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. You will lead preconstruction through closeout, ensuring minimal disruption to campus operations and a best-in-class student, faculty, and community experience.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Cook up 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).
• Coordinate 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.

Requirements

• 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.

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.

About AECOM

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.

About AECOM

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.

About AECOM

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.

About AECOM

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.