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The AECOM Surface Transportation, Aviation & Ports Team in Ireland has over 150 professionals operating from Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Belfast. We are seeking a highly driven Associate Director to join our Ireland Roads, Public Transport, and Greenways Team delivering projects across the country. We are open to locations across our Dublin, Cork, Galway and Belfast offices.
Working within a well-established group, the candidate will provide technical, commercial, and team leadership to our multidisciplinary teams based on a strong track record in the Roads & Greenways consultancy sector. You will interface in person with clients across Ireland. You will be expected to contribute to feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed designs, and administration of contracts through construction and handover. Experience with road projects of various sizes, with a focus on TII schemes including roads, bus priority, greenways and light rail schemes, NTA major schemes, Public Transport Schemes such as BusConnects, and transportation D&B Schemes, is required. You will work with internal and external clients to cross-sell our service capabilities and to ensure successful delivery. You will play an active role in preparing reports and tenders and demonstrate strong project management skills and commercial acumen. The candidate will be recognized by peers and clients as a subject matter expert or design lead in Road Design, Public Transport Design, Greenway and Active Travel Design, or other similar complex transportation infrastructure.
Current & Upcoming Projects:
N4 Mullingar to Longford (Roosky)
BusConnects Cork
BusConnects Dublin
Newry Southern Relief Road
A5 Western Transport Corridor
Dun Laoghaire Central Active Travel Scheme
NTA Ballycoolin Bus Depot
NTA Belgard Square Bus Layover
NTA National Bus Stops Design Team
Galway to Oughterard Greenway
Donegal Greenways
West Cork Greenway – Skibbereen Sections
N3 M50 to Clonee
Newbridge Network Active Travel Scheme
Naas Newbridge Interurban Active Travel Scheme
M50 EMOS project, Dublin
What you’ll do:
Deliver: A wide portfolio of Road projects from pursuit through to completion or single large-scale commissions.
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: Work through the complexities of Transportation projects, guiding clients and teams through challenges as they arise.
Collaborate: Leading a team of multi-disciplinary engineers to deliver integrated designs and build effective relationships with our technical teams and Clients.
Duties:
Mitigate and manage contract risk associated with scope creep and monitor key project performance indicators and ensure that project data is accurate and provided in a timely manner.
Provide technical scrutiny and verification of project deliverables and independently prepare reports and communicate with senior management.
Demonstrate team leadership skills and undertake mentoring and line management duties.
Bring innovation and new ideas to clients and project teams.
Demonstrated commercial acumen, and the ability to contribute to bid development.
Demonstrated competence in management of safety during design and construction with understanding of the legislative requirements for designers, and the ability to contribute and lead this element on projects and champion AECOM quality assurance and quality control standards.
We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear, multimillion-dollar projects. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project.
Benefits and Working Model: You’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, including 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:
Ideally chartered with a relevant institution (e.g. Engineers Ireland, ICE or similar)
Experience in Road and Highways engineering and approves sign off on complex transportation designs.
Experience in NTA and TII Standards, Project Management Guidelines, and Project Appraisal Guidelines
Good working knowledge of contracts including PWC/GCC/ NEC/FIDIC; preference for candidate who have acted as employers rep or equivalent on works contracts above €5m, and familiarity with dispute resolution processes.
We celebrate diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com
At AECOM, we value everyone’s contributions and encourage you to apply with transferable skills. We would be delighted to hear from you.
Additional Information
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For more 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 services throughout the project lifecycle. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through technical and digital expertise, equity, diversity and inclusion, and ESG priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm. See aecom.com for more.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity. We offer hybrid work options and a safe, respectful workplace that values diverse perspectives.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are a Disability Confident Employer and provide accommodations on request via ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com.
All information will be kept confidential in line with EEO guidelines.

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