Highways & Traffic Engineer

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Shape the Future of Transport in the South West Join AECOM as a Highways & Traffic Engineer in Bristol

Are you ready to make a tangible impact on the streets and communities in the South West AECOMs Bristol-based Streets team is looking for a talented and driven Engineer to help design and deliver innovative traffic engineering and urban realm projects. From concept to construction youll play a key role in shaping safer more sustainable and people-friendly transport networks for local authorities and national clients.

As part of a collaborative and multi-disciplinary team youll contribute to high-profile projects for clients such as the West of England Combined Authority Bath and North East Somerset Council Cardiff Council and Wessex Water and contribute to major frameworks including WECA PSF2 and SEWTAPS. Whether its improving cycling infrastructure calming traffic in busy neighborhoods or enhancing public spaces your work will directly improve how people move and live.

Heres what youll do:

As an Engineer in our Bristol Streets team youll be involved in the full project lifecyclefrom feasibility through to detailed design and delivery. Youll work on a diverse portfolio of traffic engineering local transport and urban realm schemes collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and contributing to projects that make a real difference to communities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop preliminary and detailed designs for traffic engineering streetscape and local highway schemes.
• Prepare high-quality technical outputs including drawings reports and specifications.
• Ensure all designs meet relevant standards regulations and client expectations.
• Collaborate with engineers planners and technicians across AECOMs business lines.
• Support and mentor team members helping to delegate and coordinate tasks.
• Deliver work to agreed timescales budgets and quality standards.
• Promote and apply Health & Safety best practices including CDM responsibilities.
• Provide regular updates to the Principal Engineer or Project Manager on project progress.

What Were Looking For

Were seeking a proactive and technically capable engineer who is passionate about improving transport infrastructure and public spaces. Youll bring a mix of design expertise communication skills and a collaborative mindset

What we offer:

• Flexible hybridworking to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle.
• Professional development support and mentorship schemes.
• Career development opportunities via AECOM University and technical practice networks.
• A range of core and personalised benefits tailored to your lifestyle and well-being customized to fit your lifestyle.
• Volunteering days 2 days per year to volunteer in STEM or charitable initiatives.
• Wellbeing Events yoga sessions wellness weeks lunchtime walks and mental health awareness activities.
• Sports & Social Club monthly office-wide social activities plus Streets team events
• Annual Celebrations summer events holiday celebrations and recognition awards.

If youre looking for a place where your ambition meets endless possibility AECOM is where your next big leap begins.

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

• Experience in developing feasibility preliminary and detailed designs for local roads and traffic schemes.
• Familiarity with design elements such as alignment drainage pavements road restraint systems signage and markings.
• Knowledge of cycling infrastructure traffic calming junction design and footway/carriageway improvements.
• Understanding of relevant design standards including TSRGD Manual for Streets DMRB and the Traffic Signs Manual.
• Awareness of Health & Safety and CDM regulations.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BSc BEng or MEng in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.

Come grow with us.

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

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.

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 worlds 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 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 youre 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. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll 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 persons potential and well 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.

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

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1