**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.** AECOM’s Manchester office is seeking an **Associate Director** to lead the delivery of civil infrastructure projects across a range of commercial and residential developments, supporting the continued growth of the business. Our Business Unit is highly multidisciplinary, bringing together civil and highway engineers, structural, mechanical and electrical/process engineers, architects, project managers, and surveyors. We work across diverse market sectors including industrial and logistics development, airports, infrastructure regeneration, and projects for Government Agencies and Local Authorities. **Here’s what you’ll do:** + Act as Lead Engineer on medium to large-scale projects, managing and mentoring teams of 5–10 engineers and technicians. + Plan and manage workloads to ensure successful delivery to programme, budget, and quality standards. + Provide specialist technical input into studies and design work within your area of expertise. + Undertake quality assurance and technical reviews of work produced by others. + Prepare engineering cost estimates and programme schedules for large and complex projects. + Support business development activities within the unit, helping to secure new work within the property and development sectors. **Qualifications** **Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?** **Here’s what we’re looking for:** + Significant experience in UK development-led infrastructure engineering, typically gained within a private or consultancy environment. + A degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline. + Chartered Engineer status (MICE). + Strong technical knowledge of drainage design, including piped systems and SuDS, with experience in storage design and tools such as InfoDrainage. + Proven experience preparing contract drawings and specifications, and negotiating Sections 38, 278, 104, and 106 Agreements. **Additional Information** 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! Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! **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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. **ReqID:** J10144841 **Business Line:** B&P - Buildings & Places **Business Group:** DCS **Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India **Career Area:** Engineering **Work Location Model:** Hybrid