Position summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Environmental Project Manager to support its Oil and Gas business line, leading the successful delivery of complex environmental projects for clients in the refining, industrial, and related sectors. The role oversees one or more projects from planning through execution, providing strategic project leadership, managing risk, ensuring financial performance, and fostering long-term client relationships through consistent delivery of high-quality outcomes.

Why this role matters

AECOM solves clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation, and buildings. This role delivers environmental projects for oil & gas, refining, and industrial clients with flawless execution, driving repeat business, managing project risk, and protecting financial performance.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver client revenues driven by repeat business from flawless execution of projects.
• Protect financial performance by consistently delivering planned profit margins and completing projects without write-downs or multiplier erosion.
• Manage complex projects typically involving Risk Triggering Factors (RTF), and more complex clients and projects.
• Lead on risk with decision-making authority, directing other Project Managers in recognizing risk and uncertainty and planning to mitigate and eliminate it.
• Minimize claims exposure by directing staff to operate accordingly.
• Supervise Project Managers across multiple projects or a program of projects.

Team and stakeholders

The role supervises and directs Project Managers across multiple projects, has decision-making authority, and manages long-term relationships with oil & gas, refining, and industrial clients, within AECOM’s Environment business line (West SBU).

Key details

This is a hybrid role based in Oakland, CA (ReqID J10163305), within AECOM’s Oil and Gas / Environment business line. Sponsorship and relocation are not available; the role requires passing client drug screening, a background check, and a Motor Vehicle Records check. Newly hired employees attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office.

Requirements

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years’ experience supporting oil & gas, refining, industrial, or energy-sector clients, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Ability to pass client-required drug screening and background check.
• A valid driver’s license and ability to pass a Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) check.

Preferred

• 12+ years of environmental consulting experience supporting oil & gas, refining, industrial, or energy-sector clients.
• Proven track record managing complex, multi-disciplinary environmental projects with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Strong client relationship management skills, growing key accounts and securing repeat business.
• Experience leading project teams, mentoring project managers, and managing project risk, contracts, and financial performance.
• Professional certification or registration preferred, such as PG, PE, CHMM, PMP, or a related credential.