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Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
Our Streets Scotland team is seeking a Senior Engineer to join our Glasgow office, supporting the delivery of a growing portfolio of transport, active travel, and traffic engineering projects across Scotland. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping sustainable transport solutions for our public‑sector clients, including multiple Scottish local authorities, regional transport partnerships, and national agencies.
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 and requirements:
Project Delivery
1. Lead the technical delivery of feasibility, concept, preliminary, and detailed design projects across active travel, traffic engineering, public transport priority, road safety, junction improvements, and wider Streets initiatives.
2. Produce and review drawings, design reports, calculations, and technical notes to high quality standards.
3. Ensure all work complies with relevant Scottish and UK standards, guidance, and governance processes.
Project Management
4. Manage small to medium‑sized projects or work packages, including programme, budget control, risk management, and quality assurance.
5. Support Project Managers and senior leaders on larger multi‑disciplinary commissions.
6. Assist in project planning, work allocation, and coordination with our EC teams
Client Engagement
7. Build and maintain strong working relationships with Scottish local authority clients and framework partners.
8. Respond proactively to client needs, ensuring high levels of communication, responsiveness, and quality.
9. Represent AECOM at meetings, workshops, and site visits.
Technical Leadership
10. Provide technical input, oversight, and checking of work produced by junior and mid‑level engineers.
11. Contribute to design best practice, innovation, and continuous improvement across the Streets Scotland discipline.
12. Support the development of design tools, templates, and technical processes.
Team Support and Collaboration
13. Assist in mentoring and supporting graduate engineers, technicians, and apprentices.
14. Collaborate closely with colleagues across Transport Planning, Structures, Environment, and other disciplines.
15. Work seamlessly with our EC colleagues, ensuring clarity of instruction, consistency of output, and efficient project delivery.
Work Winning and Business Support
16. Support preparation of bids, proposals, fee estimates, and client briefs.
17. Contribute to business development activities and framework delivery (e.g., Scotland Excel, City of Edinburgh Council, and local authority commissions).
What we offer:
18. Flexible hybrid working
19. Professional development support, mentorship schemes, and training agreements with major engineering institutions.
20. Career development opportunities via AECOM University, technical practice networks, and volunteering days.
21. A range of core and personalised benefits tailored to your lifestyle and well-being.
22. Charity & Community Activities – fundraising challenges, sponsored walks/runs, STEM outreach days, and local volunteering initiatives.
23. Wellbeing Events – yoga sessions, wellness weeks, lunchtime walks/cycles, and mental health awareness activities.
24. Sports & Clubs – five-a-side football, cycling groups, hiking clubs, and participation in corporate challenge events and many more
25. Annual Celebrations – summer events, holiday celebrations, and recognition awards.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
26. Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
27. Demonstrable experience delivering transport, highways, active travel, or traffic engineering projects.
28. Strong understanding of relevant design standards (DMRB, TSRGD, Traffic Signs Manual, Cycling by Design, LTN 1/20, etc.).
29. Experience managing tasks, programmes, or small projects.
30. Strong communication skills, including technical writing and client interaction.
31. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Desirable
32. Chartered or working toward professional qualification (CEng / IEng).
33. Experience working with Scottish public‑sector clients.
34. Familiarity with GIS, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, or traffic modelling/analysis tools.
35. Experience coordinating with offshore design teams.
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
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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10145925
Business Line: Transportation
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid