Principal Transport Planner - Scotland

Arcadis; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Principal Transport Planner for its Scotland Transport Planning team in Glasgow. You will manage projects and client accounts while leading teams to support clients in achieving their transport goals.

The role focuses on developing strategic transport planning capabilities and requires strong bid writing skills. You will work on some of the UK's most prestigious transport projects, requiring a solid background in transport planning, excellent communication, and team management skills.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in transport planning and strategy development.
• Experience in large multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Good business and client development skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects and client accounts effectively.
• Develop STAG assessment and strategic transport planning.
• Lead teams towards client objectives.

Skills

Transport planning

Bid writing

Client management

Project management

Communication skills

Report writing

Coaching and mentoring

Education

Degree in transport planning or traffic engineering

Job description

Role description

Our Scotland Transport Planning team are recruiting for an experienced Principal Transport Planner to manage projects and client accounts and lead teams focussed on supporting clients to deliver their objectives and outcomes. A key focus will be developing our STAG assessment and strategic transport planning capability in Scotland. Additionally, candidates will need to demonstrate bid writing experience and the ability to win pipeline opportunities.

The Transport Planning team is involved in some of the UK’s most high profile, complex and stimulating transport and development projects that are diverse and technically demanding. We have an enviable reputation in the delivery of some of the UK’s and indeed the world’s most prestigious and challenging projects.

Our client portfolio includes the City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow City Council, Homes England, HS2, and national housebuilders, architects, planners, land promoters and property developers.

Role accountabilities

Our Transport Planning service includes:

• Multimodal Transport Strategy Development
• Future mobility strategies
• Business Case preparation and advice
• Funding bid preparation and advice
• Multimodal modelling and scheme appraisal
• Pedestrian modelling and urban space design
• Scheme Concept and Feasibility
• Master planning Input and Advice
• Travel demand management and behavioural change strategies
• Sustainable and Active Travel inputs
• Planning Application support
• Public Consultation and Expert Witness
• Local Plan preparation and evidence base
• Local operational modelling and access design

The Transport Planning team operates across the UK, with a presence in Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland, the South East, Midlands, North of England, as well as offices in Wales. We require a proven Transport Planner to join our growing team in Scotland to work on existing and upcoming projects.

You should be experienced in the successful delivery and management of projects and teams, ideally in both the private and public sectors. Educated to degree level or above, preferably in transport planning or traffic engineering. We are seeking a motivated individual, confident at communicating and presenting to internal and external clients.

The successful individual should have a rounded skill set in transport planning work, together with experience in public consultation, transport modelling, and report writing.

Qualifications & Experience

• Significant experience in transport planning and strategy development.
• Experience of working in large multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Proven business and client development skills.
• Ability to be first point of contact with clients.
• Able to produce quality bids.
• Experience managing projects and teams.
• Ability to coach and mentor staff.
• Excellent report writing and communication skills.
• Ability to oversee the production of technical documents.
• Excellent organisational skills.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.