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Job DescriptionWe are seeking a dynamic and analytical consultant to join our economics advisory team. You will play a key role in managing projects, supporting the winning of new work, and developing our people ensuring we continue to deliver consultancy support to the highest levels of client satisfaction.
The role would be focused on developing opportunities within the following business areas: economic strategy, feasibility studies, investment plans, business case development, financial modelling and real estate analysis. The role would involve working on both UK and international projects.
This Associate Director role will sit within the Economics & Economics Development (EED) Team as part of AECOM’s Advisory business. The EED Team works across a range of business sectors including energy, nuclear, transport, water, residential, commercial and regeneration. As well as working on major UK infrastructure projects such as High Speed Two and Great Grid Upgrade, we are supporting all tiers of UK government with their future growth plans. We also work with international governments and developers, including the Ministry of Economy and Planning in the KSA, Dubai Holding, and Dubai Future Foundation.
Key Responsibilities
Your day-to-day role will include project directing/managing assignments, business development, and people management.
Specifically:
- Subject matter expert and project management in the work areas referenced above
- Leading on bid writing
- Managing day to day client relationships
- Building client relationships internally and externally with the aim of generating future business
- Line management
Experience and Skills
We are interested in talking to candidates who can demonstrate:
- Experience: A proven track record in some/all of the following areas: economic strategy, feasibility studies, investment plans, business case development, financial modelling, and real estate analysis. An interest in working on international projects is welcomed.
- Client relationships: An awareness of how to work with clients in a range of situations and assume a client-facing role on projects.
- Analysis & problem-solving: Experienced economists who can deliver robust outcomes for clients using a range of techniques.
- Project management: Ability to lead and organise teams to deliver analysis and reporting for our projects.
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.
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