Interface Manager - – Major Transportation Infrastructure Delivery, Roads, Rail & Public Transp[...]

AECOM; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Career development via AECOM U.

Benefits package

Wellbeing events

Job summary

AECOM in Dublin seeks an ambitious Interface Manager to join its Transportation team. You will lead design and delivery across roads, rail, public transport and greenways, coordinating interfaces and stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of complex projects.

You will oversee security strategies, provide technical guidance, and mentor engineers while ensuring alignment with Irish/EU standards and HSSEQ requirements. Hybrid working and growth opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in interface, construction or PM for high-value infra projects.
• Degree in engineering or related discipline; Masters/Chartered highly desirable.
• Proven track record leading teams on complex roads/rail/public transport projects.
• Strong knowledge of Irish/European design standards and planning processes.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex infrastructure on time and on budget.
• Coordinate design and construction interfaces across packages for integrated delivery.
• Act as primary client and stakeholder liaison (TII, NTA, Local Authorities).
• Prepare, review technical reports, planning apps and tender documents.
• Ensure HSSEQ compliance and align deliverables with project goals.
• Drive efficiency, innovation, and digital delivery across projects.
• Develop interface strategy and document interactions across lifecycle.

Skills

Interface management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Design coordination

Project management

Engineering knowledge

Communication

Problem solving

Team mentoring

Risk management

Education

Engineering degree

Masters (desirable)

Chartered status (desirable)

Tools

MS Office

AutoCAD

Navisworks

Job description

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Job Description

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Shaping Ireland's Transport Future (Roads, Rail, Public Transport, and Greenways)

Accelerate Your Career in Infrastructure

AECOM is seeking an ambitious and driven Interface Manager with industry experience to join our expanding Transportation team in Dublin. This is an exciting opportunity for candidates eager to take the next step in their career, delivering multidisciplinary infrastructure projects that shape the future of Ireland’s transport landscape.

You will play a leading role in the design and delivery of projects across roads, rail, public transport, greenways, and enabling works, working alongside a collaborative and innovative team.

The Interface Manager is responsible for managing all interface activities throughout the project lifecycle, including logistics, construction integration, and stakeholder coordination. This role ensures seamless collaboration between contracts, systems, and stakeholders to deliver major projects efficiently and effectively.

The Interface Manager will also oversee security strategies and provide technical guidance to ensure compliance with project objectives, standards and goals. You will be critical in ensuring seamless integration and collaboration to deliver across all aspects of our major project portfolios including construction integration.

Join AECOM's thriving Transportation Team in Ireland—a 150+ strong professional network operating across Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Belfast. Due to significant growth fuelled by a robust pipeline of major infrastructure projects and programmes

This is a chance to move beyond routine design and play a crucial role in delivering complex, high-impact national infrastructure.

Your Role & Responsibilities:

• You will be ready to take the next step in your career, delivering and coordinating design packages on complex infrastructure programmes.
• Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex infrastructure projects to time, budget and quality.
• Drive best practices in technical activities, processes, and standards.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design and construction interfaces across packages to achieve fully integrated delivery.
• Act as primary point of contact, coordinating clients, contractors, and authorities (e.g., TII, NTA, Local Authorities) and ensuring clear interface communication.
• Support and coach engineers, contributing to AECOM’s culture of growth and continuous learning.
• Prepare and review design submissions, technical reports, planning applications and tender documentation in line with Irish/EU standards.
• Conduct and review site inspections, surveys, and technical assessments to inform design and construction processes.
• Ensure compliance with HSSEQ and deliverables to scope, time, cost and quality, aligned with AECOM standards.
• Support resource planning, programme management, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Champion innovation, sustainability, and digital delivery across all projects.
• Develop the interface strategy, define boundaries between work packages, and document how contracts, systems and stakeholders interact across the lifecycle
• Review any Interface Agreements to ensure alignment with project goals.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders, including TII, National Transport Authority, Local Authorities, and others.
• Ensure clear communication and collaboration with the Client and other interfacing stakeholders.
• Coordinate with project teams to ensure integration across various design and construction aspects.
• Provide technical support for construction supervision, testing, and final acceptance of works.

What we offer:

• Flexible hybrid working.
• A structured and transparent career model, allowing you to plan your progression with confidence and clarity.
• A merit led reward programme, recognising individual and team contributions to quality, safety and commercial successes.
• Career development opportunities via AECOM University and our industry leading Technical Excellence programme.
• A range of core and personalised benefits tailored to your lifestyle and well-being.
• Save As You Earn - Savings related share-option scheme.
• Charity & Community Activities – fundraising challenges, sponsored walks/runs, STEM outreach days, and local volunteering initiatives.
• Wellbeing Events – yoga sessions, wellness weeks, lunchtime walks/cycles, and mental health awareness activities.
• Sports & Clubs – five-a-side football, cycling groups, running, hiking and chess clubs, and participation in corporate challenge events and many more.
• Annual Celebrations – summer events, holiday celebrations, and recognition awards.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Typically 10+ years, with at least 5 years in interface, construction, or project management for high-value roads, rail or similar projects or relevant experience in the design and delivery of major roads, major public transport, light rail, rail, or enabling works projects. Or similar transferable experience from water, energy, or utilities sectors.
• Degree in engineering, construction, or project management or related discipline; Level 9 Masters and Chartered status is highly desirable.
• Proven track record leading teams to deliver complex, regulated infrastructure to programme and budget, including contractor coordination and interface management.
• Strong knowledge of Irish and European design standards, planning processes, and statutory requirements.
• Experience preparing and reviewing technical reports, drawings, specifications, and tender documents.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Proven track record in safety-critical and unionised environments.
• Expertise in driving efficiency, stakeholder management, and resolving unforeseen risks.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to create a collaborative culture and ensure high-quality service delivery.

Desirable experience / Qualifications:

• Project Management Qualifications, such as PMP
• Construction Manager Qualifications, such as CCM
• NEC3/4 ECC Supervision Accreditation
• OSHA Safety CertificationSix Sigma certification preferred.
• Membership in professional bodies (e.g., SCSI, RICS, CIOB, IEI, CIArb)

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 [e-mail]

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!

Additional Information

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM?

For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Siobhan Osborne

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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 [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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