Senior​/Principal Engineer – Roads, Public Transport, and Greenways

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Shaping Ireland s Transport Future (Roads, Public Transport, and Greenways)

Accelerate Your Career in Infrastructure

AECOM s Surface Transportation Team in Ireland—a 150+ strong professional network operating across Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Belfast – is thriving due to significant growth fueled by a robust pipeline of major Greenways, Active Travel, and Public Transport programmes. We are seeking a driven Senior/Principal Civil (or Infrastructure) Engineer to join our 50+ strong Highways team in Belfast. We welcome applications from those with a strong industry experience and the ambition to progress from their current role and lead the delivery of our national infrastructure projects.

We can offer you the technical, commercial experience on projects and a structured development approach to shape you into an AECOM certified Project Manager that will lead our projects for our clients.

• Impactful Projects:
  Work on some of the most significant transport programmes across the island of Ireland, directly influencing how people move. Our current portfolio includes:
• Major Road Schemes: A24 Ballynahinch Bypass (Co. Down), N54 Tullybryan Realignment (Co. Monaghan) M21 Adare Bypass Phases 1 and 2 (Co. Limerick), Carlow Southern Relief Road & Multi Modal Corridor (Co. Carlow), N4 Mullingar to Longford (Co. Westmeath and Co. Longford).
• Public Transport and Greenways:
  Delivery teams for the TII Luas Programme, the NTA Bus Connects Programme, and a vast programme of Greenways (>300km) in the Republic of Ireland for TII and Local Authorities, including major greenway schemes like Barnesmore Gap Greenway in County Donegal.
• Multidisciplinary Exposure:
  Gain hands-on experience across the entire project lifecycle, from early feasibility and statutory consent through to detailed design, construction support, and contract administration.
• Structured Career Progression:
  We are deeply committed to your professional trajectory. The successful candidate will be actively supported on their path to becoming a certified Project Manager for AECOM, including:
• Mentorship and coaching from our project management experts.
• Formal technical, project management, and leadership training through AECOM University.
• Exposure to client account management, project commercial management and work-winning processes to broaden your professional skillset.
• Flexibility & Culture:
  You would be joining a young and dynamic team where we actively embrace our "Freedom to Grow" policy, offering genuine hybrid working options and flexible arrangements to ensure a healthy work-life balance. We prioritise candidates with the right behaviours and drive over specific current skillsets, investing significantly in training the next generation of engineers.

• Be ready to take the next step in your career, delivering and coordinating design packages on complex infrastructure programmes.
• Lead technical design teams on a diverse range of projects from concept to construction stage, including:
• Major highway projects (to DMRB UK & Ireland Standards).
• Bus infrastructure projects (to LTN 1/24, NTA standards)
• Greenway/active travel projects (to Cycling by Design/TII DMRB).
• Deliver…