Associate Director - Transportation

AECOM; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000

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Company Description

Growth. Work winning hire to facilitate Manchester growth and project delivery.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Our Streets Team have a vacancy in our central Manchester office for an Associate Director with relevant experience in leading the delivery of a broad range of traffic and highway engineering projects and being responsible for work winning activities. The successful candidate will share our ethos of developing impactful design solutions and delivering high levels of service to assist with the growth of our Manchester and Northern Streets business by enhancing existing and developing new client relationships.

The Streets team provide feasibility, concept, preliminary and detailed design, community engagement, project delivery and construction management services on a wide range of multi-discipline transportation and urban realm projects. 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.

The role would suit a self-motivated individual looking to advance their career. In addition to delivering work within the local office, the role will involve working closely with other AECOM teams across the northern region and across the wider UK & Ireland business, with opportunity for international working.

Key Responsibilities:

• Client relationship building - develop sound client relationships, being alert to commercial opportunities, identifying emerging opportunities and developing strategies to fully exploit them.
• Work winning - prepare detailed proposals, client briefs and fee proposals and contribute to or lead bids. Working with colleagues to deliver marketing and business development objectives in both the local region and nationally.
• Project leadership - act as a Project Director and Project Manager including monitoring financial performance and key performance indicators.
• Technical leadership - ensure technical content and quality of output produced is in line with the project brief.
• Team management - manage career progression of line reports and support team skills to ensure they are up to date with current best practice, techniques, and innovation.
• Team leadership - support the Streets North senior management team, including deputising for the Streets Manchester Team Leader as required.
• Internal relationship building - establish strong working relationships with other internal teams across AECOM's business lines.

Qualifications

Here's what we're looking for:

• A successful track record in the management and delivery of a portfolio of traffic engineering projects, particularly sustainable infrastructure projects and roads/traffic engineering projects.
• A successful track record of delivery of bids and proposals and proven ability to manage and grow a team, with strong leadership skills.

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

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. 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.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.