Jacobs

Transport Planning

Job Description

Transport Planning

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Our People & Places Solutions business - reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

About the Opportunity

Our Transport Planning team is one of the most successful in the UK & Ireland, with a varied client base and strong pipeline of work, alongside supporting further project teams across the globe.

We are looking for several experienced Transport Planners to join our Streets and Networks teams with proven expertise in active travel, streets design, traffic engineering and local junction design/modelling. We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate technical experience designing, modelling and appraising active travel, transformational placemaking and traffic management solutions in a client facing role, acting as Technical Lead or Project/Task Manager. 

You will have the support of a line manager and our experts to guide your progress and will have on opportunity to share your skills and knowledge by training and supporting our junior staff. You will also be given the ability to pursue relevant business and technical training to support your career development as well as the freedom to grow your network and develop innovative solutions to chase new opportunities.

Requirements

Essential

• A creative, solution-oriented individuals, with a strong technical background, solid understanding of streets / traffic engineering first principles
• In-depth knowledge / understanding of local junction modelling software (local network/ microsimulation), data requirements and/or the interpretation of modelling results
• Experience providing technical leadership, successfully managing projects and acting in a client-facing capacity
• Robust written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues concisely
• Flexibility to manage diverse workload, assist with new business opportunities and embrace emerging technologies, product solutions and the future evolution of the industry

Desirable/ Preferred skills

• Broader transport planning experience, with understanding of wider policy and strategy, assessment and appraisal techniques
• Experience, leading the design and modelling of Healthy Streets, active travel, public transport, junction improvement or place-making schemes
• Knowledge of local and national design standards, guidance and good practice (DMRB, TSRGD, LCDS, MfS2, Traffic Signs Manual)
• Experience with Junctions 9, LinSig and VISSIM software packages
• Line management and technical mentoring experience

Education/ Qualifications

• Bachelor and higher qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
• Chartered Engineer / Transport Planner or working towards Chartered status with membership of a relevant professional institution.

Why Jacobs?

We’re invested in you and your success. Our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. By supporting one another and through our culture of caring, we all succeed. The biggest questions spark our curious minds. We clear the way for inventive thinking and exploration, so you have the support, means and space to deliver the boldest solutions for the extraordinary and every day. We redefine what’s possible. There’s something that drives everyone – and we want you to keep evolving your career, discover unexpected opportunities and ensure you can deliver on tomorrow.

Culture

At Jacobs we see safety differently - we strive to go ‘BeyondZero’ by putting the health, safety and well-being of our employees first in everything we do.

We are committed to equality across our business and we work with external organisations such as STEM, WISE (Women in Science & Engineering) and Stonewall. We are also Disability Confident Committed; therefore, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy.

We encourage applications from candidates looking for flexible working or reduced hours’ contracts. Please also bear in mind that you do not need to meet 100% of the Essential Criteria to be considered for a position with Jacobs.

When you join Jacobs you will have access to a wide range of Global Networks, centred on inclusion and diversity which is the foundation of our business and at the centre of our values.

To find out more about our networks, please visit our website; www.jacobs.com

Successful candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Pre-Employment check and will be required to undergo various checks including: Identity, Right to Work; Employment/Education History and Criminal Record. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed or rejected.