Senior Engineer Active travel and Sustainable Transport

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Shape the future of streets and active travel across Ireland.

We have a unique opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join our Belfast Streets Team supporting the delivery of major active travel and sustainable transport projects across the island of Ireland.

In this senior technical role you will support the delivery of key programmes and schemes including:

• The Belfast Streets Teams portfolio of active travel and urban infrastructure schemes
• The Active Travel Support Office (ATSO) providing technical input where required
• The Coleraine to Portstewart Signature Active Travel Scheme one of Northern Irelands most high-profile active travel corridors
• Active travel and streets projects across the Republic of Ireland working with colleagues in Dublin and Cork
• Capacity support to our Belfast Highways Team contributing active travel and streets expertise to a wider range of highways and greenway projects

You will act as a technical lead supervising graduate engineers coordinating multidisciplinary inputs and ensuring our designs meet best practice standards and deliver high-quality outcomes for clients and communities.

Your Role & Responsibilities 

Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the design review and delivery of active travel streetscape and cycling schemes.
• Ensure all work meets relevant design standards (including NI Active Travel Design Guide Cycling by Design Cycle Design Manual DMRB TII Standards SRW and MCHW).
• Apply best practice and innovation to improve accessibility safety and sustainable transport outcomes.
• Provide technical assurance and support across schemes in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Coordination & Collaboration

• Work closely with clients local authorities delivery partners and contractors to progress schemes and resolve technical challenges.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs covering highways drainage structures environmental planning and urban design.
• Represent the Belfast Streets team at meetings workshops and design reviews.

Team Support & Mentoring

• Mentor and supervise graduate engineers supporting their development and ensuring high-quality outputs.
• Contribute to the continued growth of the Belfast Streets team by sharing knowledge supporting bids and helping shape best practice.

What we offer:

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid working options. Whether youre at our Belfast office visiting a client or collaborating remotely youll thrive in a dynamic environment that champions innovation inclusion and professional growth

• Flexible hybrid working
• Professional development support mentorship schemes and training agreements with major engineering institutions.
• Career development opportunities via AECOM University technical practice networks and volunteering days.
• A range of core and personalised benefits tailored to your lifestyle and well-being.
• Charity & Community Activities  fundraising challenges sponsored walks/runs STEM outreach days and local volunteering initiatives.
• Wellbeing Events  yoga sessions wellness weeks lunchtime walks/cycles and mental health awareness activities.
• Sports & Clubs  five-a-side football cycling groups hiking clubs and participation in corporate challenge events and many more
• Annual Celebrations  summer events holiday celebrations and recognition awards.

Qualifications :

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) with ICE CIHT IStructE or equivalent.
• Post-graduate experience specifically in the design supervision and management of active travel streetscape or highway schemes.
• Strong technical knowledge of active travel design standards and statutory processes.
• Experience working with clients local authorities and multidisciplinary teams.

Come grow with us.

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 everyones 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 :

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For further information about the role reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Siobhan Osborne

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds 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 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 youre 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. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll 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 persons potential and well 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time