AECOM

Transport Planning Consultant/Senior Transport Planning Consultant

Job Description

We are looking to recruit a Transport Planning Consultant/Senior Transport Planning Consultant to our Transport Planning business in the South West and Wales.  This role can be based in our Bristol, Exeter or Cardiff offices.  The Transport Planning team is expanding to meet the demands of our wide portfolio of clients – from both within the UK and overseas. This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Transport Planner looking to progress their career in transportation modelling and management of strategic highway and multi modal modelling tasks.

An ideal candidate will come from an analytical background, such as mathematics, economics, physics or engineering, will have experience in transport planning and possess the key requirements and drive to deliver to the job responsibilities listed below. We value a combination of analytical and communication skills, with a creative and enthusiastic approach to problem solving. We are seeking an individual with an in-depth appreciation of strategic transportation modelling with good knowledge of wider transport planning issues, including the project appraisal process. This is an exciting opportunity to join an accomplished team and work on a range of ground breaking and innovative projects for a wide variety of clients.

AECOM is a global leader in providing fully integrated professional technical and management support services for a broad range of markets including transportation, architecture, building engineering, construction services, energy, environment, programme cost consultancy and water.

Our Transport Planning teams plan and evaluate future transport schemes, forecast demand and revenue, develop business cases, undertake economic appraisal, as well as look at the relationships between spatial planning and transport.

Current and recent projects undertaken by our south west and Wales transport modelling team include:

• Midlands Regional Transport Model; 

• A55/A494/A594 Key Stage 2, transport modelling and option appraisal;

• A14 Cambridge to Huntington, transport modelling, business case and consultation;

• A96 Dualling, transport modelling and business case appraisal;

• Bow Vision and Stratford Gyratory, strategic and micro simulation modelling;

• Sutton Tramlink extension / Croydon Tramlink Dingwall Loop;

• Abu Dhabi STEAM Model applications; and

• International toll road studies.

Job responsibilities

The appropriate level of technical expertise is required in order that the Job / Project Accountabilities listed below can be carried out to the necessary standard:

• Delivering high quality technical tasks independently and under supervision from more senior staff;

• Task management - supervising and checking tasks undertaken by junior staff;

• Contributing to technical client reports and presentations;

• Developing technical and financial proposals on new projects;

• Undertaking Project Management (under supervision) for smaller projects, including cost control and client liaison;

• Interact and co-ordinate with other business lines on various multi-disciplinary projects. 

Minimum Requirements

• Experience in transport modelling and forecasting of travel demand and supply;

• Experience in using one or more relevant strategic transport planning software packages and programming/scripting languages e.g. Emme, SATURN, CUBE, VISUM, Python, MS-DOS, VB etc;

• Knowledge and experience in data analysis using one or more data analysis packages e.g. Excel, Access, SPSS etc. Knowledge of VBA would be advantageous;

• Experience in appraisal and evaluation of transport proposals to current DfT/Welsh Government standards;

• Good knowledge and familiarity with key guidance documents, such as WebTAG and WelTAG;

• Self-motivation and capability to undertake specific tasks with minimum supervision;

• Ability to manage own time to meet project deadlines;

• Excellent presentation skills;

• Good technical writing capability;

• Capability to set out specific tasks and supervise others in the completion of these tasks;

• The ability to communicate technical and management aspects of work to senior staff;

• The ability to manage larger tasks or small/medium sized projects;

• Capability to set out and produce quality client reports;

• Ability to manage client contact and liaison;

• Good appreciation of project risk issues and application of these to day-to-day tasks;

• Proven experience in a number of areas within transport planning;

• Knowledge of project budgetary issues and the capability to deliver work to time and budget;

• The ability to communicate technical concepts and provide a level of supervision to more junior staff.  

Preferred Qualifications

• Membership of, or working towards membership of, a chartered professional institution.

• A master’s degree or PhD in Transport Planning or related analytical subject.

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