Senior Transport Planner

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity

**Job Description**:
We are seeking a Senior Consultant to join our industry-leading Transport Planning team to help deliver and win projects. Our work is primarily for public sector clients and includes transport strategy development, feasibility studies, business case development, funding bids, feasibility, scheme appraisals and monitoring and evaluation.

As a Senior Consultant, your responsibilities will include the following: Manage your time to ensure you meet deadlines.Manage small or elements of larger projects, including the production of high-quality analysis and associated outputs, within time and budget.Support bids to win work with existing and new clients.Explain technical concepts to others, especially our graduates and clients.Provide advice and mentorship to junior colleagues.Be proactive and make the most of our support and training to continue your professional development.Prepare, supervise and deliver technical presentations to internal and external groups.Provide technical expertise and review and check analytical work by junior colleagues.

**Qualifications**:
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

- Experience in transport strategy, planning and business case development (literacy, numeracy, communication).
- Experience in the assessment of different modes of transport in different geographic settings.
- Good knowledge and experience of approaches in multi-criteria appraisals and scheme optioneering.
- Proven analytical, data manipulation, and statistical skills using appropriate software.Interest in the UK transport, policy and strategy, infrastructure funding, transport innovations and technology developments, interactions between land use and transport, knowledge of broader economic development principles and wider economic impacts.
- Ability to engage with clients and stakeholders, and to undertake stakeholder facilitation.A highly motivated with excellent communication skills and the ability to work in a consultancy environment, contributing to effective client relationships and working to tight deadlines.A team player who can work as part of wider project teams across disciplines and geographies.
- The ability to handle project management on small projects or task management on larger projects (time, cost, quality).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Your benefits will include:
Helping our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance is important to us. If you join AECOM, as well as receiving a competitive salary, you’ll also have the opportunity to explore flexible working arrangements. Core benefits include 25 days’ annual leave, company pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and one paid annual professional institution membership fee. You can also choose from a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.You’ll also be able to give back to communities with up to two paid CSR days each year. Through our charity, The AECOM Foundation, you can volunteer to support children in developing countries. And if you’re a member of the Reserve Forces you’ll receive an additional 15 days paid leave for training commitments.

Additional Information

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm - access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being