At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting traffic and sustainable transport projects, ensuring quality and client satisfaction.
- Company: Join AECOM, a leader in innovative engineering solutions with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, career development, and a range of personalised benefits.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on urban transport and inspire a high-performing team.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in transport projects and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
You’ll lead the delivery of a diverse portfolio of traffic and sustainable transport projects, acting as Project Director or Project Manager and ensuring outstanding technical quality, commercial performance, and client satisfaction. Just as importantly, you’ll help shape our future by building strong client relationships, identifying new opportunities, and leading bids that win exciting work. You’ll work closely with colleagues across AECOM’s UK & Ireland business, with opportunities to collaborate internationally.
Why this role is different:
- Active travel and healthy streets
- Public transport, bus priority and BRT
- Urban realm and complex traffic engineering
Your leadership impact:
- Inspire, manage, and develop a high‑performing project delivery team
- Act as a proactive Line Manager, supporting career progression and technical development
- Build strong working relationships across disciplines and business lines
- Champion best practice, innovation, and continuous improvement
Your technical expertise:
- Develop practical, high‑quality engineering solutions that move from concept through to construction‑ready detail
- Sustainable transport, including walking, cycling, and active travel
- Bus user priority and BRT schemes
- Municipal engineering and urban realm projects
- Collision analysis and road safety audits
- Comfortable working with DMRB, MfS, LTN guidance, MCHW, and local authority standards
What We’re Looking For:
- A proven track record delivering complex transport and streets projects
- Strong commercial acumen and demonstrable work‑winning experience
- Confidence leading bids, proposals, and fee submissions
- A natural collaborator with excellent client‑facing skills
- A self‑motivated leader ready to take the next step in their career
Qualifications:
- Relevant degree
- Chartered or working towards Chartered status
- Membership of a relevant professional institution
Why Join AECOM?
Enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well‑being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, flexible hybrid working, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. We celebrate diversity and inclusion. 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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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 with a disability or long‑term condition who meet the minimum criteria. Please let us know at ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
Associate Director - Local Roads Traffic & Highways in Ellon employer: AECOM
At AECOM, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation in the field of traffic and sustainable transport. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through tailored career development opportunities, flexible hybrid working arrangements, and a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion. Join us in shaping the future of urban mobility while enjoying a supportive environment that values your contributions and well-being.
