Atkins

Transport Planner

Job Description

The Atkins Transportation business are currently looking for experienced transport planners to join our transport planning team in Epsom.

We work on a diverse range of projects and have ambitions to grow.  We’re looking for individuals who are able to take ownership of their work to help deliver exciting projects for local and regional clients such as Hampshire County Council, Portsmouth City Council and Transport for London; as well as national clients including the Department for Transport, Network Rail and Highways England.

Key responsibilities:

• To manage projects across a wide range of transport planning areas including policy and strategy, scheme appraisal and business cases, evaluation, and stakeholder engagement.

• To provide technical expertise in the disciplines described above, ensuring technical excellence and a first-class product for our clients.

• To identify and implement opportunities for deploying innovative styles and techniques in project delivery

• To support senior Project Directors in delivering large complex projects for key clients.

• To take responsibility for teams delivering technical work and for developing staff skills through project delivery.

• To manage and support bidding for new opportunities.

The role will suit individuals who are: 

• Self-motivated and ambitious for continued career development.

• Excellent technical project managers and keen to build their own portfolio of projects.

• Familiar with recognised project management practices, though formal project management qualifications are not required.

• Driven to deliver technical excellence within commercial and financial constraints.

• Experienced in one or more of the fields described above, and with a track record in delivering UK transport planning projects.

• Knowledgeable about the current UK transport policy context and able to utilise this knowledge through projects and client interaction.

• Able to work within larger multi-disciplinary project teams across Atkins.

• Good communicators, with strong report writing and presentational skills.

• Able to work closely and collaboratively with clients.

• Committed to continuous improvement and innovation across transport planning.

• Willing to work simultaneously on a number of projects and flexible to work with different teams around our UK offices.

How to apply

Please apply directly via the Atkins website:

http://careers.atkinsglobal.com/job/principal-transport-planner-jobid-tr-000342?src=JB-14180&utm_source=JB-14180

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