Lead Principal Sustainable Transport & Highway Planning

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead; Windsor; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 32 days

Hybrid working

LGPS pension

Free parking

Discounts and deals

Employee assistance

Job summary

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead in Berkshire is seeking a Principal Sustainable Transport Officer on a full-time, permanent basis with hybrid working. The role reports to Infrastructure Planning Manager and leads the Highways Development Control team to deliver statutory responsibilities.

You will oversee planning applications, coordinate with planning, highways and consultants, and lead scoping of Transport Assessments while ensuring highway contributions.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
• Membership of a relevant professional body and evidence of maintaining professional standards and knowledge.
• Demonstrable experience in line management, with the ability to lead, support and develop teams.
• Significant experience of highway development control and the planning process, supported by extensive technical knowledge of highway design and construction.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information effectively to a range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Highways Development Control team to meet deadlines and statutory responsibilities.
• Coordinate with Planning, Highways and external consultants to ensure planning applications and highway agreements comply with statutory and local standards, including securing appropriate highway infrastructure contributions.
• Lead the scoping of Transport Assessments, including commissioning and review of strategic transport modelling outputs.
• Lead highways responses on major applications, coordinating specialist advice and Public Rights of Way input to meet statutory timescales.
• Provide advice on legal agreements to secure highway infrastructure, transport improvements and travel plan contributions arising from development.

Skills

Line management experience

Highways development control

Planning process knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Job description

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead in Berkshire is seeking a Principal Sustainable Transport Officer on a full-time, permanent basis with hybrid working. The role reports to Infrastructure Planning Manager and leads the Highways Development Control team to deliver statutory responsibilities.

You will oversee planning applications, coordinate with planning, highways and consultants, and lead scoping of Transport Assessments while ensuring highway contributions.