Senior Engineer – Active travel and Sustainable Transport

Overview

In this Senior Engineer role, you’ll lead the design and delivery of active travel, streetscape and cycling schemes across Ireland. You will provide technical leadership and assurance, guiding multidisciplinary inputs to meet best-practice standards. You’ll collaborate with clients, authorities and delivery partners to overcome design challenges and deliver high-quality outcomes for communities. The position offers hybrid working, professional development, and opportunities to shape sustainable transport across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working
• Professional development and training
• Career development via AECOM University
• Volunteer and STEM outreach activities
• Wellbeing events
• Sports & clubs

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, review and delivery of active travel, streetscape and cycling schemes
• Ensure designs meet standards such as NI Active Travel Design Guide, Cycling by Design, Cycle Design Manual, DMRB, TII Standards, SRW and MCHW
• Provide technical assurance and support across schemes in NI and ROI
• Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs (highways, drainage, structures, environmental, planning, urban design)
• Represent the Belfast Streets team in meetings, workshops and design reviews
• Mentor and supervise graduate engineers and support team growth and bid development

Key requirements

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) with ICE, EI, CIHT, or equivalent or demonstrable progress toward chartered status
• Post-graduate experience in design, supervision and management of active travel, streetscape or highway schemes
• Strong knowledge of active travel design standards and statutory processes
• Experience working with clients, local authorities and multidisciplinary teams

• Collaborative approach
• Mentoring and leadership
• Effective communication with diverse stakeholders
• Active travel design standards familiarity (NI Active Travel Design Guide, Cycling by Design, Cycle Design Manual, DMRB)
• DMRB, TII Standards, SRW and MCHW
• Technical leadership and design review

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