Together, our people make up one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We’re dedicated to the communities where we live and work in the UK and propelled by international brainpower. Staying curious is what drives us. Looking at challenges from fresh angles helps us deliver future-ready solutions that break paradigms.
With around 7,900 talented people in 70+ offices across the UK, and 43,000 around the world, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
Regionally, we operate through our northern offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow. We are seeking an enthusiastic Associate level Transport Planner to provide regional support to the transportation planning capability in the North West. The person will be based in the Manchester or Liverpool office and expected to lead the development of the microsimulation offer of the Transport Planning group.
A typical week would include:
- Win work from clients in the North and North West region;
- Work with the Discipline Team Leader to develop a strategic action plan across 1 and 3 year time periods;
- Mentor for transport planning team to support their career development;
- Contributing to the delivery of our business strategy for the region, which includes meeting productivity targets, widening our client base and growing the team;
- Liaison with team leaders from other disciplines in region to identify opportunities and transfer market knowledge;
- Project management of transport planning projects being delivered by virtual teams for range of clients, ensuring they are delivered to high standard, within budget and on programme;
- Attendance at client meetings as required by project and business development activities;
- Responsibility for resourcing, attending resourcing meetings, securing team workload and meeting budgeted team productivity targets;
- Responsibility for identifying and managing team training, carrying out appraisals and approval of leave;
- Leading transport planning bids, involvement in transport planning and other bids and technical input to marketing materials as required.
- Day to day management of project teams and delivering on new client opportunities. The role requires development of the client base for the region with a particular focus on the application of microsimulation to the public and private sectors.
- You will have an extensive understanding of transport planning, and the versatility to apply your skills in traffic modelling, traffic engineering and travel planning. You would also be expected to have extensive experience of managing transport projects and the commercial aspects of bidding, winning and delivering successful schemes.
- The successful candidate will lead in developing a wider Transport Planning capability through key roles on existing transportation projects and via wider inputs to internal and external clients.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- Degree in relevant spatial or numerical subject, at Grade 2:1 or above;
The following skills are essential:
- Proven ability to develop and service a productive client work base
- Proven track record in managing transport planning projects;
- In depth understanding of the Development Control process;
- Significant experience in development planning including production and review of Transport Assessments, Travel Plans and planning agreements;
- Knowledge of transport guidance and best practice (WelTAG, WebTAG, DMRB, TAN 18 etc.)
- Strong numerical and analytical skills and excellent working knowledge of MS Office tools
- Ability to produce project reports, including technical documents;
- Sound experience and proven ability in the use of microsimulation software packages (ideally Vissim and/or Paramics)
- Experience of liaising with and securing approvals from LA’s, WG, DfT and HA.
- Ability to communicate technical arguments to technical and non-technical clients, and present outputs from studies to range of audiences.
The following skills / qualifications are desirable:
- Chartered Engineer / TPP status;
- Post-graduate degree in Transportation Planning or other relevant subject;
- Experience of public transport / multi-modal modelling;
- Competence in using Visual Basic in MS Excel;
- Full and clean driving license
If not already achieved, the candidate will be expected to work towards professional accreditation.
Together, our people make up one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We’re dedicated to the communities where we live and work in the UK and propelled by international brainpower. Staying curious is what drives us. Looking at challenges from fresh angles helps us deliver future-ready solutions that break paradigms.
With around 7,900 talented people in 70+ offices across the UK, and 43,000 around the world, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.
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