Technical Director - Highways and Infrastructure

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Our Highways & Infrastructure team, within our Transportation business line, have a vacancy for an Regional Director / Technical Director with experience in leading the delivery of transportation engineering schemes in our Belfast OR Dublin office.

You will be joining our team who are recognised as market leaders in the delivery of major road infrastructure, public transport, rail, greenways and active travel, and that has a track record of delivering high profile and impactful projects across the country. 

The successful candidate will be joining a growing team of over 70 Highways staff in Ireland that are actively involved in the delivery and services to a range of both local and national clients, with projects at all phases of delivery over the next few years. You will be part of the supporting management team for the wider Ireland transportation team of over 150 staff.

You will have a proven team leadership, business development, project delivery and business management experience within a commercial environment.  The role would suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career in a dynamic team. 

In addition to delivering work within the local office the role will involve working with other AECOM teams in the UK and Ireland.  We are therefore seeking candidates who are able to work flexibly across other AECOM offices as projects dictate to support the wider business.

 

Current & Upcoming Projects:

RoI Major Transport Projects

• N4 Mullingar to Longford
• M21 Adare Bypass
• Carlow Southern Relief Road & Multi Modal Transport Corridor
• N3 M50 to Clonee & the N3 Bus Priority and Active Travel Scheme

NI Major Transport Projects

• A24 Ballynahinch Bypass
• Newry Southern Relief Road

Asset Management and Renewals

• TII Standards Commission - Network Asset Management and Maintenance Framework
• DBFO1 Package 1 Northern Ireland - Technical Advisory Services

Greenways and Active Travel 

• Extensive greenway programme for TII and Local Authorities across the country, including Lough Key Greenway in Roscommon, three major greenways in West Cork, the Galway to Oughterard Greenway, and five major greenways in Donegal, (>300km)
• Large scale complex urban scheme and public realm schemes for Local Authorities across the country.

Public Transport 

• Large scale bus infrastructure design projects and bus infrastructure programmes for the National Transport Authority

Energy Transition

• Major HV Cabling and Sub Station projects for Eirgid and ESB, including Rinawade (Liffey Park) GIS, 110kV GIS Substation Kilcarbery, Co. Dublin,  and 110kV AIS Substation Clonfad, Co. Meath, and Tuam MV off load + 38kV Onshore Cable Installation –(Cloon, Galway )
• Civils input and associated co-ordination for multiple solar farms and windfarms and their associated grid connections, for example the Wexford Hub Solar Farm (33kV and 110KV Cable Installation)
• Support and development of CoP for various cabling civils specifications for Eirgrid

 

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Deliver: The Highways team are responsible for the full lifecycle delivery of projects aimed at improving our streets and places for local authority clients across Ireland.  We provide feasibility, concept, preliminary and detailed design, community engagement, project delivery and construction management services on a wide range of multi-discipline transportation projects. In addition, we support other AECOM business lines where their projects have a specialised transportation interface.
• 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 Transportation projects, you will hold our clients’ hands and overcome problems in unison when they inevitably arise. Provide Health, Safety and Wellness leadership to the district team consistent with AECOM’s safety policies and procedures to deliver a safe and healthy working environment for the project team members. 
• Collaborate: Leading a team of multi-disciplinary engineers to deliver integrated designs and building effective relationships with our technical teams and Clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop sound client relationships, being alert to commercial opportunities, identifying emerging opportunities and developing strategies to fully exploit them.
• Following successful accreditation on the AECOM project management system act as a Project Director and Project Manager including monitoring financial performance.  Comprehensive training on AECOM’s project management system will be provided.
• Ensure Technical content and quality of output produced is in line with the project brief. 
• Support and monitor team skills and ensure they are up to date with current best practice, techniques, and innovation.
• Manage career progression of line reports and support with recruitment 
• Support senior management of the Transportation team and deputising for the key Directors in Ireland as required.
• Development of Client relationships through business development being the key point of contact for meetings and liaison.
• Prepare detailed proposals, client briefs and fee proposals and contribute to or lead bids.
• Establishing strong working relationships with other internal teams across AECOM’s business lines including Streets, Planning, Structures, Water, Power, Landscape.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A successful track record of relevant experience in the management and delivery of complex civils engineering and/or transport engineering projects, particularly sustainable infrastructure projects and roads/traffic engineering projects.
• Experience in associated design standards for roads and active travel in the UK and Ireland.
• A good working knowledge of the forms of contract used by clients on the island of Ireland, including the New Engineering Contract and the Government Construction Contracts Committee Public Works Contract.
• Commercial acumen in relation to the management of opportunities and risks on projects contracts.

Preferred Qualification:

• Relevant degree and will have Chartered status along with membership of a professional institution or ability to achieve similar if moving for other jurisdictions.

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

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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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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 ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@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.