Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
Lead the way in sustainable transport and join AECOM as a Highways & Traffic Senior Engineer in Liverpool.
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? AECOM’s Liverpool based Streets team is looking for a Senior Engineer to help design and delivery of innovative traffic engineering, active travel, public transport priority and urban realm projects across the North-West region and beyond. This is your opportunity to shape safer, greener, and more inclusive transport networks that have a real impact on communities.
We’re seeking a proactive and technically capable Senior Engineer who is passionate about improving transport infrastructure and public spaces. You’ll bring a mix of design expertise, communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
You will be joining a strong team who are recognised as market leaders in the transportation sector including in active travel, public transport, bus priority and general traffic engineering. More than that, we are an approachable, supporting and encouraging team who strive to work collaboratively with colleagues, clients and stakeholders.
Here’s what we’re looking for:
As a Senior Engineer you will develop scheme solutions from concept through to detailed design and implementation. You will manage technical outputs, mentor junior staff, directly engage with Clients, and take responsibility for the successful delivery of high-quality outputs.
Key responsibilities and requirements:
* Lead the design and delivery of general traffic engineering, Active Travel, public transport priority and urban realm schemes.
* Familiarity with relevant design standards including TSRGD, Manual for Streets, DMRB, and the Traffic Signs Manual.
* Prepare and review technical outputs including drawings, reports, and specifications.
* Ensure all work meets project briefs, design standards, and regulatory requirements.
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across AECOM and external stakeholders.
* Delegate and coordinate tasks for engineers, graduates and technicians, supporting their development.
* Manage project timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
* Champion Health & Safety best practices, including CDM responsibilities.
* Report regularly to the Principal Engineer or Project Manager on progress and risks
* Proven experience in scoping, preliminary, and detailed design of highway and traffic engineering schemes.
* Strong knowledge of design elements such as drainage, junctions, and carriageway improvements with supporting proficiency in AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, support design packages such as KeyLINES, KeySIGN, swept path analysis (Autodesk vehicle tracking software
Come grow with us
Let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
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 ReasonableAccommodations@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!
Qualifications
* A relevant degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
* Working towards (or already achieved) Incorporated or Chartered status with a professional institution.
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 world’s 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 private-sector 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 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 a Disability Confident Employer 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 address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.