Principal Transport Officer

Stoke-on-Trent City Council; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Stoke-on-Trent is seeking an experienced Principal Transport Officer. In this senior role, you will lead transport monitoring and data collection to support the city's Local Transport Plan. You will manage a skilled team and contribute to strategic policies impacting the city’s transport network. This position offers a competitive salary and various benefits, including flexible working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous holidays

Defined benefit pension scheme

Annual leave purchase scheme

Cycle to work schemes

Lifestyle benefits such as discounts

Qualifications

• Qualified transport professional with extensive experience in urban transport planning.
• Confident at managing staff and budgets, and interpreting complex data.
• Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the North Staffordshire Transport Model and provide technical advice.
• Develop and apply modelling techniques ensuring data quality.
• Lead a team delivering transport data that influences the city's network.

Skills

Transport planning

Data collection

Modelling techniques

Managing staff

Data interpretation

Education

Degree in transport planning, civil engineering, town planning or related field

Tools

TRIPS

CUBE

COBA

TUBA

TEMPRO

TRICS

Job description

Overview

We're seeking an experienced Principal Transport Officer to lead our work on transport monitoring, data collection, and modelling. This senior role provides expert transport planning services to support the City's Local Transport Plan, major schemes, and strategic policies. You will manage a skilled team delivering the transport data and modelling that underpin investment decisions and shape the city's future network.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the North Staffordshire Transport Model, commission consultancy studies, and provide technical advice on schemes, developments, and masterplans.
• Develop and apply modelling techniques (TRIPS, CUBE, COBA, TUBA, TEMPRO, TRICS) and ensure data quality through effective survey and monitoring programmes.
• Lead and develop a team to deliver transport data and modelling to underpin investment decisions and influence the city\'s future network.

Qualifications

• Qualified transport professional (degree in transport planning, civil engineering, town planning or related field, with relevant professional membership) with extensive experience in urban transport planning, monitoring, and modelling.
• Confident at managing staff and budgets, interpreting complex data, and communicating findings to technical and non-technical audiences.

What you get

Join a collaborative and forward-thinking team, working on projects that make a tangible difference to Stoke-on-Trent\'s connectivity, sustainability, and growth.

About Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a unitary authority employing approximately 4,600 staff who deliver 700 services to more than 260,000 residents.

Our city comprises six towns: Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall. We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. We have undergone significant changes over the last few years. New ways of working have already transformed many service areas and we are determined to continue to develop more innovative approaches to ensure that we can maximise the benefits of transformation.

Our city: Although the 13th largest city in the UK, Stoke-on-Trent is rapidly outstripping a number of parts of the country with our economic growth and recovery. We are a city with a strong sense of civic pride — we\'ve been voted the kindest city in the UK — and a place where you\'ll receive a hugely warm welcome. We have a rich and diverse culture, steeped in our prestigious industrial heritage as the celebrated \'world capital of ceramics\'. We are committed to raising aspirations and providing high-quality education and health provision, as well as improved opportunities to secure fulfilling and well-paid work. Through uniting social and economic opportunities, we are maximising the full power of the city council as a secure and steadfast institution within the city.

When you work for Stoke-on-Trent City Council you\'ll be helping to improve the lives and well-being of our residents. We\'ll provide you with support, learning opportunities and flexible working options and some amazing benefits including a competitive salary, generous holidays, an excellent defined local authority benefit pension scheme, annual leave purchase scheme, cycle to work schemes, and access to lifestyle benefits such as discounts for family days out, travel, retail and more.

Our commitment to you

Vibrancy and diversity are two of Stoke-on-Trent\'s greatest assets. A city founded on creative endeavour should value and celebrate the multitude of voices, ideas and identities that shape its culture. We are committed to creating a culture which is truly inclusive, where all staff feel valued, listened to, supported and able to do their work to the best of their abilities at all times. Our Equality and Diversity approach invites all communities to work with and for us to continue improving how we deliver services residents need. Our employee networks are inclusive, open forums for colleagues with similar experiences, meeting, supporting and mentoring each other, and advising on policies and services.