Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a creative, highly talented Transportation Planning Senior Manager to lead the Phoenix, AZ. planning team and work collaboratively with the Arizona and US West Planning leadership team.

This candidate will be able to demonstrate a successful career path in transportation planning to serve as a Project Manager working with clients, diverse projects, and project teams. The ideal candidate will demonstrate an ability to be highly organized, work well independently and collaboratively with the team, and the ability to communicate clearly.

The selected candidate will support the growth and success of the transit and rail planning team at AECOM. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to bring together diverse teams across geographic boundaries.

This candidate will be a highly experienced manager with full oversight, authority, and accountability for larger, more visible, complex projects and teams. The candidate will play a key role in understanding the strategic development of client relationships and positioning for transit and rail opportunities.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to: 

Ability to work collaboratively with strong, dynamic teams

Experienced in the management of diverse project teams

Possesses technical excellence in transportation planning

Identifies and supports business development leads

Work to meet financial and project management goals as defined by the organization annually

Manages portfolio of clients with multiple projects

Consistently delivers profit margins planned.