Let’s find your next opportunity​

{{ job.job_posting_title }}
{{item.trim() }} {{item.trim() }} {{item.trim() }}
{{ job.job_posting_title }}

{{ job.is_cms_job ? (job.cities.split(';').length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) : (job.location_mappings.length > 1 ? 'Various locations' : job.location_mappings[0]) }}

saved
viewed

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Overview

We are hiring! AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Project Director in Texas.

The Senior Project Director for Transportation & Metropolitan Advisory Services is a senior-level advisory role within Multi-Market Services (MMS), serving as a trusted advisor to public-sector transportation organizations and as a strategic contributor to AtkinsRéalis' advisory and planning practice.

This Full Time - 30 hour role leverages deep executive experience in metropolitan and statewide transportation planning, federal policy, and governance to support clients navigating complex funding, regulatory, organizational, and strategic challenges. Operating with considerable autonomy and influence, the Director / Senior Advisor strengthens client relationships, advances strategic pursuits, and provides executive-level advisory support aligned with MMS growth priorities.

Your role

  • Support the growth of AtkinsRéalis' advisory, planning, and transportation services through strategic business development and client engagement.
  • Contribute to pursuit strategy, positioning, and capture efforts, including participation in executive-level client discussions.
  • Maintain and expand executive relationships across MPOs, cities, state DOTs, and federal partners.
  • Serve as a senior executive advisor to Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), cities, and state Departments of Transportation, providing guidance on governance, organizational effectiveness, funding strategies, policy implementation, and performance management.
  • Deliver billable advisory services in roles such as senior advisor, peer reviewer, or strategic subject-matter leader on complex or high-visibility engagements.
  • Provide quality oversight and strategic direction on assignments requiring senior public-sector judgment and credibility.
  • Leverage national networks and industry leadership roles to identify emerging opportunities and inform market strategy.
  • Collaborate closely with MMS leadership and senior leaders across advisory, planning, and transportation practices to align advisory efforts with enterprise growth objectives.
  • Mentor senior staff and support capture teams, contributing to workforce development and institutional knowledge transfer.
  • Reinforce AtkinsRéalis' culture of executive-level service, quality, and integrity across client engagements.
  • This role is structured as a part-time executive advisory position, with an expected workload of approximately 30 hours per week, allowing flexibility based on client, pursuit, and delivery needs.
  • The position does not include direct line management responsibilities but carries significant influence through mentorship, advisory leadership, and strategic engagement.
Cities & development Engineering

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Job Type

Full time

Ref

R-154393

Salary range

-

About you

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
  • 15+ years of senior leadership experience in transportation planning, public-sector infrastructure, or related advisory environments.
  • Demonstrated experience leading or advising MPOs, cities, state DOTs, or federal transportation agencies.
  • Recognized credibility and leadership within national transportation organizations (e.g., AMPO, AASHTO, TRB or similar bodies).
  • Strong strategic, business development, and advisory acumen with the ability to operate at the executive level.
  • Excellent judgment, communication skills, and the ability to influence without direct authority.
  • High emotional intelligence and comfort operating in a matrixed, multi-market organization.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Why choose AtkinsRéalis?

Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.

Rewards & benefits

At AtkinsRéalis, our values—Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, and Excellence—are more than just words. They are the foundation of who we are and how we work. These principles shape our culture, guide our decisions, and inspire us to create an environment where every team member feels empowered to grow, succeed, and make a meaningful impact.

Depending on your employment status, AtkinsRéalis benefits may include medical, dental, vision, company-paid life and short- and long-term disability benefits, employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting, employee stock purchase plan, Paid Time Off, leaves of absences options, flexible work options, recognition and employee satisfaction programs, employee assistance program, and voluntary benefits. You can review our comprehensive benefits page here.

video thumbnail

Make it brilliant, a career with AtkinsRéalis

Our supportive, collaborative culture inspires us as a global community every day.

Watch this short film and imagine what you could achieve here, too.

About AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Additional information

Expected compensation range is between $235k-$270k annually depending on skills, experience, and geographical location.

Are you ready to expand your career with us? Apply today and help us shape something extraordinary.

AtkinsRéalis is an equal opportunity, Drug-Free employer EOE/Veteran/Disability

Please review AtkinsRéalis' Equal Opportunity Statement here.

AtkinsRéalis cares about your privacy and is committed to protecting your privacy. Please consult our Privacy Notice on our Careers site to know more about how we collect, use and transfer your Personal Data. By submitting your personal information to AtkinsRéalis, you confirm that you have read and accept our Privacy Notice.

Note to staffing and direct hire agencies:

In the event a recruiter or agency who is not on our preferred supplier list submits a resume/candidate to anyone in the company, AtkinsRéalis family of companies, we explicitly reserve the right to recruit and hire the candidate(s) at our discretion and without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. https://careers.atkinsrealis.com/recruitment-agencies

#LI-HYBRID

Related jobs

Information Manager
Water Digital Full time
Information Manager

Various locations

Senior Consultant - Rail Technology Advisory
Transportation Engineering Full time
Senior Consultant - Rail Technology Advisory

Various locations

Associate Planning Consultant
Environment & geoscience Architecture & Planning Full time
Associate Planning Consultant

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Associate Director
Project, programme & cost management Project & Programme Management Full time
Associate Director

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

FP&A Manager
Finance Full time
FP&A Manager

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Assistant Heritage Consultant
Environment & geoscience Sciences Full time
Assistant Heritage Consultant

London, London, England, United Kingdom

Quality Manager
Cities & development Quality Control & Assurance Full time
Quality Manager

Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sr. Wet Utilities Engineer- Design
Cities & development Construction Full time
Sr. Wet Utilities Engineer- Design

Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar

Senior Consultant - Sustainability
Consultancy, Strategy & Advisory Full time
Senior Consultant - Sustainability

Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Junior Field Representative
Cities & development Construction Full time
Junior Field Representative

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Practice Director (PD2) – Power and Energy Solutions (PES)
Project & Programme Management Full time
Practice Director (PD2) – Power and Energy Solutions (PES)

Various locations

Senior Project HR Business Partner
Nuclear Human Resources Full time
Senior Project HR Business Partner

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Related blogs

Saeed : Designing the tools that keep nuclear work safe

Saeed is a Tooling Engineer at Candu Energy Inc., an AtkinsRéalis company, contributing to some of the largest and most technically demanding nuclear refurbishment projects.

Card link for Saeed : Designing the tools that keep nuclear work safe

What makes early careers at AtkinsRéalis different? Peter’s story reveals it.

Explore how Peter’s graduate journey at AtkinsRéalis was shaped by real‑world responsibility, supportive teams, and leadership access, setting the foundation for early career success.

Card link for What makes early careers at AtkinsRéalis different? Peter’s story reveals it.

From Lake District tarns to highway runoff analysis: Maisie on starting a career in water quality

Meet Maisie, a Junior Environmental Scientist at AtkinsRéalis, and read how her Lake District upbringing shaped her path into water quality and environmental protection.

Card link for From Lake District tarns to highway runoff analysis: Maisie on starting a career in water quality