Bus Operations Strategy Lead (Hybrid)

SYSTRA UK & Ireland; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is recruiting for a Senior Consultant to join the Passenger Transport team. Hybrid working across our UK offices, including Glasgow, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin or Leeds, with focus on bus operations and network planning projects.

You will liaise with clients, deliver technical solutions, manage projects and contribute to business development, working across public transport studies and business cases.

Qualifications

• Ideally a degree in a relevant subject (Transport Planning, Maths, Science etc.) or Masters in Transport Planning – or equivalent experience
• Significant Bus operations experience, including network planning and other commercial skills
• Experience delivering ticketing and/or information projects
• Direct work for clients including on site secondments
• Good report and proposal writing skills
• Established relationships with existing and potential clients in the public and private sector
• Flexibility and ability to juggle competing project demands

Responsibilities

• Supporting the technical delivery of bus operations, network planning and ticketing/information projects
• Direct liaison with clients to confirm their latest requirements and ensure we are fulfilling their needs
• Delivering technical solutions for existing clients either alone or contributing as part of a team
• Discussing future requirements with new and existing clients, securing new business for SYSTRA
• Enhancing your personal skills through continuous personal development to ensure the team is at the forefront of emerging techniques and technologies
• Supporting other sectors within the SYSTRA Consultancy Division to deliver public transport elements within wider projects such as transport planning studies, development plans or preparation of business cases
• Project management
• Proposal management
• Support business development initiatives
• Identifying and effectively communicating client/project objectives
• Model quality assurance for investment/transaction decisions
• Preparation and delivery of technical reports and presentations

Skills

Bus operations experience

Network planning

Ticketing information projects

Client liaison

Report writing

Business development

Project management

Education

Degree in Transport Planning or MSc Transport Planning

Job description

SYSTRA UK & Ireland is recruiting for a Senior Consultant to join the Passenger Transport team. Hybrid working across our UK offices, including Glasgow, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin or Leeds, with focus on bus operations and network planning projects.

You will liaise with clients, deliver technical solutions, manage projects and contribute to business development, working across public transport studies and business cases.