Consultant Transportation Planner

AECOM; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in Belfast is seeking a Consultant Transport Planner to join our Transport Planning team and contribute to diverse projects across Northern Ireland. You will help deliver local transport plans, business cases, and major schemes, working with a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.

Hybrid working options and opportunities for professional development are provided to grow your network and deliver impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• You will have knowledge and demonstrable experience of a range of transport planning skills and with some experience of project management.
• Recent experience in business case development, transport plans, strategic transport studies, transport modelling or monitoring and evaluation would be advantageous, but more importantly we are looking for candidates with a curious mindset to assist clients in learning about ‘what works’ and why?
• We expect excellent written and oral communication skills which we will continue to develop.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of a range of transport planning studies including local transport plans and major transport schemes.
• Support monitoring and evaluation, active travel interventions and public transport strategies.
• Collaborate with a large, multidisciplinary team to deliver regional and national portfolio work.

Skills

Transport planning

Project management

Business case development

Transport modelling

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

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.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Are you ready to challenge the boundaries of what's possible?

We are seeking a Consultant Transport Planner to join our industry leading Transport Planning team to help deliver projects a diverse range of project. You would become an integral part of a respected team in Northern Ireland, with the role providing excellent career prospects and every opportunity for you to make your mark and influence the continuing sustainable growth of the regional transport planning team and wider AECOM business.

This role brings opportunity to engage in the delivery of a range of transport planning studies including (but not limited to) local transport plans, business case development, major transport schemes, monitoring and evaluation, active travel interventions and public transport strategies.

You will also be given the ability to pursue relevant business and technical training to support your career development as well as the freedom to grow your network and develop innovative solutions to chase new opportunities.

You will work within a large and collaborative team to support the delivery of a diverse range of Transport Planning work within our regional and national portfolio including:

• Department for Infrastructure
• Translink
• Transport Infrastructure Ireland
• National Transport Authority
• Local authorities

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• You will have knowledge and demonstrable experience of a range of transport planning skills and with some experience of project management.
• Recent experience in business case development, transport plans, strategic transport studies, transport modelling or monitoring and evaluation would be advantageous, but more importantly we are looking for candidates with a passionate about learning and have a curious mindset to assist clients in learning about ‘what works’ and why?
• We expect excellent written and oral communication skills which we will continue to develop.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10158399

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Planning

Work Location Model: Hybrid