Mouchel

Principal Transport Planner

Job Description

Are you looking for a challenging and varied transport planning role with a major organisation?

Following a number of recent contract wins for local authorities, Highways England and private developers, Mouchel is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced Principal Transport Planner into our Transport Planning team based in Woking. 

You will have a strong transport planning track record and be able to demonstrate experience in managing a diverse range of projects. You will have experience undertaking a range of transport planning projects from business case development, spatial planning, scheme appraisal to town studies and parking strategies. You should also be able to demonstrate success in engagement with clients, stakeholders and other technical disciplines necessary to deliver projects to a high standard and in using these relationships to identify business development opportunities.

 You will be expected to foster close working relationships with both your network of colleagues and your clients. You will confidently take day-to-day responsibility to lead a varied workload of projects, supervising colleagues, project managing, ensuring achievement of financial goals and contributing strongly to the technical content and delivery. 

You will also be expected to contribute to the wider management of the Transport Planning team including line management responsibilities, coaching/mentoring and playing a full role in business development.  You will have commitment to ongoing personal development and the development of others, providing the benefit of your significant experience and understanding of the transport planning profession. 

You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the wider Transport Planning team through other inputs such as modelling, data analysis, survey planning, development planning etc. Your role could be partially based in our London (Blackfriars) office.

Role Specific Responsibilities:

 • Manage and lead a range of projects and work closely with the Technical Director/Technical Manager and other members of staff both within and outside Transport Planning; • Develop and implement methodologies in consultation with TD/TM; • Deliver projects to programme and budget; • Provision of proactive leadership to secure all round collaborative, cooperative and harmonious working relationships, with clients, colleagues, and staff. • Assist colleagues with providing career development support to team members; • Ensure the effective management of project delivery in line with agreed objectives, timescales, costs and other KPI’s. • Deliver to agreed personal targets. • Prepare high quality reports and technical notes. • Keep up to date with developments in areas of professional expertise. • Actively contribute towards other duties across the Business Unit e.g.: health & safety, quality, training, Client feedback etc. • Develop scope of work, timescales and budget expectations. Identify potential for change to agreed delivery outcomes. • Resolve problems or issues to support the delivery of projects or design objectives, ensuring that deliverables conform with the client's requirements.

 The ideal candidate

We are seeking individuals who understand our values and express commitment to them. We want our staff to strive continuously to innovate in how they perform and work with our clients and to deliver excellence.

This a permanent role with excellent career prospects for an enthusiastic and energetic person. Qualifications

• Numerate first degree in Transport, Mathematics, Geography, Civil Engineering, Planning or a related subject (essential). • MSc in Transport Planning/Engineering (desirable). • Ideally Chartered Professional (CEng, MRTPI, TPP or CMILT) status (desirable)

 Knowledge

• Wide experience on a number of Transport Planning projects; • You should have experience of managing a varied workload of project including supervising colleagues and ensuring financial goals are achieved (essential) •  You should have team leadership experience including line management, mentoring and business development (essential) • A clear and comprehensive understanding of UK Government transport planning policies and guidance, including WebTAG and DMRB (essential); • Experience of working with public and private sector clients would be advantageous (desirable) •Experience of software packages from the following SATURN, TUBA, COBALT, QUADRO, S-Paramics, VISSIM, LinSig, ARCADY, Transyt, MapInfo (desirable); •Experience of some of the following data analysis, Transport Assessments, policy development (desirable);  • You should be proficient in Word and Excel (essential) • You should be highly numerate with strong problem solving skills (essential) • You should have a proven capability to communicate clearly (essential) • You should have the ability to work under minimum supervision (essential) • Experience of delivering projects within company project management, safety health and environmental systems and processes would be advantageous (desirable)Why work for us?

There are many reasons to join Mouchel. You will feel valued and you will be well rewarded. You will enjoy making a difference in an exciting environment.

We are committed to hiring and developing talented individuals and are keen to hear from people who can help us to build on our success.

Our main vision is to be recognised for our excellence, so, beyond qualifications, the key attributes we look for are the ability to solve problems, the ability to build constructive relationships, and a desire to keep learning and improving.

Because we expect the very best from our people, we can also offer a variety of great benefits in return for the work that you do.

Mouchel is a leading engineering infrastructure and environment consultancy business – we were the NCE/ACE Consultants of the Year 2015. 

We work in partnership with private and public sector clients to improve the day-to-day lives of millions of people and to make our world work better. We offer a diverse range of services across the full lifecycle of essential infrastructure – investment; policy development; feasibility and pre-planning; design; construction supervision; management, operation and maintenance; performance monitoring and optimisation; and decommissioning, remediation and renewal. 

We work primarily in highways and transportation, infrastructure, environment, water and utilities markets, helping to provide clean water; safer, better roads; cost-effective, sustainable energy; and more sustainable landscapes where communities can thrive. 

With around 2,500 staff across the UK and Middle East we have a diverse range of skilled people – from transport planners to civil engineers to project managers, and from geotechnical specialists to environmental planners and ecologists. There are also waste and water modellers; data systems, landscape and urban designers; land referencing and GIS specialists. And many more besides. 

The skills and knowledge of our people is what makes our business a success. So, our many career opportunities are backed up by our commitment to develop our staff. We offer clear career paths for business management, technical and project management disciplines and support our people in progressing their careers.

We are a flexible employer, open to discussing working arrangements to suit individuals. While our team is diverse we seek people with the desire to innovate, improve, promote excellence, act with integrity and take responsibility – traits underpinned by our vision to be recognised as an exceptional infrastructure consultancy.

mouchelbenefits 

On joining Mouchel you will have online access to our range of voluntary and flexible benefits including the WorkSave Pension Plan, plus access to the Mouchel Corporate Discounts shopping portal and the Employee Assistance Programme. All in addition to the satisfaction of helping make our world work better.