Principal Engineer/ Senior Principal Engineer -Transport Planning

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Job Description

AECOM Enterprise Capability is actively seeking a creative, self-driven, talented Principal Engineer/ Senior Principal Engineer - Transportation Planning to join a large, dynamic, and highly technical team of planners, modelers, engineers, and technicians. The successful candidate will lead the transportation planning group and oversee the development of diverse types of transportation planning, modelling projects. There is an opportunity to engage in pioneering projects that utilize the latest technologies to improve all forms of transportation.  The responsibilities associated with this position encompass a diverse range of tasks, including but not limited to:

• Leading the projects technically to deliver intelligent and robust traffic engineering, transport planning, modelling and road safety solutions to meet the needs of our clients.
• Being accountable for traffic engineering and transport planning, modelling delivery and verification on a range of transport projects
• Mentor, guide teams to achieve technical requirements and deliver the projects.
• Good hands-on experience of Strategic, operational modelling software’s viz, Saturn, Vissim, Visum, SYNCHRO, Sydra and other relevant software’s applicable for multi regions
• Develop, nurture, and grow the delivery capacity and capability across teams.
• Handling projects and managing project teams to take up the works and motivate to deliver for exceptional outcomes.
• Be a Technical leader and supporting and mentoring the juniors to develop the skills. 
• Develop and evaluate alternative conceptual designs; consolidate project alternatives and recommendations from stakeholder inputs.
• Collaborate with Management in the development and execution of significant project pursuits and delivery.
• Establish relationships with external and internal clients, industry associations, potential consultant team members.
• Look for business opportunities and align the team towards the requirements to develop and grow in a sustainable way. 
• Participates in development of technical proposals for various regions and influence EC in all opportunities.
• Set quality procedures for each of the project and performs quality control reviews of work developed by others and creating a quality team.
• Hands on experience and exposure to international standards and guidelines to manage various reginal projects and guiding the teams
• Work towards adding new skills, develop the new portfolio of projects, diversify the skills and resources to manage the teams utilisation
• Involve in development of business with new regions, strengthen the relations and maintain the key stakeholders of regional leads and Project Manager’s

Qualifications

We are looking for a highly self-motivated and ambitious professional who can draw upon their extensive experience to deliver technical excellence across a variety of transportation projects. The successful applicant must have an in-depth understanding of traffic engineering, transport planning, modelling and road safety. In this key strategic senior role, you will bring:

• Master of Engineering (or equivalent education) in a Transportation Engineering discipline from an accredited college or university or Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering with relevant experience in Transportation planning/modelling. 
• Overall 8-13+ years of work experience is preferred.
• Prior experience of working in Global Design consultancy and leading Transport Planning teams in a global design consultancy firm is preferred.
• Experience in working in International projects of UK&I, ME, USA, ANZ and others
• Hands on experience of modelling software’s of strategic, operational modelling

Additional Information

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. #LI-FS1 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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.