Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Lead Director - Transport

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Job Description

The Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Lead – Transport is a senior leadership role responsible for driving AECOM’s SHE strategy across transport projects (roads, rail, aviation, ports and public transport). The role provides expert leadership to ensure the highest standards of safety, health and environmental performance across design, construction, and operational phases, supporting AECOM’s purpose of delivering a safe, sustainable and resilient transport network.

This role works closely with Transport leadership, project directors, design managers and construction partners to embed SHE excellence, regulatory compliance and a proactive safety culture across the portfolio.

Here’s what you’ll do

Strategic Leadership

• Lead the development and implementation of the SHE strategy for AECOM’s Transport business, aligned with global AECOM policies and local regulatory requirements.

• Act as a trusted advisor to Transport leadership on SHE risks, opportunities and performance.

• Champion a strong safety culture, influencing leaders and teams to prioritise safety, health and environmental outcomes.

Project & Operational Delivery

• Provide SHE leadership across transport projects during planning, design, construction and handover phases.

• Support bid and proposal teams with SHE inputs, methodologies and risk assessments.

• Ensure effective identification, assessment and control of SHE risks across complex, multi-disciplinary projects.

• Lead incident investigation, root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with applicable SHE legislation, standards and client requirements across transport projects.

• Maintain and continuously improve SHE management systems, procedures and tools.

• Lead internal and external audits, inspections and reviews, ensuring timely close-out of actions.

Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• Build strong relationships with clients, regulators, contractors and joint venture partners.

• Represent AECOM in client meetings, safety forums and regulatory engagements.

• Support clients in achieving their SHE objectives and sustainability targets.

People & Capability

• Lead, mentor and develop SHE professionals within the Transport business.

• Build SHE capability across project teams through training, coaching and knowledge sharing.

• Promote wellbeing, occupational health and environmental stewardship across the organisation.

Performance & Reporting

• Monitor, analyse and report SHE performance metrics, trends and leading indicators.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance SHE outcomes across the transport portfolio.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering or a related discipline.

• Chartered or professional certification (e.g. CMIOSH, NEBOSH Diploma, ISO 45001/14001 Lead Auditor or equivalent).

• Significant experience in a senior SHE leadership role within transport, infrastructure or major projects.

• Strong knowledge of SHE legislation, standards and best practice within the transport and construction sectors.

• Proven experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading change across complex organisations.

Desirable

• Experience working in a consultancy or professional services environment.

• Experience across multiple transport sectors (roads, rail, aviation, ports).

• International or multi-regional project experience.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and leadership

• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills

• Commercial and risk-based decision making

• Excellent communication and reporting skills

• Coaching and people development capability

• Continuous improvement mindset

Additional Information

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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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

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 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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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