Senior/ Principal Transport Planner
Manchester

A leading provider of consulting, engineering, program management, construction management and technical services throughout the world, our client is seeking a Senior or Principal Transport Planner to help with the expanding workload of their Manchester transport and highways team.

They offer a challenging and rewarding career, working for a leading transport consultancy with a strong presence in the North West and beyond. You will join a growing team delivering a variety of interesting projects for clients in the private and public sectors.

Responsibilities:

You will work on and manage the preparation of transport assessments, travel plans and other development-related transport reports. The role requires somebody with experience in project management, client liaison and mentoring junior staff.

Your work will involve:

• Understanding client requirements for development-related transport planning
• Client liaison and assisting with preparing fee proposals
• Producing transport assessments and travel plan.
• Analyzing, collating and interpreting transport data
• Ensuring work is delivered on time and within budget
• Attending internal and external client and team meetings
• Undertaking site visits
• Providing technical advice to support junior colleagues
• Helping to develop and mentor junior team members

You will be required to undertake your work with a high degree of diligence and quality in line with our client's quality assurance processes. You will need to be well organized and able to manage your time and effectively to meet project deadlines.

Professional development:

The role presents an excellent opportunity to progress your career and work within a successful team on a range of exciting transport planning projects.

About you:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and versatile individual with experience working in the industry that should ideally include:

• A good understanding of the UK planning process and how your work fits into tha
• Knowledge of highway design principles relevant to site access design
• An understanding of the capabilities of AutoCAD and GIS software
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Experience of using software packages such as TRICS, TRANSYT, Junctions 9 and LinSIG
• Previous UK work experience
• Experience of developing and maintaining client relationships

Requirements:

Above all, we are looking for someone with the following qualities:

• Drive to succeed and a willingness to get involved
• Excellent communication skills, confidence to liaise with clients and team members
• Methodical approach to problem solving and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to produce clear, precise and coherent analysis, reports and drawings
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge of the application of transport modelling software

Preferred qualifications:

• Degree or Masters in a relevant subject (e.g. transport planning, civil engineering, geography)
• Professional Accreditation, such as MCIHT, MTPS, MCILT

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender
status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

They are very happy to discuss flexible working for this role, including the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours. We can offer a range of solutions to help you to get the most out of your work / life balance.

For further information on this or any other related positions do not hesitate to contact Peter on 07881788772 or peter@huphuphup.com

Our industry knowledge ensures a unique, valued and specialist service. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community and offer every assurance that your application will be
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