overall management administration to project and assists in establishing project specific objectives and policies.

• Provides management and guidance to subordinate managers, enforces company and project policies, and a primary liaison between AECOM and client interface.

• Oversees and ensures all facets of the project are constructed in accordance with design, budget and schedule through subordinate managers and supervisors.

• Responsible for administering the project from the pre-construction budgeting/schedule stage through procurement, shop drawing/coordination development, construction, space turnover and contract closeout. Position has significant profit/loss responsibility for assigned construction project.

Qualifications

• Engineering or construction-related degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in project or program management.
• Fluent in Dutch and English (spoken and written).
• Driver's license B.
• Strong understanding of HSSE leadership and compliance.
• Proven experience managing multi-site or fast-track projects.
• Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (especially Excel and Word).
• Valid driving license and willingness to travel frequently across the Benelux region.
• VCA certification (or willingness to obtain).

Nice to Have

• Experience in retail or logistics.
• Experience delivering retail, fit-out, or refurbishment programs.
• Background in managing brand rollout or standardized design implementation.
• Understanding of live-site working environments and operational coordination.

Additional Information

We offer

• 28 days annual leave
• Attractive pension plan with 100% employer's contribution.
• Bike lease plan
• Company EV car
• Public transport reimbursement
• Flexible working with Freedom to Grow
• 8% vacation allowance
• Work from Home allowancBuddy program
• Knowledge library and trainings with AECOM University

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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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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.