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Associate Director

AECOM Edinburgh Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking an Associate Director to join our Highways and Complete Streets team in our Edinburgh office. The successful candidate will have experience in leading traffic, highways, and sustainable transport projects, and a strong track record in work winning and client leadership.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Developing and maintaining strong relationships with Scottish local authorities, regional partnerships, and national agencies
  • Leading and contributing to bids for Scotland-based frameworks and commissions
  • Overseeing project performance, commercial delivery, programme, and risk management across a portfolio of Scottish projects
  • Leading the technical development, direction, and quality of work outputs across complex traffic, transport, and sustainable infrastructure projects
  • Supporting the development and progression of team members across Scotland

The ideal candidate will have:

  • A strong track record in managing and delivering traffic engineering, sustainable transport, and highway design projects
  • Experience of construction stage support and contract management
  • Proven experience in leading bids and proposals
  • Demonstrable leadership skills with experience growing and managing high-performing teams
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to represent AECOM confidently with clients, partners, and stakeholders

We offer a range of core and personalized benefits, including career development opportunities, flexible hybrid working model, professional networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

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Skills

Required

  • traffic engineering
  • sustainable transport
  • highway design
  • project management
  • client leadership

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