Principal Civil Engineer (Roads & Transportation)

AECOM; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid & Flexible Working

AECOM University

Mentorship

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

AECOM's Streets Team in Dublin is seeking a Principal Engineer with a transportation background to lead major road, greenway and urban transport design from concept through construction.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, apply DMURS, Cycle Design Manual, and other Irish standards, engage with clients and stakeholders, and mentor junior engineers as part of a growth culture.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Significant experience in road, urban, or Active Travel infrastructure design.
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary design teams and manage project delivery.
• Working knowledge of Irish transport standards: TII Publications, DMURS, DMRB, and Cycle Design Manual.

Responsibilities

• Lead & Deliver: Manage design packages for major road, greenway, and urban transport schemes from concept to construction.
• Coordinate: Oversee multidisciplinary teams of engineers and technicians, ensuring seamless collaboration across drainage, structures, and environmental disciplines.
• Innovate: Apply the latest standards including DMURS, Cycle Design Manual, and TII Publications to create safe, people-focused transport solutions.
• Engage: Work directly with clients, local authorities, and stakeholders, guiding them through technical challenges and statutory approval processes (Part 8 / ABP / SID / EIA).
• Mentor: Support and coach junior engineers, contributing to AECOM's culture of growth and continuous learning.

Skills

Lead & Deliver

Coordinate

Innovate

Engage

Mentor

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

DMURS

DMRB

Cycle Design Manual

TII Publications

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

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to shape the future of transport in Ireland?

AECOM's Streets Team is growing rapidly, delivering some of the most exciting and sustainable infrastructure projects in the country.

We're looking for a Principal Engineer with a transportation background who's ready to lead, inspire, and make an impact, to join our growing office in Dublin following continued growth across our national and regional transport portfolio.

You’ll play a key role in designing and delivering transformative transport projects involving Active Travel, Greenways, Bus Priority and Road projects which are redefining how people move across Ireland.

What You’ll Do

• Lead & Deliver: Manage design packages for major road, greenway, and urban transport schemes from concept to construction.
• Coordinate: Oversee multidisciplinary teams of engineers and technicians, ensuring seamless collaboration across drainage, structures, and environmental disciplines.
• Innovate: Apply the latest standards including DMURS, Cycle Design Manual, and TII Publications to create safe, people-focused transport solutions.
• Engage: Work directly with clients, local authorities, and stakeholders, guiding them through technical challenges and statutory approval processes (Part 8 / ABP / SID / EIA).
• Mentor: Support and coach junior engineers, contributing to AECOM's culture of growth and continuous learning.

Why Join AECOM Ireland?

• Impactful Projects: Help deliver major high quality schemes across Ireland.
• Career Development: Structured pathway to chartership with mentoring, technical training, and leadership development through AECOM University and Mentorship .
• Hybrid & Flexible Working: Embrace our Freedom to Grow culture with genuine flexibility and work-life balance.
• Collaborative Culture: Join a 150+ strong, dynamic Surface Transportation team connected across Ireland and the UK.
• Benefits: Competitive package, including strong parental leave benefits, wellness initiatives, volunteering days, and opportunities for international collaboration.

Current & Upcoming Projects

• National Mobility Hubs Pilot
• Dun Laoghaire Central Active Travel Scheme
• Tullamore Active Travel Scheme
• NTA National Bus Stops Design Team
• Safe Routes to Schools across Ireland
• NTA Technical Advisor Projects
• Greenway projects
• BusConnects Cork
• Bandon Public Realm
• Glanmire Roads Improvement Scheme
• Skibbereen Public Realm
• Mallow Public Realm
• Liberty Square, Thurles Public Realm.

Come grow with us.

At AECOM, you'll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Significant experience in road, urban, or Active Travel infrastructure design.
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary design teams and manage project delivery.
• Working knowledge of Irish transport standards: TII Publications, DMURS, DMRB, and Cycle Design Manual.
• Experience with statutory planning and design approvals in Ireland.
• Experience with construction stage such as Site Supervision is ideal.

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

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

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About AECOM

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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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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Work Location Model

Hybrid