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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.

Are you ready to challenge the boundaries of what's possible? AECOM continues to expand their successful Transport Planning team in Dublin. As part of a wider growth initiative linked to our strategic plan, we are currently seeking to appoint an individual to join our Transport Planning Team as Associate Director.

About You

You are a highly motivated, organised, and proactive leader with a proven track record in delivering transport solutions. With extensive experience in leading diverse teams in a fast-paced environment, you have excelled in planning and delivering projects mainly for public sector clients. As a leader, you are responsible for fostering a culture of success, engagement, and development within the team while ensuring the successful management of projects from inception to completion.

_Here’s what you’ll do:_

Technical Excellence: you will support technical excellence and business with specific focus on client engagement, project delivery and technical resource development.

Oversee: This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our leadership team's focus on people, clients, technical excellence, operational efficiencies and sustainable growth.

Deliver: Drive the technical delivery of transport planning projects drawing expertise/resources from across AECOM UK & I. Take responsibility for project delivery including technical focus, quality, programme, budget and resource management.

Collaboration: Support to the wider Planning Ireland business as Project Manager for some of our key projects with responsibility for programme, budget and resource management. Collaborate with project managers and national Technical Experts to identify/allocate resources effectively and optimise delivery performance.

Come grow with us.

We develop projects from concept through to 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

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

_Here’s what we’re looking for:_

• Membership of a recognized, relevant professional body.
• Min. Bachelor's degree in transport/urban planning or engineering, civil engineering, project management or a related field.
• Experienced Associate Director, preferably within a multi-disciplinary consultancy
• Strong understanding of the transportation sector, regulatory and policy frameworks, and socio-political drivers.
• Demonstrated success in project management and technical excellence in transport planning.
• Proven track record in developing and growing client relationships.
• Strong experience in project appraisal and evaluation would be advantageous.

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 ReasonableAccommodations@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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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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10131546

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Planning

Work Location Model: Hybrid