Stantec

Contact:	Eamon Cassidy
Region:	Scotland
Location:	Glasgow
Category:	Transport planning
Closes:	17 Apr 2022
Salary:	Unspecified
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Transport Planning Technician - Active Travel

Job Description

The Opportunity

Would you like to design and shape future communities and be influential in Scotland’s attempt at achieving Carbon Net Zero targets?

We’re currently looking for a Transport Planning Technician to join our busy and growing Active Travel Team in Scotland.

With an increasing amount of funding being allocated to Active Travel in Scotland and the drive for Carbon Net Zero, there is a reliable volume of work to sink your teeth into. Additionally, you will be joining a cohesive and growing team where there is good opportunity to learn new skills to progress your career.

You will support clients by encouraging and creating safer and sustainable modes of active travel including walking and cycling. You will work on projects that match the aspirations of national, regional and local policy and in accordance with relevant design standards and best practice.

We undertake projects to create sustainable and long-term solutions while considering the needs of all to shape a people-friendly built environment.

This is a great opportunity for you to work on projects in the context of the climate emergency while considering the needs of all to shape the future built environment.

About You

You will have a HNC qualification in civil engineering or equivalent and have competency in computer aided drawing and the use of AutoCAD. A willingness to be a positive and collaborative team player with previous experience in traffic engineering and/or highway / cycle design.

You will have experience of working alongside other professionals to develop scheme designs from concept through to detail to ensure that they create successful places whilst also considering other multidisciplinary and practical aspects of the design. You will ideally have an awareness of Road design standards including experience working to both DMRB and Manual Contract for Highway Works, Designing Streets, Better by Design, Cycle by Design and other technical standards in the design of transport projects, broader public realm and transport movement corridor proposals.

Experience and knowledge of how 3D models / visualisations can inform concept / preliminary designs would also be advantageous.

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 25,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.