Senior Transportation Leader

About the role

AECOM is seeking a Senior Transportation Leader to support and lead exciting transportation infrastructure projects in St. Louis, Missouri. This role will play a key leadership position in expanding AECOM’s Surface Transportation presence throughout Missouri and the greater Midwest region.

Responsibilities

• Continue to strengthen and expand client relationships within Missouri’s Surface Transportation market, specifically with public sector transportation agencies and municipal clients.
• Support the growth of AECOM’s transportation business with a focus on highway, bridge, and infrastructure design projects throughout Missouri and surrounding states.
• Develop and maintain exceptional customer relationships with agencies such as the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, East-West Gateway Council of Governments, and local municipalities.
• Lead project pursuits, proposal development, interviews, and presentations for large and complex transportation infrastructure opportunities.
• Cook up with regional and national transportation leadership teams to position AECOM for strategic growth initiatives.
• Identify, pursue, and win transportation and infrastructure design projects for highway, bridge, roadway, and multimodal programs.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and ambassador for AECOM through participation in industry organizations, conferences, and client-sponsored events.
• Develop marketing strategies, identify market trends, and align AECOM capabilities with client transportation priorities and funding opportunities.
• Drive project performance and oversee the successful delivery of a portfolio of transportation projects.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure technical excellence, quality delivery, and client satisfaction.
• Mentor and support the development of junior engineering and project management staff.
• Cook up with operations leadership to achieve strategic growth goals and strengthen AECOM’s transportation presence in Missouri.

Qualifications

• BA/BS + 10 Years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or related discipline and 10+ years of related transportation engineering and project management experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• 20+ years of experience in the Transportation Industry with a focus on highway, bridge, and infrastructure design.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Missouri or ability to obtain through reciprocity.
• Established relationships with Missouri transportation clients including Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County, East-West Gateway Council of Governments, and local municipalities.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary transportation design teams and complex project delivery programs.
• Proven business development and client management experience with public sector transportation agencies.
• Ability to act independently on technical and strategic transportation matters while driving project and client success.