MEP Construction Project Manager

About the role

We are hiring an MEP Project Manager to deliver a complex, multi-phase project on an active college campus, coordinating with university stakeholders, contractors, and design teams to achieve scope, budget, schedule, quality, safety, and sustainability goals.

Job Duties

• Participate in project delivery from planning, design, and procurement through construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risk, and change control with transparency and discipline.
• Cookordination daily with critical personnel to minimize disruption.
• Drive phasing and logistics for occupied environments, including swing space, noise/vibration constraints, and pedestrian/ADA routes.
• Oversee contractor performance, submittals/RFIs, quality, safety, and compliance with codes and university standards.
• Participate in OAC meetings, progress reporting, action logs, and decision tracking; maintain a clear risk register and mitigation plan.
• Manage change order negotiations
• Track cost control (estimates, cash flow, contingency, allowances).
• Cookordinate MEP/utility tie-ins, shutdowns, and safety plans; oversee commissioning/functional testing and readiness
• Ensure documentation and handover (as-builts, O&M manuals, training) and drive a smooth occupancy.
• Promote sustainability and resilience goals (e.g., LEED, WELL, energy/carbon targets) and track them through delivery.
• Communicate proactively with campus stakeholders and maintain a strong issues/decisions log and user engagement.

Qualifications

• BA/BS Engineering, Construction Management or similar curriculum and 6 years of relevant construction project management experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• 6 years of experience managing building construction projects.
• Strong experience as MEP Project Manager in commercial construction projects.
• Proven success delivering vertical building projects.
• Command of cost control, schedule management (CPM), risk management, and change management.
• Experience with owner’s rep / project management in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Proficiency with Procore, BIM 360/ACC, P6/MS Project, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office products.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and compliance.

Additional Information

This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization now or in the future. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test. This position is not hybrid nor remote. For positions with driving responsibilities, Motor Vehicle Records are reviewed as part of AECOM’s background check process to ensure compliance with the Company’s driving standards.