Senior Pavement Engineer

Overview

In this Senior Engineer role, you will lead technical work within AECOM’s pavement engineering and construction materials practice, serving airports, ports, highways, and related transport projects. You will own technical tasks, shape design decisions, and review others’ outputs, contributing to project scoping and delivery. Your work will combine independent judgment with collaboration across disciplines to drive quality and efficiency. You’ll join a global team that values diversity, development, and impact, offering opportunities to progress toward chartership and broaden your technical scope.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working
• core and personalised benefits
• charity & community activities
• wellbeing events
• sports & social clubs
• annual celebrations

Responsibilities

• Lead technical tasks or small work packages within projects
• Deliver pavement design, assessment, back analysis, and materials-related work with limited supervision
• Form a technical view by interrogating standards and seeking peer input when needed
• Review and check technical outputs from engineers and other senior engineers
• Provide input to project scope, fee estimates, and resourcing discussions
• Support site-based activities including inspections and issue resolution
• Apply engineering judgment when information is incomplete or constrained by schedule or budget
• Contribute to improving tools, workflows, and data outputs

Key requirements

• Engineering degree or equivalent; progress toward Chartered status valued
• Extensive professional experience in related engineering field at Senior Engineer level
• Experience in pavement engineering and construction materials (asphalt, aggregates, concrete, soils) across airports, ports, highways or related infrastructure
• Ability to engage in technical discussions with clients and project teams

• Client engagement and communication
• Collaborative teamwork across disciplines
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Pavement design and evaluation
• Construction materials knowledge (asphalt, aggregates, concrete, soils)
• Standards, specifications, and guidance interpretation

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