Associate Director - Local Roads Traffic & Highways

What You’ll Do

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.

• Active travel and healthy streets
• Public transport, bus priority and BRT
• Urban realm and complex traffic engineering

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Relevant degree
• Chartered or working towards Chartered status
• Membership of a relevant professional institution

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 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 Reaso 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 Reasonab if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.