PrincipalCivil Engineer - Roads, Public Transport, & Greenways in Belfast

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Shaping Ireland's Transport Future (Roads, Public Transport, and Greenways) Accelerate Your Career in Infrastructure AECOM's Surface Transportation Team in Ireland is thriving due to significant growth led by a robust pipeline of major Roads, Public Transport and Greenways programmes. We are seeking a driven Principal Civil Engineer (or similar Principal Infrastructure Engineer) to join our transportation team in Ireland. We welcome applications from those with strong industry experience and the ambition to progress from their current role and lead the delivery of our national infrastructure projects.

Why AECOM in Ireland?

• Impactful Projects: Work on some of the most significant transport programmes across the island of Ireland, directly influencing how people move.
• Flexibility & Culture: You would be joining a young and dynamic team where we actively embrace our "Freedom to Grow" policy, offering genuine hybrid working options and flexible arrangements to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

Your Role & Responsibilities

You will:

• Be ready to take the next step in your career, delivering and coordinating design packages on complex infrastructure programmes.
• Lead technical design teams on a diverse range of projects from concept to construction stage.
• Deliver high quality deliverables and service to our clients, meeting our quality standards and their expectations within time and budget constraints.
• Work seamlessly within a multidisciplinary team, co-ordinating and challenging inputs from other disciplines.
• Work directly with clients, local authorities, and stakeholders, guiding them through technical challenges and relevant statutory approval processes.
• Develop our team, through mentoring of junior engineers and apprentices, contributing to AECOM's culture of growth and continuous learning.

What we offer:

• A robust and diverse portfolio of Roads, Public Transport and Greenway projects at various stages of delivery across the island of Ireland and UK.
• A structured and transparent career model, allowing you to plan your progression with confidence and clarity.
• Flexible hybrid working.
• A merit led reward programme, recognising individual and team contributions to quality, safety and commercial successes.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what's possible? Here's what we're looking for:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering or similar.
• Chartered Engineer, but we will consider strong candidates who demonstrate their progression toward Chartership soon.
• Significant post-graduate experience in relevant areas such as civil engineering, highways, rail, light rail, public transport, or greenways/active travel.
• Solid understanding of, and experience in, the use of relevant design standards in the UK and Ireland applicable to our projects.
• Ability to manage and lead teams of varying sizes and capabilities.

Come grow with us. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.