Change Manager
- Full-time
- State/Province: Dublin
- Business Group: DCS
- Legal Entity: AECOM Ireland Limited
- Business Line: PPM
- Work Location Model: Hybrid
- Operating Group: International
- Primary Location: IE - Dublin, 1 Burlington Plaza
Company Description
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Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
At AECOM, we are currently recruiting for a Change Manager to join our Dublin office.
The Change Manager is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end change management process across infrastructure projects, ensuring full compliance with NEC4 contract requirements and daa’s internal Variation Order procedures. This role coordinates all stages of the change lifecycle—from Early Warnings through to implementation—serving as the central point of governance for all change-related activities.
Acting as a key integrator, the Change Manager collaborates closely with Contracts, Programme Controls, and other stakeholders to ensure a consistent and structured approach to change. The role also leads change boards, ensuring effective decision-making, and provides timely escalation and reporting on change progress, associated risks, and potential delays.
Manage the full lifecycle of change events, from Early Warnings through to implementation, in line with NEC4 contract requirements and internal Variation Order procedures.
Coordinate and chair change boards, ensuring timely and high-quality input from Contracts, Programme Controls, and relevant stakeholders.
Maintain a centralised change log, ensuring accurate documentation and a robust audit trail for all change activities.
Monitor and report on the status of change events, proactively identifying delays, risks, and required escalations.
Ensure all change activities are aligned with contractual obligations and governance frameworks.
Support project teams in understanding and effectively applying change management procedures and contractual mechanisms.
Collaborate with commercial and programme controls teams to assess the cost and schedule impacts of proposed changes.
Drive continuous improvement of change management processes, tools, and best practices.
Provide regular reporting on change performance metrics to the Head of Contracts & Commercial and senior stakeholders.
Ensure clear, consistent, and effective stakeholder engagement and communication throughout the change lifecycle.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
We are seeking a highly experienced professional with a strong background in our primary infrastructure markets.
As the successful candidate, you will bring the following qualifications and experience:
Demonstrated experience in contract management and administration, including a minimum of five years’ experience in change management.
Extensive experience in contract and change management within large-scale infrastructure or capital programmes.
Strong working knowledge of NEC4 contracts and associated change mechanisms, with proven experience in contract administration.
Proven ability to manage complex change processes and coordinate inputs across multidisciplinary teams.
Experience leading or facilitating change boards and governance forums.
Strong track record of delivering timely, accurate reporting on change performance, risks, and issues.
Experience collaborating with commercial, programme controls, and delivery teams to gather inputs and drive effective processes.
Additional Information
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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 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.
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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.
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