Principal Consultant Strategic Modelling

SYSTRA; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global infrastructure consulting firm is seeking an experienced Senior/Principal Consultant to join their Strategic Modelling team in the UK. This role involves leading projects in transport planning, developing strategic modelling systems, and providing technical expertise to clients. Candidates should have strong quantitative skills, experience in transport or mathematical modelling, and familiarity with various modelling software. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and is key to successful project delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills.
• Experience with transport or mathematical modelling.
• Ability to work with complex datasets.

Responsibilities

• Lead small/medium projects and execute tasks within quality, time, and budget.
• Review Assistant consultants' analysis for accuracy.
• Manage stakeholder, client, and cross-functional relationships.

Skills

Qualitative & quantitative research skills

Transport or mathematical modelling experience

Experience working with complex datasets

Proficiency in Cube, SATURN, Aimsun, Paramics, VISUM, VISSIM, EMME

Tools

AutoCAD

Spreadsheets

Databases

Programming / coding

Statistical analysis

Job description

Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.

For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.

Context

We have a new opportunity for an experienced Senior/Principal Consultant to join our growing Strategic Modelling team, based from anyone of our UK offices with the flexibility of hybrid working. The successful candidate will join a high performing Transport Planning and Modelling team providing strong technical guidance to both existing and new clients across the UK and Ireland. They will focus on developing strategic highway, public transport and/or multi-modal models. With the support of the Modelling and Appraisal, Public Transport and Transport Planning teams in across the UK and Ireland, you will play a key role in delivering/managing projects.

Missions/Main Duties

Supporting the management and delivery of Data, Modelling and Analytics projects in UK and Ireland. Becoming a technical expert in the development and application of Strategic Modelling systems including the setting up and running of modelling scenarios and the extraction, processing and presentation of modelling results to clients and stakeholders.

• Act as a technical lead on small/medium projects
• Execute tasks to quality, time and budget
• Specify information requirements directly to the client
• Identify the information needed to deliver tasks
• Review the accuracy of Assistant consultants' analysis
• Stakeholder, client and cross functional relationship management
• Demonstrate thoroughness and judgement in analysing information and presenting conclusions
• Demonstrate intermediate proficiency in the application of a broad range of methods, techniques and tools
• Take responsibility for defined sections of SYSTRA reports. Ensuring successful project delivery to time, cost, quality and other contractual requirements.
• Working with clients to understand ultimate objectives and desired outcomes for each project

Profile/Skills

• Qualitative & quantitative research skills
• Working with complex datasets
• Transport or mathematical modelling experience
• Experience using any one or more of Cube, SATURN, Aimsun, Paramics, VISUM, VISSIM, EMME
• Experience with the NTA RMS
• Computer skills including some of the following:
  • AutoCAD design
  • Spreadsheets
  • Databases
  • Programming / coding
  • Statistical analysis
• Being a team player and contributing to projects in other sectors as required (Transport Planning, Rail consultancy, development planning etc)