Framework Director (Construction Consultancy)

**Company Description** **Work with Us. Change the World.** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the worldu2019s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. **Job Description** **Start here. Grow here.** Are you an experienced Framework Director with a strong background in delivering major public sector programmes? Do you have experience leading multiu2011disciplinary teams across complex construction and infrastructure frameworks? Are you able to provide strategic leadership, consistency of delivery, and trusted client engagement within a complex public sector environment? If so, we are looking for an experienced **Framework Director** to lead the delivery of a **significant public sector multiu2011disciplinary framework** across the North of England. You will possess the skills and experience to provide **strategic and operational leadership** across a large, integrated team drawn from multiple disciplines including Project Management and design services. You will be accountable for performance, capability, quality, and consistency of delivery across the framework. This is a **clientu2011facing leadership role** , acting as the primary senior interface with the public sector client. You will oversee delivery across a portfolio of commissions, ensuring contractual compliance, governance, performance reporting, and continuous improvement in line with framework objectives. As Framework Director, you will hold overall responsibility for the **successful delivery, governance, and ongoing management** of the framework, ensuring services are delivered in accordance with the agreed scope, KPIs, commercial arrangements, and quality standards. You will also provide senior oversight and assurance on **complex and highu2011profile projects** , acting as the point of escalation where required and supporting Project Directors and Commission Leads as needed. You will be supported in this role by senior leaders across the **Programme, Project and Cost Management business** , operating with likeu2011minded experts who share a passion for collaboration, innovation, and delivering valueu2011driven solutions for public sector clients. **Main aspects of the role:** Provide overall leadership and accountability for the delivery of a significant public sector multiu2011disciplinary framework Act as the senior client interface, building and maintaining trusted, longu2011term client relationships Establish and maintain effective framework governance, assurance, and reporting structures Lead and coordinate multiu2011disciplinary teams to ensure seamless, consistent service delivery Provide oversight of project and programme performance, including quality, cost, schedule, and risk Act as the point of escalation for complex delivery, commercial, or client issues Manage framework financial performance, resourcing forecasts, audits, and reviews Drive a culture of collaboration, best practice, and continuous improvement across the framework Support professional development, mentoring, and progression of key framework personnel Ensure compliance with framework contracts, public sector procedures, and internal governance requirements Identify and develop framework growth opportunities, extensions, and additional commissions Support bid activity related to framework renewal, expansion, or related public sector opportunities If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Buildings + Places page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry! **Enjoy the Perks.** At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. **Qualifications** **Ready to push the limits of whatu2019s possible?** Hereu2019s what weu2019re looking for: **Minimum requirements and qualifications** Extensive experience delivering public sector programmes through major frameworks Proven experience in a senior leadership role within a construction or professional services consultancy Demonstrable experience leading large, multiu2011disciplinary teams Strong understanding of public sector procurement, governance, and assurance requirements Track record of successfully delivering complex, highu2011value programmes and portfolios Experience overseeing preu2011 and postu2011contract services including feasibility, cost planning, tendering, and delivery Excellent clientu2011facing skills with the ability to operate as a trusted senior advisor Strong commercial and financial management capability Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills Ability to work collaboratively across service lines and disciplines Commitment to highu2011quality service delivery and continuous improvement Constructionu2011related degree (or equivalent) Chartered status with **RICS, CIOB, APM or ICE.** **Additional Information** Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn. **About AECOM** AECOM is the worldu2019s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle u2013 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 youu2019re 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. Weu2019re the worldu2019s trusted global infrastructure firm, and weu2019re in this together u2013 your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and youu2019ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm u2013 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 personu2019s potential, and weu2019ll 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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. **ReqID:** J10132701 **Business Line:** B&P - Buildings & Places **Business Group:** DCS **Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India **Career Area:** Program & Project Management **Work Location Model:** Hybrid