AECOM
Senior Consultant - Transport Planning

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
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Job Description
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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 and/ or traffic microsimulation 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/ traffic microsimulation 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.
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Qualifications
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Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Relevant BSc/MSc/BEng Civil Engineering or Transport planning degree
- Membership or working towards membership of a chartered professional institution e.g. CIHT, TPS, CILT
- Keen to work as part of a team and to develop and progress career development
- Experience in using pedestrian modelling software such as LEGION and/ or traffic microsimulation software such as Vissim
- Project management (delivering medium or large transport planning projects)
- Business development and proposal preparation
- Experience of delivering projects within budget
- 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
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 [email protected]
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!
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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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
State/Province: London, City of
Business Group: DCS
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited
Business Line: Transportation
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Operating Group: International
Primary Location: UK - London - Aldgate Tower
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