Principal Transport Planner

WSP; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Principal Transport Planner in Liverpool to lead and manage various transport projects, work collaboratively with clients, and contribute to innovative transport strategies. The role requires strong project management skills and experience with local authorities, providing a dynamic opportunity to influence transport planning in the region.

Qualifications

• Strong project management skills developed across multiple transport projects.
• Experience in developing transport strategies and policies.
• Knowledge of working with Local and Combined Authorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage transport projects from inception to completion.
• Ensure financial performance and contribute to team success.
• Support the development of junior team members.

Skills

Project Management

Active Travel

Public Transport

Communication Skills

Commercial Acumen

Education

Professional Qualification / Chartership

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role…

We are seeking a Principal Transport Planner based in Liverpool to:

• Lead and manage a range of transport projects across our business, working across modes to develop transport strategies, policies and business cases and support the development of transport programmes and projects from inception through to completion
• Lead a variety of projects and proposals (both technical and commercial inputs,) managing resources and delivering high quality outputs in line with client requirements.
• Lead and manage tasks as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working with our other service lines to deliver large multi-disciplinary projects from concept to delivery.
• Provide specific support in securing and delivering work for our local client portfolio, notably the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and its constituent local authority partners.
• Undertake a lead role on technical review and checking of deliverables within the team.
• Be responsible for the financial performance of your projects and contribute to the commercial performance of our team, recognising key metrics and understanding how individual and project team performance contributes to them.
• Support the ongoing development of the junior members of the team, either as a People Manager or a mentor who actively shares knowledge and identifies opportunities to grow and develop the team.
• Make an active contribution to our four key pillars (People; Clients & Growth; Operations; and Expertise).

You will have an opportunity to work collaboratively with our Net Zero, Future Mobility and Freight growth areas on a range of innovative strategies for our public sector clients, as well as our extensive range of expertise practice groups, including Public Transport, Active Travel and Transport Communications.

Your Team

Our Liverpool Transport Planning Team sits within a wider team of over 100 people across the North, Midlands and Scotland, with close links to Manchester, North Wales and our southern transport planning team. We also work closely with our colleagues in Net Zero, Future Mobility, Liveable Places and Development Planning.

We deliver a wide range of transport planning projects for our clients, as well as an extensive portfolio of multi-disciplinary and cross-sector services, including (but not limited to): active travel solutions; public transport network planning; scheme development and appraisal; business case development and Government funding applications for all types of transport schemes; economic appraisal; carbon appraisal and management; consultation and engagement and transport strategy and policy development. You may have broad experience that spans across these areas, or you may be a specialist in one or more. We can help you to broaden your experience or deepen your specialist skill areas in line with your career aspirations.

The broad range of our services allows our staff to develop their own skills and experiences over a wide portfolio of project work, providing both versatility in workload, and career development opportunities. This provides our staff with the opportunity to work in a range of roles, across multiple disciplines, and realise their career aspirations, whatever they may be.

We have a strong local and regional pipeline of work and the successful applicant will help us to deliver challenging and exciting work for a range of national and regional clients, predominantly Combined and Local Authorities.

We are based at Exchange Station in Liverpool City Centre. We support flexible working arrangements and the majority of our team split their time between working in the office, spending time with our clients and working from home.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Strong project management skills developed across a range of transport and multi-disciplinary projects.
• Experience in active travel, public transport, transport programme/scheme development and/or business case development.
• Experience of developing transport focused strategies, plans and policies.
• Experience of working with Local Authority and Combined Authority clients.
• The ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects and tasks to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and ability to adapt approach as necessary dependent on live project requirements
• Good spoken and written communication skills and the ability to successfully deliver presentations to a variety of audiences. Ability to liaise confidently with internal and external colleagues including public sector officials, members of the public and other key project stakeholders
• Commercial acumen and the ability to manage tasks and support wider team management in leading more junior members of the team.

We are keen to hear from people who hold or who are currently working towards a professional qualification / chartership.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.
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