Technical Director – Highways and Infrastructure

Overview

As Regional Director / Technical Director, you lead delivery of complex transportation schemes in Ireland, overseeing multi-disciplinary teams and driving client relationships. You will work across Ireland and with UK teams to deliver major road, rail, and active-travel projects while upholding safety and quality. You shape project direction, manage performance, and contribute to AECOM’s mission to deliver a better world through infrastructure. This role offers strategic influence and visible impact on public infrastructure in ROI and NI.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• competitive compensation
• well-being programs
• diversity and inclusion commitments
• global firm with breadth of projects
• interdisciplinary collaboration across lines

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain client relationships and identify commercial opportunities
• Act as Project Director/Manager post-accreditation, monitoring financial performance
• Ensure technical quality aligns with project brief across multidisciplinary designs
• Support team upskilling, best practices, and innovation
• Manage career progression and recruitment within the Ireland Transportation team
• Lead business development through client meetings, briefs, and bids
• Collaborate with internal teams across Streets, Planning, Structures, Water, Power, Landscape
• Establish strong relationships with external stakeholders and clients
• Oversee delivery of feasibility to construction management for multi-discipline transportation projects
• Provide health, safety and wellness leadership on projects

Key requirements

• Track record in management and delivery of complex civils and/or transport projects
• Experience with roads and active travel design standards in the UK and Ireland
• Knowledge of contract forms used on the island of Ireland (including NEC, PWC)
• Commercial acumen in opportunities and risks management on projects
• Chartered status or ability to achieve with relevant degree (preferred)
• Willingness to work across AECOM offices in UK and Ireland

• leadership
• business development
• stakeholder management
• multi-disciplinary project delivery
• transport engineering design for roads/active travel
• quality assurance and project governance

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