New Jersey Transit Architecture Lead

Job Description
AECOM is seeking a Transit Architecture Lead to be based in our Clifton, NJ office. This position will be responsible for winning work and building AECOM’s portfolio of transit projects and will be supported by AECOM’s operational and technical teams.
The Transit Architecture Lead will be responsible for the following items:
Grow AECOM’s Architectural Transit portfolio and project opportunities in New Jersey, collaborating with the AECOM transportation engineering leadership.
Collaborate with AECOM’s NYC Transit leadership on key pursuits and opportunities
Will continue current relationships with key NJ Transit agencies and develop new relationships within the same agenciesin order to grow the practice
Will workwithin a multi-disciplinary transit practice consisting of architects and engineers.
Will provideThought and Design leadership on key projects and Programs
Will work with team to identify and pursue growth opportunities and leadproject teams
Will be responsible for negotiating contracts and business terms with clients and internal to AECOM
Initiates and maintains extensive contacts with senior-level architects and/or designers within the company and with key officials of other organizations and companies, and is skilled in persuasion and negotiation of critical issues
Will demonstratecreativity, foresight, and mature architectural judgment in anticipating and solving both routine and unusual structure/design problems, determining program objectives and requirements, organizing programs and projects, and developing standards and guides for diverse activities
AECOM’s Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building engineering, workplace strategy, business transformation, asset advisory, economics and development planning, master planning, urban planning, and landscape architecture.
With a range of expertise from strategy and design through project realization, we create better outcomes to grow economies, protect natural systems, conserve natural resources, make societies more equitable and connect and engage people through innovative, sustainable design solutions.
Our teams have worked on signature projects such as the London 2012 Olympic Park and Legacy Framework, to the new plan for the LA2028 Olympics, to industrial facilities for GE and Rolls-Royce, to headquarters and workplaces for NASA, Unilever, Sony Music, DirecTV, Box, Inc. and many Fortune 500 companies.