Technical Director – Highways & Active Travel

Overview

In this role you lead the Highways & Complete Streets team within AECOM’s Transportation group, based in London or St Albans. You’ll drive client relationships, shape work-winning strategies, and oversee multi-disciplinary project delivery. You will mentor teams, collaborate across internal units, and promote thought leadership to raise the firm’s profile. This is a chance to apply cutting-edge technologies and deliver high-impact infrastructure projects that serve communities.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days

Responsibilities

• Lead client relationship management and identify commercial opportunities in London and the Southeast
• Help win work via bids, tenders, and proposal development
• Drive thought leadership and visibility through social media and publicity channels
• Provide technical leadership across highways and complete streets projects and ensure high-quality deliverables
• Oversee project and programme delivery, ensuring compliance with standards, safety requirements, and AECOM procedures
• Manage resourcing and contribute to recruitment for local and wider teams
• Collaborate with internal teams across geographies and business lines
• Mentor staff, support professional development, and monitor team skills for best practices

Key requirements

• A relevant degree and Chartered status with a recognised professional institution or equivalent industry experience
• Proven experience in leadership, business development, client management, and project delivery

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• communication
• mentoring
• team collaboration

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