Regional Director - Transport Planning

Job Description

The Role:

AECOM is seeking to appoint an individual into the role of Technical Director within our Transportation Consulting Team.

Our key clients include Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Irish Rail to whom we have provided transportation planning and engineering services for many years. Current and recent projects include:

• MetroLink Client Delivery Partner
• DART+ Business Case
• Adare Bypass
• BusConnects
• Luas expansion, including Luas Poolbeg and Luas Finglas
• Strategic planning and transport economic advice to TII
• Various greenways nationally
• Major Irish Rail schemes, including Limerick Junction upgrade
• Major TII Road schemes, including the N17, N4 and N25 upgrades
• Area Based Transport Assessments nationally
• Active travel and urban public realm projects nationally.

About You

Successful candidates will have a proven track record in the delivery of transport planning or engineering projects in Ireland and be fully conversant with the relevant technical standards.

You are a recognised leader in transportation consulting, with strong commercial awareness and a client-focused mindset. As a Transportation Consulting Leader, you will shape strategic relationships, identify growth opportunities, and influence the business to pursue the right opportunities in the market.

You have a strong track record of leading multidisciplinary teams and securing major commissions, from early client engagement and positioning through to bid management and project award. You thrive in fast-paced environments, combining strategic thinking with effective delivery.

As a leader, you foster a culture of high performance, engagement, and professional development, while ensuring the successful delivery of projects from inception through to completion.

Key Responsibilities

The Technical Director will be accountable for managing and growing the pipeline of work for Transportation Consulting, providing senior leadership on project delivery and achieving the operating performance indicators for the business.

Specifically, the Technical Director will:

• Lead and grow the Transportation Consulting team, fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous professional development.
• Provide effective line management, mentoring and coaching to team members, supporting capability development, succession planning and employee engagement.
• Champion technical excellence and quality across all project delivery, ensuring work is undertaken in accordance with relevant standards, best practice and AECOM quality management procedures.
• Drive project delivery and commercial performance, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, on time, within budget and to the highest standards of quality and client service.
• Develop, strengthen and expand strategic client relationships, positioning AECOM as a trusted advisor and partner of choice across the transport and development sectors.
• Work closely with Client Account Managers across AECOM Ireland to identify, shape and secure opportunities that support the growth of the Transportation Consulting business.
• Collaborate with Transportation Client Directors and the wider Work Winning community to deliver sustainable growth and achieve agreed business plan objectives.
• Ensure compliance with AECOM policies, governance requirements and risk management procedures, while promoting a strong culture of safety, ethics and integrity.
• Lead and be accountable for the overall operational, financial and people performance of the Transportation Consulting business, including utilisation, profitability, resource planning and technical capability.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Membership of a recognised professional body in an appropriate discipline.
• Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in an appropriate discipline.
• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Strong understanding of transport sector funding, policy frameworks and socio-political drivers.
• Flexibility to attend client meetings in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
• Experience of leading diverse teams on key projects of varying transport scope and scale.
• A proven track record in developing and growing client relationships.

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!

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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 ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@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.