Principal Engineer - Highways and Active Travel

The Liverpool office has an established track record of successfully delivering road schemes and works closely with other disciplines from Bridges Geotechnical Environment Transport Planning and Development Sectors. The team workload ranges from feasibility studies preliminary / detail design and onsite management working with mainly public sector clients.

We are currently looking for a Principal Engineer to support a variety of highway and traffic engineering projects. The role will suit a selfmotivated individual who is aspiring to take a lead role in project delivery and manage dynamic teams delivering high quality projects mainly covering:

• Optioneering concept preliminary and detail design associated with all aspects of highway improvement schemes
• Contract preparation
• Active travel design
• Bus priority
• Supporting OBC design
• Traffic Regulation Order preparation
• Site management opportunities

Job Responsibilities:

• To be commercially aware and able to lead a team of 35 engineers and technicians to programme workloads and successfully deliver projects to time budget and quality
• Provide wide ranging Highways and Traffic engineering design and project management expertise to delivery multidisciplined schemes and manage small and medium work packages and projects
• Interface with the Client as necessary to deliver the work
• Experience in the preparation of contract drawings and specifications and writing contract documents and technical reports
• Responsibility for managing the workloads and technical oversight of small team of junior engineers and technicians
• Coaching mentoring and developing the team
• Being Project Manager for multiple projects while delivering on specific project outcomes in relation to time budget and quality required
• Reviewing of project deliverables before they are issued
• Be part of a bidding team when required and contribute to work winning and to undertake business development to win new business 
• To be able to produce and have knowledge in the design of highways access roads and infrastructure of projects including the design of road geometry earthworks pavements drainage and underground services

Current & Upcoming Projects:

A few examples include:

• Continuing work with Liverpool City Council who we have been delivering projects for over the past 6 years. We are on the Liverpool City Council PSF and are currently working on The Strand Phase 2 and Anfield High Street.
• Exciting longterm works lined up over the next 10 years with KMBC covering a wide range of engineering principles and disciplines.
• Working with WBC on their BSIP delivering the construction package for the A49 project and various active travel schemes through their LUF.

Each team member has a development plan to provide a clear pathway to personal development and career progression. The team provides technical leadership of projects throughout the scheme lifecycle from optioneering concept preliminary and detailed stage designs. Our clients are many and varied from both the private and public sector and include the major custodians of the Liverpool City Region. 

Come grow with us.

We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear varying scale projects for local authorities in the North West.

And lets not forget about the perks at AECOM. Youll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and wellbeing customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a worklife balance that suits your lifestyle technical practice networks AECOM University and volunteering days.

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

• Significant highway / traffic engineering experience
• Degree in Civil Engineering or similar
• Chartered (or near chartered) Engineer and member of a professional Institution.

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

At AECOM we value everyones 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!

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or longterm condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industryleading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or longterm condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.