Senior Active & Sustainable Transport Consultant /Engineer
- Full-time
- Business Group: DCS
- Legal Entity: AECOM Limited
- Business Line: Transportation
- Work Location Model: Hybrid
- Operating Group: International
- Primary Location: UK – Leeds
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.
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 (drainage, junctions, 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).
- Chartered or Incorporated Engineer CEng / IEng or support provided toward chartership.
- Recognised engineering qualification or preferably a degree in engineering.
- Knowledge of system interfaces and experience in technical engineering leadership which impact discipline design principles and demonstrate experience of successful management of interfaces within projects.
Key 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
Benefits and flexibility
- Core and personalized benefits designed to support your future and well-being.
- Career development opportunities.
- Flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work‑life balance that suits your lifestyle.
- Technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
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 ReasonableAdjustments@aecom.com.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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