Design Manager Railways – Project Management

AECOM Enterprise Capabilities is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Design Manager to be based in the Bogotá, Colombia office. The successful candidate will lead the multidisciplinary design delivery of complex railway transportation projects, overseeing all phases of project development, including feasibility studies, site due diligence, concept development, preliminary and detailed engineering, construction documentation, and construction phase support. The role requires strong technical leadership, effective coordination of global and multidisciplinary teams, and the ability to deliver high-quality engineering solutions that meet client expectations, project schedules, budgets, and quality standards. 

The ideal candidate has extensive experience managing the design of major railway infrastructure projects, possesses a strong background in civil and transportation engineering, and demonstrates outstanding leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills in both Spanish and English.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Performs various management, leadership, and people accountability responsibilities for a specific technical group or department.
• Has full responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating technical assignments.
• Generally requires multi-disciplinary knowledge of engineering.
• Plans and develops engineering tasks concerned with unique or controversial problems. This involves exploration of subject area, definition of scope and selection of problems for investigation and development of novel concepts and approaches.
• Maintains liaison with units within the organization and individuals inside and outside of the organization.
• Responsible for acting independently on technical matters. Work at this level usually requires extensive progressive experience.
• Proactively manage and communicate change throughout the project both within AECOM and to our clients.
• Identify problems early and develop creative solutions.
• Proactively communicate with all stakeholders to provide project updates and resolve outstanding issues.
• Works under minimal supervision. Supervision received is essentially administrative with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
• Manages group of engineers and/or technicians, coordinating activities of the unit.