Senior Transport Planner & Strategic Modelling Lead

slihrms; Epsom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Training & development

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in the South East is seeking an experienced Transport Planner with strategic transport modelling experience to join our Movement & Place team. You will lead modelling projects from inception to completion, develop multi‑modal models, forecast demand and assess network performance for UK schemes.

You will advise clients, manage budgets, mentor junior staff and contribute to business development.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading technical workstreams or project delivery.
• Ability to build effective relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly for different audiences.
• Experience contributing to reports, presentations or other outputs.
• Experience managing project programmes and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver transport modelling and appraisal projects from inception through to completion.
• Develop, manage and apply strategic and multi-modal transport models to assess future travel demand and network performance.
• Advise clients on modelling approaches, forecasting assumptions, appraisal methodologies and evidence requirements.
• Manage project programmes, budgets and technical quality.
• Build strong relationships with clients, stakeholders and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Present findings and recommendations to clients, stakeholders and project boards.
• Analyse transport, economic and demographic data to understand travel behaviour and future trends.
• Test transport schemes, development proposals and future scenarios to support evidence-based decision making.
• Support business cases, funding submissions and economic appraisal studies.
• Mentor and support junior team members, helping to develop modelling capability across the business.
• Contribute to business development activities, framework opportunities and proposal submissions.

Skills

Strategic modelling

Transport modelling

Data analysis

Project delivery

Client relations

Tools

SATURN

CUBE

VISUM

EMME

Aimsun

VISSIM

Junctions 10

LinSig

Job description

AtkinsRéalis in the South East is seeking an experienced Transport Planner with strategic transport modelling experience to join our Movement & Place team. You will lead modelling projects from inception to completion, develop multi‑modal models, forecast demand and assess network performance for UK schemes.

You will advise clients, manage budgets, mentor junior staff and contribute to business development.