Associate Director - Roads Public Transport Greenways
Associate Director - Roads Public Transport Greenways
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Start here. Grow here.
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.
Working within a wellestablished group the candidate will provide technical commercial and team leadership to our multidisciplinary teams which will be based on strong track record in the Roads & Greenways consultancy sector. You will be expected to interface in person with clients across Ireland.
We are looking for confidence in preparing feasibility studies preliminary and detailed designs and administration of contracts through construction and handover. You will have experience of road projects of various sizes with a particular 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. You will be responsible for working 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
Heres what youll do:
- Deliver: A wide portfolio of Road projects from pursuit through to completion or single largescale 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 multidisciplinary projects from conceptual phases to implementation.
- Ensure Quality: Working through the complexities of our Transportation projects you will hold our clients hands and overcome problems in unison when they inevitably arise.
- Collaborate: Leading a team of multidisciplinary engineers to deliver integrated designs and building 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.
Come grow with us.
We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear multimilliondollar projects. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project.
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:
- 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
- You will have a good working knowledge of contracts including PWC/GCC/ NEC/FIDIC preference for candidate who have acted (or supported) as employers rep or equivalent on works contracts above 5m and the associated dispute resolution processes.
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!
Additional Information :
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For further information about the role reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Siobhan Osborne
About AECOM
AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public and privatesector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.
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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
