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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

At AECOM, we are currently seeking an Assistant Project Manager to join our Dublin office.

The Opportunity
As an Assistant Project Manager specialising in data centres and colocation facilities, you will support the successful delivery of mission-critical projects. You will be involved throughout the full project lifecycle — from early-stage concept and design development through procurement, construction, and commissioning — ensuring projects meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Supporting the management of projects from inception to completion, including design coordination, procurement activities, construction oversight, and commissioning of data centre environments
Working closely with senior project managers and multidisciplinary teams to deliver capital projects within live or new-build colocation settings
Assisting as a day-to-day point of contact for clients, helping to ensure their technical, operational, and commercial requirements are clearly understood and achieved
Contributing to the delivery of project management commissions, with a focus on quality, schedule, cost control, and risk management
Coordinating and monitoring project activities on moderately complex, mission-critical projects, ensuring alignment with programme milestones and operational constraints
Supporting the performance and continuous improvement of the project management team, particularly in relation to data centre best practices and evolving technologies
Gaining and applying experience across all RIBA Stages (0–7), with particular attention to the specialised requirements of data centre and colocation infrastructure, including resilience, redundancy, and commissioning processes

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

The successful candidate will bring experience within the buildings sector, along with the following qualifications and professional credentials:

A postgraduate qualification in Project Management, Construction, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline
Currently working towards Chartered status with one of the following professional bodies: RICS / CIOB / ICE / RIBA / Engineers Ireland
Membership or affiliation with APM would be advantageous

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan.

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 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, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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

State/Province: Dublin

Business Group: DCS

Legal Entity: AECOM Ireland Limited

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Operating Group: International

Primary Location: IE - Dublin, 1 Burlington Plaza

Assistant Project Manager:Data centers

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