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As an Area Office Manager, you will have overall responsibility for managing offices in a local area, as well as acting as Office Manager/Local Safety Officer for your own office. You’ll ensure consistent arrangements are in place across your area to maintain a safe, healthy, efficient, and pleasant work environment, ensuring high levels of organisational effectiveness and good communication. 

As the most Senior member of the Office Management Team in your area, you will manage the 
other Office Managers and will report to the Regional Office Manager. You will work as part of a network of Area Office Managers to develop AECOM’s Culture, devising plans for a range of local 
events and initiatives to be rolled out across the area. 

You will develop your teams to deliver the Office Management function as a friendly, professional service, with consistently high standards.  Being passionate about providing extraordinary service, you will be able to work positively in a fast-paced environment.  

Responsibilities :

Office Manager 

• You will act as Office Manager for your own office (see separate Role Description) Team Management 
• Manage the team of Office Managers, and coach, support, and mentor them to offer valued line management of their local teams. 
• Visit each office in your responsibility at least nine times throughout the year, to meet the local team and provide support, training and advice. 
• Ensure that all the responsibilities of the Office Management Team are being undertaken effectively in all offices. 
• Identify development needs for your team to help them to perform at their best and/or support their career development.  

Safety 

• Oversee the implementation of effective measures to control Safety, Health and Environmental (SH&E) risks in the office premises (including areas around the office such as workshops, outbuildings, stores, open spaces, or parking) 
• Review and sign off all Office SH&E Plans in your area prior to submission to the SH&E team for approval. 
• Review Safety Observations in your area and act on any areas of concern. 
• Participate in the quarterly reviews of observations and incidents for your offices and ensure that the team is closing these satisfactorily. 
• Review and sign off location management action plans and local SH&E Objectives and Targets. 
• At least quarterly accompany each Office manager on their monthly inspection of the office, providing feedback, and best practice from other offices. 

Resilience 

• Review and align the disruptive events listed in the Office SHE Plan Appendix A. Should further disruptive events be identified seek guidance from GSR to implement. 
• Support the office emergency response team in yearly desktop exercises, dealing with disruptive events. 
• Provide next level management support for implementing resilience plans in the event of an incident. 

Office Management 

• Support your Office Teams to deliver a consistent experience across AECOM. 
• Assist your Office Teams in escalating local issues. 
• Understand local, regional, and corporate objectives for the workplace, and implement these with your teams under the guidance of the Regional Office Manager. 
• Provide upward feedback from the offices to the regional support teams via channels setup by the Regional Office Manager. 
• Attend 2-4 Area Office Manager meetings per year to meet with your peers and share knowledge. 

Systems 

• Ensure local office teams are keeping their records compliant with AECOM processes, procedures, and plans.  Support local Office Teams in preparing to present the Office Records at the annual IMS audit. 
• Promote compliance with the Integrated Management System policies and procedures. 
• Be a pillar of knowledge for our Office Booking Tools. Act as the second line of support to assist users with any questions, queries, or issues.  Act in the Office Booking Tools’ ‘Facilities’ role, and make changes to the booking tool to reflect changes in office layout that may occur.
• Escalate any unresolved booking tool issues to the Supplier’s Support Helpdesk, or IT  Helpdesk, as appropriate. 

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven experience in office, facilities, or workplace management, ideally within a multi-site or regional environment
• Demonstrated experience in team leadership and line management, including coaching, mentoring, and developing others
• Strong understanding of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE/SH&E) practices within office environments
• IOSH Managing Safely qualification (or equivalent) – or willingness to obtain
• Experience working within a large, complex, or matrix organisation, with exposure to multiple stakeholders
• Ability to drive consistency and standards across multiple locations

Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership capability, with the ability to influence and guide teams without close supervision
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), with the ability to engage effectively at all levels, including senior stakeholders
• Proven organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across different locations
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, particularly in fast-paced environments
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate across teams and functions
• High level of attention to detail and commitment to maintaining standards and compliance
• Confident in managing change and continuous improvement initiatives

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel regularly across offices within the assigned area
• Passion for delivering a high-quality workplace experience and fostering a positive office culture
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

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.