Senior Active & Sustainable Transport Consultant /Engineer

**Company Description** **Work with Us. Change the World.** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. **Job Description** **Start here. Grow here.** Are you passionate about creating healthier places to live and enabling use of sustainable transport? Are you an experienced engineer ready to take the next step in your career? AECOM’s Leeds based Streets team is looking for a Senior Engineer (Active and Sustainable Transport) to lead the design and delivery of innovative active travel, public transport, traffic engineering, and urban realm projects across Leeds, West Yorkshire and beyond. This is your opportunity to shape safer, greener, and more inclusive transport networks that have a real impact on communities. You will be joining a strong team who are recognised as market leaders in the transportation sector, working across all stages of project development and delivery, from feasibility through to construction. More than that, we are an approachable, supporting and encouraging team who strive to work collaboratively with colleagues, clients and stakeholders. **Here’s what you’ll do:** As a Senior Engineer (Active and Sustainable Transport) you’ll take a leading role in the development of scheme solutions from concept through to detailed design and implementation. You’ll manage technical outputs, mentor junior staff, directly engage with Clients, and take responsibility for the successful delivery of high-quality outputs. Examples of some previous & current projects: + **Riverside Path, York City Council** + **Active Travel Routes: Westmorland and Furness / Cumberland Council** + **Northern Gateway Active Travel and Public Concept Designs** + **Wakefield Bus and Cycle Priority Corridors (north and south)** + **Normanton Safer Routes to Schools** **Key responsibilities and requirements:** + Lead the design and delivery of active travel, public transport, general traffic engineering and urban realm schemes. + Prepare and review technical outputs including drawings, reports, and specifications. + Deliver all work in accordance with project briefs, design standards, and regulatory requirements. + Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across AECOM and external stakeholders. + Delegate and coordinate tasks for graduates and technicians, supporting their development. + Manage project timelines, budgets, and quality standards. + Champion Health & Safety best practices, including CDM responsibilities. + Report regularly to the Principal Engineer or Project Manager on progress and risks + Proven experience in scoping, concept, preliminary, and detailed design of active travel and traffic engineering schemes. + Strong knowledge of design elements for active travel design and general traffic engineering (such as drainage, junctions, and carriageway improvements). + Working knowledge of relevant design standards including LTN 1/20, TSRGD, Manual for Streets, DMRB, and the Traffic Signs Manual. + Familiarity with active travel design auditing procedures including Active Travel England’s scheme review tools. + Proficiency in Civils 3D (desirable), AutoCAD and Microsoft Office (essential). + Proficiency in other software design packages, active mode appraisal tools and guidance advantageous. E.g. GIS, ReMix, Propensity to Cycle Tool (PCT), Inclusive Mobility Guidance, Equity Impact Assessment. **Come grow with us.** And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, **our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle** , technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days **Qualifications** **Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?** _Here’s what we’re looking for:_ + Chartered or Incorporated Engineer CEng / IEng or Support will be provided towards chartership. + Recognised engineering qualification or preferably a degree in engineering + Knowledge of system interfaces and experience in technical engineering leadership which impact on discipline design principles and demonstrate experience of the successful management of interfaces within projects. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. 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 us at ReasonableAdjustments@aecom.com. 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** Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! \#STAP **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 ReasonableAccommodations@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. **ReqID:** J10150227 **Business Line:** Transportation **Business Group:** DCS **Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India **Career Area:** Engineering **Work Location Model:** Hybrid