Transport & Planning Manager (Permanent)

SLR is seeking a high calibre individual to lead and grow our Transport Planning team in the Midlands and North region.
SLR is an environmental consultancy with a team specialising in transport planning. We are proud to be making a positive contribution, driving decarbonisation and changing mind-sets about travel behaviour. Our dedicated research and innovation arm ensures we are at the forefront of mobility solutions for sustainable development.
Led by a highly experienced and dedicated management team, our team of social scientists, transport planners and climate specialists have a wealth of experience assisting in developing science-based and net zero carbon reduction targets.
SLR already has a strong and vibrant presence in the Midlands and the North of England across transport planning, environmental and engineering disciplines, with offices in Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds. Our offer has recently been bolstered by the merger with Wardell Armstrong who provide core disciplines of planning, environmental and engineering from their various offices in the region.
We will look to you to lead and grow our transport planning capability in the Midlands and North of England, working as part of the national leadership team for the Transport and Mobility Planning technical discipline. You will work with Directors and Associate Directors in our Midlands and Northern offices, developing strategies to grow our business in these areas. To generate new business from an existing and future client base.
To develop and manage client relationships to secure and deliver project work.
To recruit into and grow the transport planning team in the region.
To provide expert transport planning advice to clients to fulfil their land use development objectives.
To manage and deliver complex development projects, ranging from feasibility studies, promotion of development, including through the local plan process, assisting with planning applications and negotiation to successful resolution, dealing with appeals and public inquiry as necessary.
To negotiate fee proposals and manage the financial aspect of projects.
To mentor and assist the career development of colleagues within your team.
To be at the forefront of continued professional development on technical, policy and legal matters related to planning and transport.
To seek to “add value” to all projects.
SLR are global leaders in Sustainability Solutions, helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with 4000+ employees across 6 regions in over 125 countries. Our ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business, providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development. Along with competitive salaries, our staff enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a
company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 day’s annual leave, with additional flexible bank holidays, we offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, with family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and home life.
You will need to be a commercially minded highly skilled and experienced transport planner with work winning ability and a track record of leading teams, whilst working with key clients and other built environment disciplines. Knowledge of financial management at the project level and wider level.
Experience in delivering team budgets within the Transport Planning sector.
Excellent client contacts especially within the private sector.
Track record of winning project work.
A high level of knowledge of the planning, policy and legal frameworks to secure client development objectives.
A high degree of technical ability in sustainable development transport strategies, understanding transport modelling, and delivering commercially viable transport strategies for development.
A high degree of knowledge on transport matters and innovations within the sector.
Culture & Inclusion at SLR
Through our Regional C&I Committees, Global Council and Employee Networks, we foster an inclusive environment where all people regardless of their background can thrive.
We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of their background, including those from groups that are currently under-represented at SLR, such as people identifying as 2SLGBTQI+, Indigenous peoples, ethnic minority groups, women, and people with visible or invisible disabilities, including those who are neurodivergent.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we seek to ensure all applicants have equitable support when applying to SLR.
SLR Commitment – All applicants with a disability who meet the essential requirements for the job will be guaranteed an interview in line with our Disability Confident Committed status when applying to SLR.