This opportunity is for a Senior Transport Planner for our clients Birmingham office. You will be leading day-to-day technical transport planning input into Development planning projects, alongside performing a project management and leadership role on projects where appropriate.
This role offers great benefits such as competitive salary, hybrid/flexible and further developing your existing commercial skills, and growing your professional network to assist with Business Development.
What’s on offer:
- Hybrid / Flexible working
- Cycle to work
- ICE Chartership support
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Clear progression path with regular performance reviews
- Salary reviews each year DOE
- Medical insurance / Life Assurance
- Income protection
What you need to succeed:
- Experience of leading the technical work on some or all of the following: Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, access strategy work, parking strategies, sustainable transport and active travel provision, and working with guidance such as NPPF, , LTN 1/20, Manual for Streets and DMRB.
- Expertise in preparing mobility impact analysis, by all modes, and information for the use in a Transport Assessments and/or Environmental Statements;
- Expertise in the set up and running of junction capacity modelling software such as Junctions 10 and Linsig, and the understanding of inputs, outputs and scenario testing;
- An appreciation of more strategic transport modelling.
- Experience of project management (e.g. budget planning, resource planning, invoicing) on small to medium scale projects;
- Capability in relation to Transport infrastructure - LTN 1/20, Manual for Streets and DMRB
- Good communication skills and the confidence to lead discussions with Clients, members of our project teams, co-professionals and other project stakeholders;
- Good communication skills and the confidence to lead discussions planning and highway authorities including National Highways and Active Travel England;
- Ability to share knowledge and mentor others, in particular Early Career Professional colleagues, on your areas of technical expertise;
- Expertise in day to day software packages such as Excel and Word;
- Have a growing professional network of co-professionals and clients;
- You will be an experienced Engineer/Transport Planner with significant knowledge and hands on post graduate experience.
- Ideally you will have or be pursuing chartered status in a transport related discipline.
- An interest in transport innovation