Associate Director Transportation Planning

Sellery Tools Pte Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks an Associate Director in Transport Planning to lead a dynamic team within a collaborative environment. This role offers the opportunity to shape and develop transport planning projects across diverse sectors such as education, healthcare, and leisure. The successful candidate will be instrumental in driving innovative solutions while fostering a supportive team atmosphere. With a commitment to professional development and a flexible hybrid work model, this position promises long-term career growth and the chance to make a significant impact in the transport planning field.

Benefits

Agile Working

26 Days Annual Leave

Private Healthcare

Life Assurance

Healthcare Cash Plan

Professional Subscriptions

Wellbeing Support

Employee Assistance Programme

Stakeholder Pension

Qualifications

• Significant experience in transport planning and leading teams.
• Professional qualification and relevant degree required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of transport planners on various projects.
• Manage client relationships and ensure project quality.

Skills

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Project Management

Report Writing

Data Collection and Interpretation

Critical Thinking

Education

Relevant Degree

Professional Qualification (CIHT, TPP)

Tools

Transportation Modelling Software (ARCADY, PICADY, LinSig)

TRICS

TEMPRO

Job description

Our Opportunity

Are you an experienced, motivated Associate Director in Transport Planning with ambitions of progression and a drive to achieve success?

Do you want to work within a collaborative, dynamic environment, with a team of highly skilled and like-minded Engineers?

Are you looking to lead and shape a team, as part of a leading multi-disciplinary construction consultancy?

As part of our expansion, we are looking to appoint an Associate Director Transport Planner to join our innovative Highways and Infrastructure Team. Primarily the location is flexible to suit one of our primary office locations, London, Leicester or Manchester. Our team of transportation planners and Engineers cover the full project life cycle from initial concept through to completion.

As Associate Director you will lead a team of passionate transport planners, delivering projects across a range of schemes to include defence, education, residential, leisure, healthcare and local authority. The schemes range in complexity, many working as part of our multi-disciplinary offering at Pick Everard.

The role will see the successful appointment working closely with the Director for Civil Engineering and the National Director and you will be responsible for leading major projects, across sectors including residential, custodial, leisure, defence, education, healthcare and heritage. Take a look at some of our projects here: Discover our projects - Pick Everard.

Pick Everard are proud to value individuals and provide the successful candidate with genuine scope to lead and shape the future of our Transport Planning offering.

Typical responsibilities will include:

1. Involvement with proposals, bidding, fee tendering and client interviews where required for both Framework lead and individual projects.
2. Representing the firm at client meetings and presentations.
3. Running and co-ordinating complex jobs and performing the job lead role where required.
4. Develop both new and repeat business and when appropriate undertake business development activities and have experience across a range of sectors.
5. Shape, grow and nurture the team of transport engineers.
6. Ensure compliance of Pick Everard Security, Health & Safety requirements, practices and procedures.
7. Ensuring that the quality of the work that the team produces is of the highest standard possible.

This post can offer long-term career development and progression, within a highly motivated, supportive and cohesive environment. As we have adopted hybrid working, it will be a mix of home, office and site work.

About You

To be considered for this role, you must have:

1. A relevant degree with significant and appropriate skills and experience.
2. A professional qualification (CIHT, TPP).
3. The ability to generate a team environment, ensuring that the support and backing is present to enable team members to collaborate and operate with confidence in the delivery of projects.
4. Experience of successfully managing many complex clients/customers and large teams of staff.
5. Competent in report writing, data collection and interpretation techniques with experience in Active Travel, local highway network analysis which include junction capacity design.
6. Experience in the management and preparation of Vision Lead transportation concepts, business case development, Strategic planning, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, economic Appraisals and Highways Reports across a range of sectors.
7. Experience of Appeals and Expert Witness.
8. Competent in using Transportation modelling software – ARCADY, PICADY (Junctions 9), LinSig.
9. Familiar with the use of TRICS, TEMPRO and UK Census data to forecast multi-modal traffic generation.
10. Working knowledge of highway design to DMRB and Manual for Streets.

In order to stand out from the crowd, it is desirable for you to have:

1. Excellent organisational, communication, writing, and presentation skills.
2. An excellent self-motivated, friendly, efficient, and enthusiastic attitude.
3. Developed leadership, critical thinking, and decision-making skills and to lead by example.
4. The ability to multitask and work to tight deadlines.
5. The ability to provide QA governance ensuring a consistent standard is delivered.
6. The ability to provide advice on work related liability / potential risk issues.
7. Commitment to regular Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

About Us

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.

We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues.

We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

1. Agile working.
2. 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave.
3. Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan.
4. Professional subscriptions.
5. Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme.
6. Stakeholder pension.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.