* Primary Location: UK - Glasgow - 177 Bothwell Street
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Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
As a Senior Engineer in our Streets Scotland team, you will lead and deliver multi‑disciplinary streets projects for public sector clients across Scotland. Typical commissions include Active Travel corridors, Park & Ride and interchange improvements, junction upgrades, public transport priority and bus corridors, traffic signals, traffic management, and road safety interventions. You will manage projects from early option development through detailed design and delivery support, ensuring safe, inclusive, carbon‑aware and cost‑effective outcomes.
Here’s what we’re looking for:
You will work within a collaborative, supportive team recognised for delivering high‑quality design, technical excellence, and strong client relationships. The role provides opportunities for leadership, project coordination, mentoring junior staff, and working closely with our Engineering colleagues in India.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the technical design and checking of streets projects (concept, preliminary, detailed design, and delivery support).
* Prepare and review designs, drawings, schedules, and specifications (AutoCAD/Civil 3D), including horizontal/vertical alignment, traffic signs/lining, drainage interfaces, kerbing, surfacing, and furniture.
* Develop traffic engineering solutions (signal control, bus priority, junction optimisation, safety mitigation, parking/loading strategies, TRO support).
* Coordinate road safety considerations across the project lifecycle, including RSA inputs (informed by GG 119) and human factors.
* Produce clear technical notes, design reports, stage reports, cost estimates, BoQs, risk registers and H&S/CDM deliverables.
Standards & Assurance
* Apply relevant Transport Scotland/DMRB, Cycling by Design, Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD), Traffic Signs Manual, National Roads Development Guide, Inclusive Mobility/accessible design, Sustrans guidance, and local authority standards.
* Embed CDM 2015 responsibilities, road safety best practice, quality assurance and design approvals with robust audit trails.
Project & Stakeholder Management
* Plan and manage scope, programme, resources, risks, change, and budget for small to medium projects/work packages.
* Lead multi‑disciplinary inputs (e.g., geo/environmental, structures, drainage, lighting, landscape, EIA/SEA as required).
* Engage with public sector clients (local authorities, regional transport partnerships, Transport Scotland) and interface with statutory bodies (utilities, police, bus operators, Sustrans, community groups).
* Support and occasionally lead public/stakeholder engagement, including workshops, drop‑ins, and committee/reporting briefings.
Team & Business Contribution
* Mentor and line‑support Engineers/Graduates/Technicians, contributing to a supportive learning culture.
* Contribute to bids, fee proposals, frameworks, and pipeline development, including programme, methodology, and risk narratives.
* Promote digital delivery (CDEs, model-based design, GIS, data‑led analysis) and continual improvement.
What we offer:
* Flexible hybridworking
* Professional development support, mentorship schemes, and training agreements with major engineering institutions.
* A range of core and personalised benefits tailored to your lifestyle and well‑being.
* Charity & Community Activities– fundraising challenges, sponsored walks/runs, STEM outreach days, and local volunteering initiatives.
* Wellbeing Events– yoga sessions, wellness weeks, lunchtime walks/cycles, and mental health awareness activities.
* Sports & Clubs– five-a-side football, cycling groups, hiking clubs, and participation in corporate challenge events and many more
* Annual Celebrations– summer events, holiday celebrations, and recognition awards.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
* Degree in Civil Engineering, Transport Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
* Demonstrable experience delivering street/transport projects for public sector clients in Scotland or the UK.
* Strong in geometric design and traffic engineering; proficient in AutoCAD (and competent in Civil 3D or willing to upskill quickly).
* Working knowledge of DMRB, Cycling by Design (Scotland), TSRGD, Traffic Signs Manual, CDM 2015, NEC contracts, and GG 119 principles.
* Experience with signal design/assessment and junction modelling using at least one of: LinSig, TRANSYT, SIDRA, Junctions 9/10, VISSIM or Aimsun (overview level acceptable if depth is in another tool).
* Proven ability to plan and manage tasks, coordinate multi‑disciplinary inputs, and deliver to programme and budget.
* Full UK driving licence (site visits).
* Chartered or working toward professional qualification (CEng / IEng).
* Experience in Active Travel design (segregated facilities, junction protection, inclusive design audits, LTN 1/20 principles where relevant alongside Cycling by Design).
* Knowledge of bus priority (SCOOT/MOVA integration, signal priority strategies, queue relocation, boarding/alighting optimisation, stops/stands/layover).
* Familiarity with utilities (NRSWA/SRWR), traffic regulation orders, construction phasing/traffic management, and site supervision.
* Competency in GIS (ArcGIS/QGIS), Power BI/data visualisation, and common data environments (e.g., BIM 360, ProjectWise).
* Experience with carbon assessment, whole‑life cost, and sustainability tools or methodologies (e.g., PAS 2080).
* Road Safety Audit experience or training.
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 atReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com
At AECOM, we value everyone's 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
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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 you’re 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 well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
We are aDisabilityConfidentEmployer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email addressReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through theDisabilityConfidentInterview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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