Senior Associate Director Transport Planner (Dublin / Cork / Belfast)

Here's what you'll need

• Degree qualified in a relevant discipline (or equivalent), with extensive experience in transport planning and a proven track record of successful project delivery
• Chartered professional (or equivalent), or working towards Chartered status, with a strong commitment to CPD (e.g., Engineers Ireland, CIHT, TPP, CEng)
• A strategic, solution-focused mindset, with the ability to take a broad view of transport challenges and collaboratively shape options with clients and stakeholders
• Strong technical credibility combined with the ability to lead teams, set direction, and provide mentoring and technical assurance
• Broad experience across transport planning specialisms, such as scheme feasibility, transport assessments, modelling, business case development, public transport, and active travel
• Proven experience in project and commercial management, including programme delivery, budget control, resourcing, quality assurance, and risk management
• A strong client focus, with experience developing relationships, contributing to tenders, and supporting market and account growth
• A flexible and adaptable approach, with enthusiasm for innovation, new technologies, and shaping the future of transport and mobility

Benefits

At Jacobs, we recognise that our people are our greatest asset. In return for your expertise and leadership, we offer a highly competitive and flexible employment package designed to support your career, wellbeing, and life beyond work.

• Competitive salary and bonus aligned with senior leadership responsibilities
• Flexible working arrangements, supporting hybrid and agile ways of working
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Generous annual leave allowance, with opportunities to purchase additional leave
• Paid professional membership fees and strong support for continuing professional development and chartership
• Clear pathways for career progression, with opportunities to progress within Ireland, the UK, and across Jacobs’ global network
• Access to significant, high-profile projects that shape the future of transport and mobility
• Opportunities for client secondments, reflecting our trusted partnerships with key organisations
• Inclusive, values-led culture where diversity, collaboration, and innovation are actively encouraged

Joining Jacobs

At Jacobs, you’ll join a connected global community of experts working on some of the most important infrastructure and mobility challenges of our time—where your leadership will be valued, your ideas heard, and your career supported for the long term.

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion, and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means, and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences, and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice, and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging. Find out more about our Jacobs Employee Networks here.

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As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

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