Principal Transport Planner

2 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom Sweco UK Full time

**Become part of our society.**

We are currently looking for a talented and motivated **Principal Transport Planner **to join our team in Scotland. This role can be worked flexibly from our **Edinburgh** or **Glasgow** offices with a mix of office and home based working and the option to adjust start/finish times.

**What does the role involve?**

You will be leading the delivery of a wide variety of project tasks specifically related to traffic and transportation aspects. Typically the work is for a range of private and public sector clients covering a range of activities mainly related to transport planning, sustainable travel and traffic engineering.

**Core duties will include**:

- Providing input across a range of Transport Planning projects e.g. development transport, sustainable travel, preliminary design, junction modelling, consultation and masterplanning.
- Providing generic analytical support across all teams where this falls within capability or where capability can reasonably be obtained.
- Maintaining client contact for project delivery and ensuring that project delivery meets the client’s objectives and requirements.
- Ensuring that the technical content of all work carried out is correct and completed in accordance within agreed timescales and budgets.
- Ensuring that all work is carried out in full compliance with the Company’s Integrated Management Systems (IMS).
- Providing technical guidance, support and training to colleagues and assist, where practicable, in mentoring and development of others.
- Working in close collaboration with colleagues from other disciplines as required.
- Participating in the preparation/presentation of proposals/bids as required including estimating timescales and costs for proposed works.

**To be successful in this role you’ll possess**:

- Excellent general Transport Planning skills, including but not restricted to, development transport, sustainable travel, transport appraisal (STAG, etc) traffic management and traffic engineering.
- Demonstratable knowledge of traffic modelling techniques and the interpretation of modelling results to identify real-world solutions which are practical, deliverable and cost effective. This includes microsimulation, network and isolated models.
- Demonstratable knowledge and/or experience of the financial and technical management of projects.
- The ability to communicate in a fluent and positive manner with clients and colleagues and to produce reports on behalf of the team in clear English.
- The ability to organise and prioritise workload to ensure that timescales are met.
- Good problem solving/contingency planning skills with ability to find quick, innovative and practical solutions.
- Effective negotiation and persuading skills, with the ability to manage and diffuse challenging situations.
- CTPP qualification or equivalent.

**What’s in it for you?**

Working at Sweco you’ll experience an inclusive, friendly and flexible working environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop. A meaningful job where you’ll help to transform society by being a trusted consultant to our clients.

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression, then we’d love to hear from you.

**About Us**

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests. We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.

**Equality, Diversity & Inclusion**

It’s important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essentia

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