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Principal Transport Planner/Modeller

  • Location: Leeds
  • Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted over 2 years ago

  • Sector: Civil Engineering, Consulting Engineering
  • Contact: Damien Tinker
  • Contact Email: damien.tinker@Anderselite.com
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 06 October 2021
  • Job Ref: 393792DTR_1630923062

My client has asked me to assist in finding an ambitious and motivated Principal Transport Planner/Modeller.

If you have skills in strategic modelling and appraisal, and want to work on high profile projects across the North East and Yorkshire (and globally) that cover all modes of transport, you could be the ideal candidate.

Are you eager to manage projects and develop your skills in this field?

Can you mentor and develop a growing team of transport planners?

If the answers to these questions are yes, they are looking to expand their teams within their Leeds office to work on a number of exciting new projects to support sustainable economic growth and development across the region.



Examples of current projects and clients include:

Investigating the upgrade of large sections of the A1 in Yorkshire and Northumberland in a Technical Advisors role for Highways England.

Leading on the design and business case for the introduction of passenger services on the Northumberland Rail Line

Supporting local authorities across the North-East, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire in developing public transport, highway, walking and cycling schemes as part of the Transforming Cities Fund

Developing business cases for major transport and regeneration schemes across towns and cities including Newcastle, Gateshead, Leeds, Halifax, Sheffield and Bradford

Supporting the introduction of the North-East Clean Air Zone, with the development of a new strategic transport model, air quality modelling and option development

Development of strategic transport models for Calderdale, Kirklees, Sheffield City Region and Leeds

Microsimulation modelling


A key part of this role is working closely with the Associates and Directors within Transportation and other disciplines across their offices. You will provide leadership, mentoring and technical advice for team members and the wider business.

As such, you will need to have experience and knowledge of the full range of transport planning.

You will be supported in this role by other like-minded individuals and a team of Lead Verifiers with national recognition in many areas of transport planning. Collectively, you will form a team that delivers quality products, that satisfies the needs of clients, funding bodies and the Department for Transport.


Job Responsibilities:

As a Principal Transport Planner/Modeller, you will be an important member of our Transport Planning and Modelling team in Leeds or /Newcastle.

You will specify and manage transport planning projects and programmes, act as the face of AECOM with clients, providing advice and support and exploring business opportunities.

You will lead workstreams within projects with limited supervision, taking responsibility for the technical quality of the work and ensuring that best practice techniques are applied consistently.

You will also contribute to the production and delivery of larger proposals and bids related to our market area from time to time and lead on smaller proposals and bids.

You will take responsibility for the technical development of junior staff, providing on-the-job coaching and mentoring.


Minimum Requirements:

Understanding of traffic models and business case development and a depth of knowledge of key guidance documents, such as TAG

Extensive data analysis and processing skills

Excellent numeracy and communication skills

Passionate about delivering high-quality modelling projects for our clients

Leadership in producing reports to a high technical standard

Experience of presenting to project teams

Proven ability to advise clients and design teams on cost, value and risk, not just cost in isolation

Client contact and liaison without supervision

Experience of line management

Supervision of workload and support to junior staff

Experienced in managing, motivating and developing a project team

Experience of managing in-house project finances

Willingness to challenge in a positive and engaging manner

Keen to work as part of a team and to develop and progress career development


Preferred Qualifications:

Educated to degree level.

Appropriate professional status (or working towards) with a membership of a relevant professional chartered institute, or eligible for membership of a relevant professional chartered institute for example, Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE), Transport Planning Society (TPS), Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT) or Chartered. Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT).

If your profile closely matches the description above, please apply now for immediate attention.

Please only respond if you have the qualifications/experience required - you MUST live with a commutable distance of Leeds City Centre.

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