Senior Consultant – Transport Planning… at AECOM · Edinburgh

Company Description

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

We are looking to recruit a Senior Consultant into the Master Planning & Urban Space team of our Transport Planning Business in either the St Albans (Hertfordshire) or London Aldgate offices.

You will work within a large, collaborative team and support the delivery of strategic transport planning projects across the UK and globally. Your role will be transport planning focusing on pedestrian modelling, working mostly with public sector clients, and providing technical advice. In this role you will work closely with our Principal Consultants and Associate Directors within the Master Planning & Urban Space team, you will be expected to guide and assist junior staff in effectively delivering project data. You will need to have knowledge and demonstrable experience of technically leading pedestrian modelling projects and be proficient with developing models, undertaking calibration and validation, producing reports and presentations, and have some experience of project management and supervisory skills.

AECOM has a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, a global reach and diversified market penetration. Our clients include national and local transport authorities, councils, private developers, and international clients. The successful Consultant will join a growing Transport Planning team that is actively involved in the delivery of projects and services to a range of both local and national clients including Network Rail, Transport for London, as well as a global reach in the sports and mega event space which offers the opportunity to work on a range of unique projects.

Job Duties

As a Senior Consultant, you will need to provide support to Principal Consultants and Associate Directors on technical, managerial and financial matters, and also provide support in mentoring junior staff in terms of enhancing their technical skills and professional development.

You will be expected to help prepare scope and fee estimates for new projects and to ensure projects are delivered to budget and that KPIs are met.

Person Specification:

• Safeguard - to operate ethically and with integrity, while prioritising safety and security in all you do.
• Be decisive - know how to prioritize, advocate focus and accountability.
• Be impactful - use clear and frequent communications, drive execution and results.
• Be client-focused - be collaborative, innovative and strategic.
• Be the role model - lead by example, demand excellence, maintain safety and integrity as top priorities.

Come grow with us.

We develop projects from concept through to operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear, multimillion-dollar projects for major rail and transit agencies. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project

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:

• Strong experience in using pedestrian modelling software such as Legion or Viswalk
• Good experience in data collection and data analysis
• Strong numerical and analytical skills and excellent working knowledge of MS Office tools
• Good ability to deal with complex modelling issues
• Previous experience in the delivery of modelling projects that encompass the needs of all relevant transport users
• Familiarity with relevant guidance e.g. NR SCPDM and TfL Best Practice Guidance – Modelling with LEGION and the Green Guide
• Relevant BSc/MSc/BEng Civil Engineering or Transport planning degree
• Supervision of workload and support to junior staff
• Client contact and liaison
• Experience in producing reports to a high technical standard
• Passionate about delivering high quality transport planning projects for our clients
• Excellent numeracy, verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of presenting to project teams
• Willingness to challenge in a positive and engaging manner
• Keen to work as part of a team and to develop and progress career development
• Takes responsibility for the health, safety and wellbeing of all staff

Desirable Skills

• Experience in using traffic microsimulation software
• Project management (delivering medium or large transport planning projects)
• Business development and proposal preparation

• Post-graduate qualifications
• Membership or working towards membership of a chartered professional institution e.g. CIHT, TPS, CILT
• Experience of delivering projects within budget

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 ReasonableAccommodations@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

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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.