12 Transportation Engineering jobs in the United Kingdom
Strategic Lead, Traffic And Transportation (Engineering and Surveying)
Posted 2 days ago
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Job Description
Rate: £27.80 per hour
Hours: 37 per week
Working Arrangement: Hybrid (Office attendance encouraged to embed within the team)
Our client is seeking a dynamic and experienced Strategic Lead for Traffic & Transportation to play a vital role in driving innovation, shaping strategy, and unlocking funding opportunities. You’ll lead delivery across traffic, transport, and road safety services—building strong partnerships and aligning with strategic goals such as sustainability and net-zero.
Reporting to the Head of Highways and Transport, you’ll work closely with the Greater Lincolnshire Mayoral Combined Authority and key stakeholders to deliver the Local Highway Plan and wider council ambitions.
Key Responsibilities- p>Leading a multi-disciplinary team to deliver street works, traffic management, road safety, and transport services.
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Champion a safety-first culture across all operations.
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Provide visible leadership and a community-first approach, improving satisfaction among members and residents.
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Tackle complex traffic and transport challenges, offering expert guidance on workable, budget-conscious, and legally compliant solutions.
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Shape and deliver local priorities through strategic commissioning, ensuring value for money and contract compliance.
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Develop and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders across sectors to drive shared outcomes.
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Maximise opportunities with persuasive business cases, achieving efficiency and cost savings.
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Lead on sustainable transport and net-zero strategies, developing innovative responses to future challenges.
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Monitor national policy and funding streams, securing investment through proactive horizon scanning and influence.
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Strong background working within a local transport authority or similar, with deep knowledge of transport governance, policy, and regulation.
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Proven strategic leadership, including managing and inspiring high-performing teams.
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Experience developing and delivering net-zero and decarbonisation strategies.
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Demonstrated ability to create and implement transport strategies aligned with growth and sustainability.
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In-depth understanding of traffic and transport legislation, policy, and best practice.
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Strong relationship management expertise with experience negotiating with partners, communities, and elected officials.
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Skilled at aligning transport strategies with land use and economic development objectives.
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Confident communicator, influencer, and problem-solver with excellent project and team management skills.
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Level 6 qualification (or equivalent experience) in a relevant technical subject.
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Management qualification or extensive leadership experience.
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Membership of a relevant professional body (IHE, ICE, IHT, etc.).
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Strategic Lead to take a leading role in shaping sustainable development across North East Lincolnshire.
Strategic Lead, Traffic And Transportation (Engineering and Surveying)
Posted 2 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
Rate: £27.80 per hour
Hours: 37 per week
Working Arrangement: Hybrid (Office attendance encouraged to embed within the team)
Our client is seeking a dynamic and experienced Strategic Lead for Traffic & Transportation to play a vital role in driving innovation, shaping strategy, and unlocking funding opportunities. You’ll lead delivery across traffic, transport, and road safety services—building strong partnerships and aligning with strategic goals such as sustainability and net-zero.
Reporting to the Head of Highways and Transport, you’ll work closely with the Greater Lincolnshire Mayoral Combined Authority and key stakeholders to deliver the Local Highway Plan and wider council ambitions.
Key Responsibilities- p>Leading a multi-disciplinary team to deliver street works, traffic management, road safety, and transport services.
-
Champion a safety-first culture across all operations.
-
Provide visible leadership and a community-first approach, improving satisfaction among members and residents.
-
Tackle complex traffic and transport challenges, offering expert guidance on workable, budget-conscious, and legally compliant solutions.
-
Shape and deliver local priorities through strategic commissioning, ensuring value for money and contract compliance.
-
Develop and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders across sectors to drive shared outcomes.
-
Maximise opportunities with persuasive business cases, achieving efficiency and cost savings.
-
Lead on sustainable transport and net-zero strategies, developing innovative responses to future challenges.
-
Monitor national policy and funding streams, securing investment through proactive horizon scanning and influence.
-
Strong background working within a local transport authority or similar, with deep knowledge of transport governance, policy, and regulation.
-
Proven strategic leadership, including managing and inspiring high-performing teams.
-
Experience developing and delivering net-zero and decarbonisation strategies.
-
Demonstrated ability to create and implement transport strategies aligned with growth and sustainability.
-
In-depth understanding of traffic and transport legislation, policy, and best practice.
-
Strong relationship management expertise with experience negotiating with partners, communities, and elected officials.
-
Skilled at aligning transport strategies with land use and economic development objectives.
-
Confident communicator, influencer, and problem-solver with excellent project and team management skills.
-
Level 6 qualification (or equivalent experience) in a relevant technical subject.
-
Management qualification or extensive leadership experience.
-
Membership of a relevant professional body (IHE, ICE, IHT, etc.).
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Strategic Lead to take a leading role in shaping sustainable development across North East Lincolnshire.
Clerk of Works - Traffic Engineering
Posted 10 days ago
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Job Description
Traffic Engineering Clerk of Works
We are seeking a dedicated Traffic Engineering Clerk of Works to join a Highways Team on a contract basis. You will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality highway construction and maintenance works across our network.
In this position, you will:
·Inspect works on site and supervise contractors
·Monitor compliance with specifications, standards, and health & safety requirements
·Ensure all works-planned or reactive-are completed to the required standard
·Identify defects and ensure prompt and appropriate remedial actions are taken
·Provide technical feedback on repairs and workmanship
About You:
We are looking for candidates with experience supervising Traffic, Road Safety, and Highway Engineering schemes. However, we also welcome applications from construction supervisors with relevant technical knowledge and a strong background in quality control and health and safety on site.
You will need to demonstrate:
·Excellent communication skills to engage effectively with residents, members of the public, contractors, and consultants
·A proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to maintaining high standards of work
·The ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
What you need to do now:
If you are interested in this role and fit the criteria above, please send us your application today. If you have any questions about the vacancy, please contact Phoebe at Carrington West on (phone number removed)/ (url removed)
Footnote:
If you feel that you are right for this job technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for jobs very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current job for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Traffic & Parking professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Our specialist team has a combined 70+ years' experience in this market. Please call Phoebe at Carrington West on (phone number removed) for more information.
By applying for this position you are agreeing for Carrington West to hold and process your personal data in accordance to our Data Protection Policy. Your data will be shared with third party clients specifically relevant to any roles you have applied for. If at any stage you wish to withdraw your consent please contact us.
Clerk of Works - Traffic Engineering
Posted 13 days ago
Job Viewed
Job Description
Traffic Engineering Clerk of Works
We are seeking a dedicated Traffic Engineering Clerk of Works to join a Highways Team on a contract basis. You will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality highway construction and maintenance works across our network.
In this position, you will:
·Inspect works on site and supervise contractors
·Monitor compliance with specifications, standards, and health & safety requirements
·Ensure all works-planned or reactive-are completed to the required standard
·Identify defects and ensure prompt and appropriate remedial actions are taken
·Provide technical feedback on repairs and workmanship
About You:
We are looking for candidates with experience supervising Traffic, Road Safety, and Highway Engineering schemes. However, we also welcome applications from construction supervisors with relevant technical knowledge and a strong background in quality control and health and safety on site.
You will need to demonstrate:
·Excellent communication skills to engage effectively with residents, members of the public, contractors, and consultants
·A proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to maintaining high standards of work
·The ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
What you need to do now:
If you are interested in this role and fit the criteria above, please send us your application today. If you have any questions about the vacancy, please contact Phoebe at Carrington West on (phone number removed)/ (url removed)
Footnote:
If you feel that you are right for this job technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for jobs very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current job for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Traffic & Parking professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Our specialist team has a combined 70+ years' experience in this market. Please call Phoebe at Carrington West on (phone number removed) for more information.
By applying for this position you are agreeing for Carrington West to hold and process your personal data in accordance to our Data Protection Policy. Your data will be shared with third party clients specifically relevant to any roles you have applied for. If at any stage you wish to withdraw your consent please contact us.
Principal Engineer - Highways and Traffic Engineering
Posted 20 days ago
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**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 worldu00e2u0080u0099s 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**
The Liverpool office has an established track record of successfully delivering road schemes and works closely with other disciplines from Bridges, Geotechnical, Environment, Transport Planning and Development Sectors. The team workload ranges from feasibility studies, preliminary / detail design and on-site management, working with mainly public sector clients.
We are currently looking for a **Principal Engineer** to support a variety of highway and traffic engineering projects. The role will suit a self-motivated individual who is aspiring to take a lead role in project delivery and manage dynamic teams delivering high quality projects mainly covering:
Optioneering, concept, preliminary and detail design associated with all aspects of highway improvement schemes
Contract preparation
Active travel design
Bus priority
Supporting OBC design
Traffic Regulation Order preparation
Site management opportunities
**Job Responsibilities:**
To be commercially aware and able to lead a team of 3-5 engineers and technicians, to programme workloads and successfully deliver projects to time, budget and quality
Provide wide ranging Highways and Traffic engineering design and project management expertise to delivery multi-disciplined schemes and manage small and medium work packages and projects
Interface with the Client as necessary to deliver the work
Experience in the preparation of contract drawings and specifications and writing contract documents and technical reports
Responsibility for managing the workloads and technical oversight of small team of junior engineers and technicians
Coaching, mentoring and developing the team
Being Project Manager for multiple projects while delivering on specific project outcomes in relation to time, budget and quality required
Reviewing of project deliverables before they are issued
Be part of a bidding team when required and contribute to work winning and to undertake business development to win new business
To be able to produce and have knowledge in the design of highways, access roads and infrastructure of projects including the design of road geometry, earthworks, pavements, drainage and underground services
**Current & Upcoming Projects:**
A few examples include:
Continuing work with Liverpool City Council who we have been delivering projects for over the past 6 years. We are on the Liverpool City Council PSF and are currently working on The Strand Phase 2 and Anfield High Street.
Exciting long-term works lined up over the next 10 years with KMBC, covering a wide range of engineering principles and disciplines.
Working with WBC on their BSIP, delivering the construction package for the A49 project and various active travel schemes through their LUF.
Each team member has a development plan to provide a clear pathway to personal development and career progression. The team provides technical leadership of projects throughout the scheme lifecycle from optioneering, concept, preliminary and detailed stage designs. Our clients are many and varied from both the private and public sector and include the major custodians of the Liverpool City Region.
**Come grow with us.**
We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear, varying scale projects for local authorities in the North West.
And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized 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:_
To be able to produce and have knowledge in the design of highways, access roads and infrastructure of projects including the design of road geometry, earthworks, pavements, drainage and underground services
Provide wide ranging Highways and Traffic engineering design and project management expertise to delivery multi-disciplined schemes and manage small and medium work packages and projects
Significant highway / traffic engineering experience
Degree in Civil Engineering or similar
_We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at
_At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!_
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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme
**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 Siobhan Osborne
#EVB
**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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
**ReqID:** J10114872
**Business Line:** Transportation
**Business Group:** DCS
**Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
**Career Area:** Engineering
**Work Location Model:** Hybrid
**Legal Entity:** AECOM Limited
Principal Engineer - Highways and Traffic Engineering
Posted 20 days ago
Job Viewed
Job 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 worldu00e2u0080u0099s 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**
The Liverpool office has an established track record of successfully delivering road schemes and works closely with other disciplines from Bridges, Geotechnical, Environment, Transport Planning and Development Sectors. The team workload ranges from feasibility studies, preliminary / detail design and on-site management, working with mainly public sector clients.
We are currently looking for a **Principal Engineer** to support a variety of highway and traffic engineering projects. The role will suit a self-motivated individual who is aspiring to take a lead role in project delivery and manage dynamic teams delivering high quality projects mainly covering:
Optioneering, concept, preliminary and detail design associated with all aspects of highway improvement schemes
Contract preparation
Active travel design
Bus priority
Supporting OBC design
Traffic Regulation Order preparation
Site management opportunities
**Job Responsibilities:**
To be commercially aware and able to lead a team of 3-5 engineers and technicians, to programme workloads and successfully deliver projects to time, budget and quality
Provide wide ranging Highways and Traffic engineering design and project management expertise to delivery multi-disciplined schemes and manage small and medium work packages and projects
Interface with the Client as necessary to deliver the work
Experience in the preparation of contract drawings and specifications and writing contract documents and technical reports
Responsibility for managing the workloads and technical oversight of small team of junior engineers and technicians
Coaching, mentoring and developing the team
Being Project Manager for multiple projects while delivering on specific project outcomes in relation to time, budget and quality required
Reviewing of project deliverables before they are issued
Be part of a bidding team when required and contribute to work winning and to undertake business development to win new business
To be able to produce and have knowledge in the design of highways, access roads and infrastructure of projects including the design of road geometry, earthworks, pavements, drainage and underground services
**Current & Upcoming Projects:**
A few examples include:
Continuing work with Liverpool City Council who we have been delivering projects for over the past 6 years. We are on the Liverpool City Council PSF and are currently working on The Strand Phase 2 and Anfield High Street.
Exciting long-term works lined up over the next 10 years with KMBC, covering a wide range of engineering principles and disciplines.
Working with WBC on their BSIP, delivering the construction package for the A49 project and various active travel schemes through their LUF.
Each team member has a development plan to provide a clear pathway to personal development and career progression. The team provides technical leadership of projects throughout the scheme lifecycle from optioneering, concept, preliminary and detailed stage designs. Our clients are many and varied from both the private and public sector and include the major custodians of the Liverpool City Region.
**Come grow with us.**
We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear, varying scale projects for local authorities in the North West.
And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized 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:_
To be able to produce and have knowledge in the design of highways, access roads and infrastructure of projects including the design of road geometry, earthworks, pavements, drainage and underground services
Provide wide ranging Highways and Traffic engineering design and project management expertise to delivery multi-disciplined schemes and manage small and medium work packages and projects
Significant highway / traffic engineering experience
Degree in Civil Engineering or similar
_We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at
_At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!_
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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme
**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 Siobhan Osborne
#EVB
**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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
**ReqID:** J10114872
**Business Line:** Transportation
**Business Group:** DCS
**Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
**Career Area:** Engineering
**Work Location Model:** Hybrid
**Legal Entity:** AECOM Limited
Intelligent Transportation Systems - Engineer
Posted 1 day ago
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Dar, the founding member of the Sidara group, is an international multidisciplinary consulting organization specializing in engineering, architecture, planning, environment, project management, facilities management, and economics. Sidara operates in 60 countries with 20,500 professionals, Dar connects people, places, and communities through innovative solutions to the world's most complex challenges. We deliver projects from inception through completion, embracing challenges to empower communities worldwide. Learn more at
Our Vision and Values:
We aspire to be the chosen home of those with a gift for crafting solutions that empower people and an unwavering passion for learning and innovation. Our core values shape our culture and guide our decision-making. We are committed to:
- Excellence
- Responsibility
- Empowerment
- Connectivity
- Courage
We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative SMART Technology Consultant with expertise in SMART infrastructure solutions for transport-related projects such as airports, metro stations, ports, roads, and tunnels. The ideal candidate must have expertise in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and smart mobility, along with relevant certifications. Preferably, he should have a solid understanding in system integration and have past experience as a Master System Integrator (MSI) with companies such as Siemens, Schneider, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, or similar firms.
The candidate will be responsible for the design, advisory, and consultancy of intelligent infrastructure, ensuring seamless technology integration, interoperability, and digital transformation across transport projects.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Expertise & Advisory
- Provide expert consultancy on SMART technology solutions for transport infrastructure, ensuring best-in-class implementations.
- Lead system integration planning and design, aligning IoT, ELV (Extra Low Voltage), and ICT solutions into a cohesive, interoperable ecosystem.
- Evaluate and recommend intelligent infrastructure solutions such as IoT-based systems, Environmental Monitoring, and Intelligent Transport Systems.
Project Design & Implementation
- Develop and oversee the design of integrated SMART solutions, ensuring seamless implementation across various transport projects.
- Work closely with civil, electrical, mechanical, and IT teams to optimize system interoperability in transport infrastructure.
- Lead the selection, specification, and deployment of IoT devices, intelligent transport systems, automation platforms, and smart analytics tools.
- Develop strategic roadmaps and feasibility studies for digital transformation in transport projects.
Innovation & Emerging Technologies
- Integrate cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI), Intelligent Transport, Digital Twin, Robotics (such as Autonomous Cleaning & Delivery), and Predictive Maintenance solutions into transport hubs.
- Explore data analytics and smart building performance monitoring solutions to drive operational efficiency.
- Evaluate emerging digital trends to ensure future-proofing of transport infrastructure projects.
Compliance, Standards & Sustainability
- Ensure compliance with international Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Smart Mobility standards and certifications such as ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers), ISO 14813, NTCIP (National Transportation Communications for Intelligent Transportation System Protocol), and IEEE 1512.
- Drive sustainable design initiatives, incorporating energy-efficient solutions, environmental monitoring, and space utilization strategies.
- Develop frameworks for smart city integration, enhancing urban mobility and digital connectivity.
Mandatory Qualifications & Experience:
- 7-10 years of experience in Smart Mobility / Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), preferably, holding a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (BA/MS) in Transportation Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
- Proven experience as a Master System Integrator (MSI) in a major system integration company such as Siemens, Schneider, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, or similar firms is highly desirable.
- Strong knowledge of mature SMART technology solutions, including IoT and Intelligent Transport Systems.
- Experience working with design, advisory, or consultancy firms in transport infrastructure projects (airports, metro stations, ports, roads, tunnels, etc.).
- Demonstrated expertise in SMART system design, interoperability, and integration for transport hubs.
Highly Desirable Qualifications & Experience:
- Exposure to AI-powered solutions, Digital Twins, and Robotics for predictive maintenance and automation.
- Certifications in WiredScore, SmartScore, or UL Spire.
- Understanding of User Experience (UX) studies and their role in SMART transport infrastructure.
Key Skills & Competencies:
- SMART Building/City Design and Internet of Things (IoT) integration.
- Familiarity with ITS standards, policies, and best practices.
- Experience with AI, IoT, cloud-based solutions for transport applications.
- Familiarity with working with public sector transport authorities.
- Knowledge of Sustainable Building Solutions, Energy Efficiency, and Environmental Monitoring.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical evaluation skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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Principal Engineer - Transportation
Posted 20 days ago
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**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 worldu00e2u0080u0099s 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**
Our Streets team, within our Transportation business line, has a vacancy for a **Principal Engineer** based in our Birmingham Office.
The streets team is growing to cater for an increased workload, particularly Active Travel and Bus Priority schemes. It provides concept, preliminary and detailed designs on a wide range of projects for local authorities and contractors and supports other AECOM business lines where their projects have a specialised traffic and highways interface.
The successful candidate will be joining a dedicated team that is actively involved in the delivery of high-profile projects and services to a range of both local and national clients.
As a Principal Engineer, you will provide project management and technical leadership on projects. In doing so you will support our contract commitments whilst ensuring technical excellence and co-ordination between disciplines. You will have the opportunity to undertake line management duties and to mentor and direct junior members of the team and support them in their professional development.
You will have appropriate qualifications and relevant project delivery experience. The role would suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career in a dynamic team.
**Current & Upcoming Projects:**
Various projects with a range of local authority clients across the region including:
West Midlands Combined Authority / Transport for West Midlands
City of Wolverhampton Council
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Herefordshire Council
**_Hereu2019s what youu2019ll do:_**
**Deliver:** Provide feasibility, concept, preliminary and detailed design, community engagement, project delivery and construction management services on a wide range of multi-disciplinary transportation and urban realm projects. Deliver work from the Birmingham office in conjunction with other teams across the UK and Ireland and our Global delivery centres.
**Oversee:** Plan and develop engineering tasks concerned with unique problems, including exploration of subject area, definition of scope and selection of problems for investigation and development of novel concepts and approaches.
**Provide Expertise:** Offer knowledge and expertise to the design team on all aspects of multi-disciplinary projects, from conceptual phases to implementation.
**Ensure Quality:** Working through the complexities of our Transportation projects, overcome problems in collaboration with our Clients. Ensure our schemes are delivered to the highest quality in line with AECOMu2019s quality procedures and Project Delivery System.
**Collaborate:** Support a team of multi-disciplinary consultants to deliver integrated designs and build effective relationships with our technical teams and Clients.
**Key Responsibilities:**
Provide technical leadership on projects or packages of work for traffic engineering schemes.
Prepare detailed technical reports, technical specifications and cost estimates.
Act as an AECOM accredited Project Manager, managing the financial performance of projects. (Comprehensive training on AECOMu2019s project management system will be provided).
Lead on quality management and ensure compliance of designs with the requirements of the brief, all applicable standards, regulations and AECOM quality procedures.
Prepare detailed proposals, client briefs and fee proposals and contribute to or lead bids.
Undertake Health & Safety duties including ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for the project team and fulfilling all CDM responsibilities including safety in design
Undertake client-facing project duties, representing AECOM as the key point of contact.
Undertake line manager responsibilities for junior staff, providing guidance, management and career planning and completing annual performance evaluations.
Support the technical and professional development of members of the team, sharing knowledge, managing their input into projects and mentoring them towards professional qualification.
**Come grow with us.**
Let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of **our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle** , career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days
**Qualifications**
**Ready to push the limits of whatu2019s possible?**
**_Hereu2019s what weu2019re looking for:_**
A relevant degree and have, or be working towards, Chartered status with a recognised Professional Institution
A successful track record in the project management and delivery of traffic engineering schemes.
Knowledge and experience of relevant design and safety standards (e.g. DMRB, TSRGD, MCHW, LTN 1/20, Manual for Streets, CDM Regulations).
Excellent technical and communication skills.
An ability to deal directly with clients.
Experience of team management including technical development and mentoring of staff
_We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at_
_At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!_
**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 Siobhan Osborne
**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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
**ReqID:** J10117067
**Business Line:** Transportation
**Business Group:** DCS
**Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
**Career Area:** Engineering
**Work Location Model:** Hybrid
**Legal Entity:** AECOM Limited
Principal Engineer - Transportation
Posted 20 days ago
Job Viewed
Job 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 worldu00e2u0080u0099s 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**
Our Streets team, within our Transportation business line, has a vacancy for a **Principal Engineer** based in our Birmingham Office.
The streets team is growing to cater for an increased workload, particularly Active Travel and Bus Priority schemes. It provides concept, preliminary and detailed designs on a wide range of projects for local authorities and contractors and supports other AECOM business lines where their projects have a specialised traffic and highways interface.
The successful candidate will be joining a dedicated team that is actively involved in the delivery of high-profile projects and services to a range of both local and national clients.
As a Principal Engineer, you will provide project management and technical leadership on projects. In doing so you will support our contract commitments whilst ensuring technical excellence and co-ordination between disciplines. You will have the opportunity to undertake line management duties and to mentor and direct junior members of the team and support them in their professional development.
You will have appropriate qualifications and relevant project delivery experience. The role would suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career in a dynamic team.
**Current & Upcoming Projects:**
Various projects with a range of local authority clients across the region including:
West Midlands Combined Authority / Transport for West Midlands
City of Wolverhampton Council
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Herefordshire Council
**_Hereu2019s what youu2019ll do:_**
**Deliver:** Provide feasibility, concept, preliminary and detailed design, community engagement, project delivery and construction management services on a wide range of multi-disciplinary transportation and urban realm projects. Deliver work from the Birmingham office in conjunction with other teams across the UK and Ireland and our Global delivery centres.
**Oversee:** Plan and develop engineering tasks concerned with unique problems, including exploration of subject area, definition of scope and selection of problems for investigation and development of novel concepts and approaches.
**Provide Expertise:** Offer knowledge and expertise to the design team on all aspects of multi-disciplinary projects, from conceptual phases to implementation.
**Ensure Quality:** Working through the complexities of our Transportation projects, overcome problems in collaboration with our Clients. Ensure our schemes are delivered to the highest quality in line with AECOMu2019s quality procedures and Project Delivery System.
**Collaborate:** Support a team of multi-disciplinary consultants to deliver integrated designs and build effective relationships with our technical teams and Clients.
**Key Responsibilities:**
Provide technical leadership on projects or packages of work for traffic engineering schemes.
Prepare detailed technical reports, technical specifications and cost estimates.
Act as an AECOM accredited Project Manager, managing the financial performance of projects. (Comprehensive training on AECOMu2019s project management system will be provided).
Lead on quality management and ensure compliance of designs with the requirements of the brief, all applicable standards, regulations and AECOM quality procedures.
Prepare detailed proposals, client briefs and fee proposals and contribute to or lead bids.
Undertake Health & Safety duties including ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for the project team and fulfilling all CDM responsibilities including safety in design
Undertake client-facing project duties, representing AECOM as the key point of contact.
Undertake line manager responsibilities for junior staff, providing guidance, management and career planning and completing annual performance evaluations.
Support the technical and professional development of members of the team, sharing knowledge, managing their input into projects and mentoring them towards professional qualification.
**Come grow with us.**
Let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of **our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle** , career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days
**Qualifications**
**Ready to push the limits of whatu2019s possible?**
**_Hereu2019s what weu2019re looking for:_**
A relevant degree and have, or be working towards, Chartered status with a recognised Professional Institution
A successful track record in the project management and delivery of traffic engineering schemes.
Knowledge and experience of relevant design and safety standards (e.g. DMRB, TSRGD, MCHW, LTN 1/20, Manual for Streets, CDM Regulations).
Excellent technical and communication skills.
An ability to deal directly with clients.
Experience of team management including technical development and mentoring of staff
_We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at_
_At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!_
**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 Siobhan Osborne
**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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
**ReqID:** J10117067
**Business Line:** Transportation
**Business Group:** DCS
**Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
**Career Area:** Engineering
**Work Location Model:** Hybrid
**Legal Entity:** AECOM Limited
Principal Engineer - Transportation
Posted today
Job Viewed
Job 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 worldâs 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**
Our Streets team, within our Transportation business line, has a vacancy for a **Principal Engineer** based in our Birmingham Office.
The streets team is growing to cater for an increased workload, particularly Active Travel and Bus Priority schemes. It provides concept, preliminary and detailed designs on a wide range of projects for local authorities and contractors and supports other AECOM business lines where their projects have a specialised traffic and highways interface.
The successful candidate will be joining a dedicated team that is actively involved in the delivery of high-profile projects and services to a range of both local and national clients.
As a Principal Engineer, you will provide project management and technical leadership on projects. In doing so you will support our contract commitments whilst ensuring technical excellence and co-ordination between disciplines. You will have the opportunity to undertake line management duties and to mentor and direct junior members of the team and support them in their professional development.
You will have appropriate qualifications and relevant project delivery experience. The role would suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career in a dynamic team.
**Current & Upcoming Projects:**
Various projects with a range of local authority clients across the region including:
+ West Midlands Combined Authority / Transport for West Midlands
+ City of Wolverhampton Council
+ Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
+ Herefordshire Council
**_Here's what you'll do:_**
+ **Deliver:** Provide feasibility, concept, preliminary and detailed design, community engagement, project delivery and construction management services on a wide range of multi-disciplinary transportation and urban realm projects. Deliver work from the Birmingham office in conjunction with other teams across the UK and Ireland and our Global delivery centres.
+ **Oversee:** Plan and develop engineering tasks concerned with unique problems, including exploration of subject area, definition of scope and selection of problems for investigation and development of novel concepts and approaches.
+ **Provide Expertise:** Offer knowledge and expertise to the design team on all aspects of multi-disciplinary projects, from conceptual phases to implementation.
+ **Ensure Quality:** Working through the complexities of our Transportation projects, overcome problems in collaboration with our Clients. Ensure our schemes are delivered to the highest quality in line with AECOM's quality procedures and Project Delivery System.
+ **Collaborate:** Support a team of multi-disciplinary consultants to deliver integrated designs and build effective relationships with our technical teams and Clients.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ Provide technical leadership on projects or packages of work for traffic engineering schemes.
+ Prepare detailed technical reports, technical specifications and cost estimates.
+ Act as an AECOM accredited Project Manager, managing the financial performance of projects. (Comprehensive training on AECOM's project management system will be provided).
+ Lead on quality management and ensure compliance of designs with the requirements of the brief, all applicable standards, regulations and AECOM quality procedures.
+ Prepare detailed proposals, client briefs and fee proposals and contribute to or lead bids.
+ Undertake Health & Safety duties including ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for the project team and fulfilling all CDM responsibilities including safety in design
+ Undertake client-facing project duties, representing AECOM as the key point of contact.
+ Undertake line manager responsibilities for junior staff, providing guidance, management and career planning and completing annual performance evaluations.
+ Support the technical and professional development of members of the team, sharing knowledge, managing their input into projects and mentoring them towards professional qualification.
**Come grow with us.**
Let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of **our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle** , career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days
**Qualifications**
**Ready to push the limits of what's possible?**
**_Here's what we're looking for:_**
+ A relevant degree and have, or be working towards, Chartered status with a recognised Professional Institution
+ A successful track record in the project management and delivery of traffic engineering schemes.
+ Knowledge and experience of relevant design and safety standards (e.g. DMRB, TSRGD, MCHW, LTN 1/20, Manual for Streets, CDM Regulations).
+ Excellent technical and communication skills.
+ An ability to deal directly with clients.
+ Experience of team management including technical development and mentoring of staff
_We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at_
_At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!_
**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 Siobhan Osborne
**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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
**ReqID:** J10117067
**Business Line:** Transportation
**Business Group:** DCS
**Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
**Career Area:** Engineering
**Work Location Model:** Hybrid
**Legal Entity:** AECOM Limited