Senior Active Travel Designer

PJA; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in civil engineering is seeking an HR Adviser in Birmingham. The ideal candidate will have a passion for active travel infrastructure, providing design expertise and supporting a growing team. This role offers a modern working environment, professional development, and a range of benefits including flexible working and a share ownership scheme.

Benefits

25 Days Annual Leave

Flexible Working Arrangements

Company Share Ownership Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Payment of Professional Subscription

Group Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Experience in transport/placemaking/civil engineering.
• Ability to mentor junior staff.
• Knowledge of national design standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide design expertise for active travel schemes.
• Support technical delivery from feasibility to detailed design.
• Review schemes and set out active travel strategies.

Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Client Relationship Management

Technical Report Writing

Education

Degree in Highway/Public Realm Design

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

3D Modelling Software

Job description

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HR Adviser | CIPD L5 Associate Diploma in People Management

Do you have an interest in street design, shifting the focus away from private vehicles to promote better spaces for those walking, wheeling, and cycling?

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior engineer with a passion and interest in planning and designing active travel infrastructure in our Birmingham Office.

Our ideal candidate will provide design expertise and support for appraisals of a range of active travel focused schemes. They will have existing design experience in the transport / placemaking / civil engineering fields and are able to support a growing team seeking to deliver on both private and public sector opportunities.

We require the applicant to ideally be degree educated, ideally with a focus within highway and/or public realm design. We are seeking someone to provide high quality technical delivery of projects ranging from feasibility studies through to detailed design, whilst also supporting with the reviewing schemes, setting out active travel strategies, undertaking route audits, and providing support into Business Cases.

Our ideal candidate will have passion and experience of designing and reviewing schemes to LTN 1/20 and inclusive mobility guidance.

• Comprehensive knowledge of national design standards (DMRB, Traffic Signs Manual, LTN 1/20, Manual for Streets, Inclusive mobility).
• Knowledge and practical application of adoption agreements (including, S278 and S38).
• Comprehensive understanding of software packages including Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, vehicle tracking, KeyLINES/SIGNS, with 3D modelling experience.
• Experience in establishing new client relationships to help grow the Active Travel offering
• Experience of meeting attendance to discuss issues with clients, architects, contractors, local authorities and other statutory bodies.
• Ability to produce technical reports.
• Good time management and organisational skills with the ability to maintain good records.
• Experience managing tasks to delivering projects on time and to a budget.
• Ability to build a team and mentor junior members of staff.
• Experience in applying Active Travel England Toolkits and an understanding of transport planning modelling would be advantageous.

As a member of the PJA team, you can expect:

• An attractive and modern working environment with good accessibility by all modes of transport.
• The opportunity to progress within the firm.
• A wide range of challenging projects
• Ongoing support, training and mentoring from senior professionals within the business with a real commitment from senior management towards personal and professional development.

We also offer an attractive benefits package that includes:

• 25 Days annual leave plus the ability to purchase an additional 5days leave.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Option to participate in the Company Share Ownership scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Payment of professional subscription.
• Membership of our group pension scheme.
• Life assurance.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design and Engineering

• Industries

  Civil Engineering

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