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AECOM Senior Engineer - Roads, Public Transport & Greenways in Belfast, United Kingdom
Company Description
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Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
The AECOM Surface Transportation, Aviation & Ports Team in Ireland has over 150 professionals operating from Belfast, Dublin, Cork and Galway. We are seeking a highly driven Senior Engineer to join our Ireland Roads, Public Transport, and Greenways Team.
We are looking to grow this team with individuals who have a sound technical background, good communication skills, and that share our enthusiasm and determination to develop our business and deliver for our key clients.
The successful candidate will be a Chartered Engineer, or close to achieving Chartered Engineer status, with a good grounding in road engineering design, greenway design, urban design, and project management.
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. The person will need to adopt a flexible approach and be able to work away from our Belfast office to suit our projects’ needs.
Current & Upcoming Projects for our team:
Department for Infrastructure (DfI) Northern Ireland Newry Southern Relief Road
Donegal Greenways – Buncrana to Carndonagh, Burtonport to Letterkenny, Barnesmore Gap, Three Trees to Carndonagh, Carrigans to Lifford
National Transport Authority (NTA) National Bus Stops Design Team
DfI Support Services for Intelligent Transport Systems and EU Funded Projects
N4 Mullingar to Longford (Roosky)
BusConnects Dublin & Cork
NTA Bus Depots and Bus Terminals
Greenways Phases 1 – 4 including West Cork Greenway – Skibbereen Sections, and Galway to Oughterard
Here’s what you’ll do:
Deliver: Lead and deliver on our portfolio of Roads and Greenway projects where there will be opportunity for significant progression where the right candidate will grow into a design lead and project manager role.
Oversee: You will be responsible for the appointment of competent discipline lead engineers for technical delivery. Plan and develop engineering tasks concerned with unique problems. This involves exploration of subject area, definition of scope and selection of problems for investigation and development of novel concepts and approaches.
Provide Expertise: Offer technical 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 projects, you will hold our clients’ hands and overcome problems in unison when they inevitably arise.
Collaborate: Working collaboratively as part of a team developing a range of local, national, and international road schemes or similar major civil engineering projects.
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Post qualification (see requirements below) experience in supporting delivery of infrastructure through UK and/or Irish statutory processes for roads and active travel schemes (e.g. Development Consent Orders, Direction Orders, S38/Part 8, and An Bord Pleanála applications).
Experience of design of active travel schemes in both rural and urban settings.
Experience in the preparation and supervision of construction contracts for UK and/or Ireland projects, with the New Engineering Contract and Public Works Contract forms particularly desirable.
Experience in the co-ordination of discipline teams (e.g. geotechnics, transport planning, environmental, structures) to complete scheme designs.
Technical design experience to engineering, cycling and bus priority standards and guidelines in the UK and/or Ireland, i.e.:
Technical design experience with the UK and/or Ireland Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Specification for Highway/Road Works and Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works on schemes is considered essential.
Technical design experience with the UK and/or Ireland guidance on cycle design is not essential, but considered desirable. Experience with the Ireland Cycle Design Manual and Design Manual for Urban Streets is particularly desirable.
Technical design experience in bus priority schemes in the UK and/or Ireland is not essential but considered desirable. Experience with NTA Bus Stop Guidance is particularly desirable.
Come grow with us.
We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear, multimillion-dollar projects for major rail and transit agencies. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project
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
A Joint Board of Moderators accredited or Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) Level 8 (or higher) degree in Civil Engineering or similar is essential.
Chartered Engineer, but we will consider candidates who demonstrate their ongoing progression toward achieving Chartered Engineer status within a clear timeframe.
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 ReasonableAdjustments@aecom.com.
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
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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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10112443
Business Line: Transportation
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited