Associate Sector Specialist - Urban Mobility - based in Luxembourg

European Investment Bank (EIB); Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

European Investment Bank (EIB) is recruiting for an Associate Sector Specialist - Urban Mobility at its Luxembourg headquarters. The role contributes to due diligence of transport and urban mobility projects, assessing technical, economic and financial viability while ensuring policy alignment and climate objectives.

You will join URBMOB within HCR, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across the Projects Directorate to support investment decisions and portfolio monitoring.

Qualifications

• University degree equivalent to Bachelor in civil or transport engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant infrastructure experience, transport sector preferred.
• Strong analytical and quantitative abilities; experience with economic and financial analysis is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in due diligence of transport and urban mobility projects and programmes.
• Assess technical, economic, financial viability and policy consistency.
• Support stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration.
• Contribute to monitoring, sector studies and data analysis for the division.
• Interact with EU institutions, promoters and advisory bodies as needed.

Skills

Urban mobility

Transport planning

Analytical thinking

Policy analysis

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor degree in civil or transport engineering

Tools

Excel

R

Python

Job description

This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment. We also offer relocation support. The EIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Projects Directorate (PJ), Housing, Cities and Regions Department (HCR), Urban Mobility Division (URBMOB), at its headquarters in Luxembourg, an Associate Sector Specialist - Urban Mobility*.

This is a full-time position at grade 4. The term of this contract will be 3 years.

Internal benchmark: Associate Sector Engineer

Panel interviews are anticipated for November.

Purpose

Join the EIB's Projects Directorate and contribute, as part of multidisciplinary teams, to the due diligence of transport and urban mobility projects and programmes. You will assess their technical, economic and financial viability, market relevance, policy consistency and expected impact in order to support robust EIB investment decisions and the Bank's EU Climate Bank mandate.

You will join the Urban Mobility Division (URBMOB) within the Housing, Cities and Regions Department (HCR) of the Projects Directorate and report to the Head of Division. You will work closely with sector and senior executive staff in the Department, as well as colleagues across other EIB services.

The Division manages a large and geographically diverse portfolio of operations, with a significant concentration of operations outside the European Union, including active operations in Ukraine. The role is likely to include work on this portfolio and may require travel to Ukraine in line with security requirements.

Operating Network

In this role, you will work closely with professional staff in the Urban Mobility Division and Housing, Cities and Regions Department, other teams in the Projects Directorate, and colleagues in Lending, Global and Portfolio Management and Monitoring. You will contribute within multidisciplinary teams throughout the appraisal and monitoring of transport and urban mobility operations.

You will also engage with firms, organisations, public authorities, European Union institutions, project promoters and other relevant counterparts, including through advisory assignments, selected sector events and project-related exchanges.

Accountabilities

The Following Activities Will Be Carried Out With The Backing And Under The Supervision Of Senior Experts, And Mainly In Support Of Their Work

• Assess and monitor the technical, economic, financial and environmental viability of capital investment projects and programmes in European Union Member States and other countries in which the Bank operates.
• Support the early screening of projects and programmes and assess their conformity with the EIB's Transport Lending Policy and any initiative-specific requirements.
• Contribute to the team's advisory activities for the implementation of the Bank's operations and for assignments under mandates managed by Projects Advisory, particularly ELENA, the European Local Energy Assistance programme for urban transport and mobility.
• Contribute to monitoring the implementation of projects financed by the EIB, in close cooperation with other relevant services, including Operations, Global and Portfolio Management and Monitoring.
• Contribute to sector studies, policy papers and analyses, support the maintenance and development of the Division's unit cost database, and assist senior colleagues and the Head of Division with horizontal sector tasks.

Qualifications

• University degree (minimum equivalent to a Bachelor degree) in civil or transport engineering, transport economics or another relevant technical discipline.
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in the infrastructure sector; experience in the transport sector would be an advantage.
• Strong analytical thinking skills.
• Experience in industry and/or technical or management consulting, as well as exposure to technology, market, and environmental analysis, would be considered an advantage.
• Experience of applied quantitative methods, economic and financial modeling, including cash flow modeling, cost-benefit analysis and risk analysis would be considered as an advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of English and/or French, with a good command of the other (**). (Knowledge of other languages, especially Ukrainian, Russian, German, Polish and Arabic, would be an advantage).

Competencies

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(**) Unless stated explicitly as a required qualification, a good command of French is not a pre-requisite for hire. As both English and French are however official working languages of the EIB, proficiency in both languages is a pre-requisite for your future career development. Any language clause in your contract must be fulfilled in order for you to be eligible for a promotion (either via the annual appraisal cycle or via an internal selection process). Proficiency is understood to mean the attainment of level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses, corresponding to B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). The Bank offers appropriate training support.

We hire and value talent with unique characteristics, creating a work environment where they can be themselves. We believe that Diversity, Equity and Inclusion makes us a performing and innovative organisation. We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation, disability or neurodiversity.

If you require reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process due to a disability, neurodivergence, or a chronic health condition, please contact the EIB Recruitment team [e-mail] who will manage your request appropriately.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position, you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorised disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

Deadline for applications: 27th of October 2026