Our clients' are recruiting a Senior Transport Planning Consultant for their offices in South Wales and Bristol. The successful candidates will be working within a team, reporting to a team leader, and would be expected to perform the following duties:
Project/ Technical Role:
> Support senior members of staff in delivering development and regeneration projects for both private and public sector clients.
> Project and task management.
> Allocate tasks to the project team, check and monitor their work.
> Ensure that project work is carried out within agreed timescales and budget.
> Analyse, evaluate and appraise development planning problems and options.
> Keep up-to-date with current methods and the latest research in relevant transport fields.
> Represent Atkins at technical seminars/conferences and promote our capability.
Business Role:
> Develop good relationships with existing and new clients and partners in order to increase and enhance business.
> Awareness of potential commercial opportunities.
> Support the business unit manager to identify and agree resourcing requirements.
Staff Responsibilities:
> Senior member of team reporting to business unit manager.
> Responsible for effective utilisation of staff resources, quality of work and staff development.
> Identify project-driven office recruitment and training needs.
> Assist the unit’s less experienced staff in developing their technical skills and knowledge.
Successful candidates should have a sufficient or appropriate level of relevant post-graduate experience in transport planning or other aspects of development planning (such as planning and urban design), preferably in a consultancy environment and including some relevant experience in project management and client liaison. Also specific experience in some of the following: transport assessments, development control and planning, sustainable transport and travel plans, traffic modelling. And A knowledge and understanding of the planning process and experience in at least some of the main traffic software programs e.g. ARCADY, OSCADY, LINSIG, TRANSYT, VISSIM and PARAMICS.
If you are interested in this job or would like to find out more about the role or the excellent benefits involved within the role, contact us today.
To find out more about this position please contact our offices quoting for Ref. No. BB24306