Application Guide
How to Apply for Sr Manager, Talent Acquisition – Construction Management
at AECOM
🏢 About AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure leader that designs, builds, finances, and operates projects spanning transportation, water, energy, and environment—often the kind of complex, high-profile programs that shape skylines and communities. Working here means contributing to sustainable legacies and some of the most technically challenging construction management projects in the world. The company’s scale, project diversity, and commitment to innovation make it a compelling place for talent leaders who want to make a lasting impact.
About This Role
As Sr Manager, Talent Acquisition – Construction Management, you will lead and coach a nationwide team of recruiters while personally driving senior-level hiring for AECOM’s Construction Management business. This is a player-coach role: you’ll shape talent strategy with business executives, build pipelines of sought-after infrastructure professionals, and ensure AECOM wins the war for talent on mega-projects. Your work directly enables the delivery of complex infrastructure programs that improve communities and drive sustainable growth.
💡 A Day in the Life
Your day might start with a strategy call with a Construction Management business leader to align on critical hiring needs for a major infrastructure program. Later, you’ll coach a recruiter on sourcing passive candidates, then jump on a call to personally engage a sought-after project executive. You’ll end by reviewing pipeline metrics and planning travel to an industry conference or AECOM office to strengthen relationships.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who AECOM Is Looking For
- Proven recruiting leader with deep Construction Management and Infrastructure industry expertise, including familiarity with roles like project managers, superintendents, estimators, and schedulers.
- Established network of industry professionals and a track record of personally attracting senior leaders and technical experts in construction management.
- Credible advisor to senior executives, able to influence talent strategy and business decisions at the highest levels.
- Experience leading and developing distributed recruiting teams, with a hands-on approach to recruiting and a willingness to travel as needed.
📝 Tips for Applying to AECOM
Highlight your specific Construction Management and Infrastructure recruiting experience—quantify the number of senior placements, types of projects (e.g., transportation, water, energy), and the scale of programs you’ve supported.
Demonstrate your industry network by mentioning key companies, professional associations (e.g., CMAA, DBIA), or events where you have strong connections.
Emphasize your ability to influence C-suite and senior business leaders; provide examples of talent strategies you shaped that directly impacted business outcomes.
Show your player-coach capability: describe how you’ve both led a recruiting team and personally filled critical roles, especially in a remote or distributed environment.
Tailor your resume and cover letter to AECOM’s language: use terms like “sustainable legacies,” “complex infrastructure programs,” and “construction management” to align with their mission and this role’s focus.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your deep Construction Management and Infrastructure recruiting expertise, with concrete examples of successful senior-level placements.', 'Your established industry network and ability to attract top talent in a competitive market.', 'Your experience advising senior executives and shaping talent strategy that aligns with business goals.', 'Your leadership philosophy for developing high-performing, distributed recruiting teams while remaining hands-on in recruiting.']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → AECOM’s recent project wins and major programs in Construction Management, such as large transportation, water, or environmental projects.
- → AECOM’s organizational structure, especially how Construction Management fits within their global business lines and regions.
- → Key competitors in the infrastructure and construction management space (e.g., Jacobs, Kiewit, Bechtel) and how AECOM differentiates itself.
- → AECOM’s sustainability goals and how talent acquisition supports their “sustainable legacies” mission.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Focusing only on general recruiting leadership without demonstrating specific Construction Management or Infrastructure industry knowledge.
- Failing to show a personal network or hands-on recruiting success—this role requires both strategy and execution.
- Using generic examples that could apply to any industry, rather than tailoring to complex infrastructure programs and AECOM’s business.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
Congratulations!