Associate Director - Roads, Public Transport, & Greenways, DublinClient: AECOMLocation: Dublin, IrelandJob Category: OtherEU work permit required: YesJob Reference: f8573d7466b6Job Views: 2Posted: 02.04.2025Expiry Date: 17.05.2025Job Description: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 well-established group, the candidate will provide technical, commercial, and team leadership to our multidisciplinary teams based on a 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 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 CorkBusConnects DublinNewry Southern Relief RoadA5 Western Transport CorridorDun Laoghaire Central Active Travel SchemeNTA Ballycoolin Bus DepotNTA Belgard Square Bus LayoverNTA National Bus Stops Design TeamGalway to Oughterard GreenwayDonegal GreenwaysWest Cork Greenway – Skibbereen SectionsN3 M50 to CloneeNewbridge Network Active Travel SchemeNaas Newbridge Interurban Active Travel SchemeM50 EMOS project, DublinHere’s what you’ll do:Deliver: A wide portfolio of Road projects from pursuit through to completion or single large-scale 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.Provide Expertise: Offer technical knowledge and expertise to the design team on all aspects of multi-disciplinary 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 multi-disciplinary 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.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.Qualifications:Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?Here’s what we’re 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.We celebrate diversity and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Siobhan Osborne.About AECOM: AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle. Our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023.Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity: You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.
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