Associate Director Transport Planning

2 days ago

Wokingham, United Kingdom Jacobs Full time

**Your Impact**:
At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40+ countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

**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 an Associate Director to join our Reading team You will be involved in the technical direction and delivery of a range of transport planning projects including strategy, appraisal, and business case projects, with opportunities to work for various high profile clients across the UK. You will also be responsible for shaping the future direction of a high performing transport planning team, and working closely with our clients.

This role will provide every opportunity for you to make your mark and influence the continuing sustainable growth of Jacobs in the UK. Primary Job Responsibilities will include:

- You will demonstrate the right collaborative behaviours and possess excellent communication skills to ensure you quickly establish strong relationships across our business and with our clients.
- You will help shape the development of the transport planning team in Reading
- You will assist in mentoring team members to help them deliver excellence and achieve their own personal development objectives.
- You will also have the opportunity to support the wider Transport Planning Business and work with other UK clients within your core technical field.
- You will provide technical leadership and act as one of our key client contacts.
- Strong Project Management is essential as you will lead a number of Transport Planning projects and programmes of work.
- Exceptional organisational skills are required to ensure multiple complex projects are managed and delivered well and competing priorities are resourced effectively in a dynamic team environment.

You will also have a role in growing our Transport Planning Business by supporting key sales pursuits and by sustaining excellent relationships with our clients and other internal Business Units.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.

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Degree qualified or equivalent with relevant experience in a senior Transport Planning professional role
- Demonstrable high level of technical competency in a range of transport planning disciplines (e.g. transport modelling, business case development, sustainable transport, strategy formulation, public transport and development planning) and knowledge of wider planning and operational context.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, transport planning standards/guidance (e.g. WebTAG, 5-Stage Business Case Model).
- Demonstrate proven Project Management capability and ability to successfully deliver complex projects and programmes of work in accordance with management systems and governance (e.g. ISO 9001 Quality Management System; risk management, financial/project controls)
- Demonstrate the right behaviours, embracing our Culture of Caring and Beyond Zero, and possess excellent communication (e.g. written, verbal and presentational skills) and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to produce clear, precise and coherent analysis and reports (e.g. Business Cases, Briefing Papers and Technical Reports) for a range of technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work both as part of a multi-disciplinary team as well as possessing the ability to work independently and lead technical aspects/identifying solutions using professio

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