Senior Transport Planner

Calibre Search; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport planning consultancy in Leeds is seeking a Senior Transport Planner with 5-10 years of experience. The role involves providing transport planning services, managing projects, and the opportunity for team leadership. Benefits include 28 days of annual leave, private medical insurance, and yearly bonuses. This position offers a diverse range of projects in the transport sector, making it an exciting opportunity for qualified candidates.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Yearly company bonuses

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in delivering traffic and transport projects.
• Experience managing teams from Apprentice to Senior level.
• Ability to present complex ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Provide transport planning services.
• Management of transport assessments and junction models.
• Ensure project requirements are met effectively.

Skills

Transport Planning

Project Management

Communication Skills

Traffic Analysis

Education

Chartered member of CIHT or equivalent

Job description

Overview

I am working with a fantastic SME Transport Planning consultancy in Leeds City Centre to find a Senior Transport Planner with between 5 and 10 years experience to join their team of 24 in Leeds. You would be joining a company that truly rewards and values it's staff with a 100% retention rate since it was established.

With 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), Private medical, yearly company bonuses as just a few of the benefits of working for this consultancy, you will be given a variety of work like nowhere else and be busy working on access appraisals, travel plans, transport assessments, traffic FLOW and junction modelling with clients across Leeds, Yorkshire and the North East in an array of sectors.

As a Senior Transport Planner you'd be also given the opportunity to immerse yourself in the commercial (working to win new work), operational (taking on leadership responsibilities of others in the team) and marketing/outside industry bodies (with marketing responsibilities should you want them and an opportunity to get involved in the CIHT or STEM or others).

Responsibilities

• Provide transport planning services on behalf of the consultancy under the direction of the Director or Associate Director.
• Management of transport assessments, travel plans, traffic FLOW, junction models.
• Time, cost, quality, resource and delivery management including communication with the department and management to ensure that resource and project requirements are clearly understood and met.
• Contribute to the preparation of enquiry plans, tender reviews, fee estimate sheets, scopes of work and change controls.

Requirements / Experience

• Chartered member of CIHT or other relevant body is ideal but not essential.
• Significant experience of delivering traffic and transport projects, including managing commercial elements of projects.
• Experience of Planning policy, transport assessments and traffic analysis
• Experience managing teams from Apprentices and Graduates to Senior Transport Planner level.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to eloquently present complex ideas

How to apply

If interested in this vacancy but you would like to find out more before formally applying, please contact Taylor Smith at Calibre Search Manchester.

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