Transport Planning Consultant / Assistant Consultant - Business Case Advisory

WSP; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is seeking a Consultant or Assistant Consultant for their Business Case Advisory team. The role involves developing transport solutions and undertaking analysis to support significant investment cases in various projects. Ideal candidates will have strong collaboration skills, experience in transport analysis, and an interest in sustainable transport solutions. This position offers opportunities for career development within a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Interest in developing transport solutions to environmental, economic, and social challenges.
• Experience in undertaking transport analysis consistent with relevant guidance.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills for teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Make the case for investment in transport schemes.
• Develop objectives based on policy and identified problems.
• Provide analytical expertise to colleagues across WSP.

Skills

Transport analysis

Collaboration and communication

Intellectual curiosity

Flexibility and multitasking

Job description

Overview

What if you could shape a career as unique as you? At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons. We are seeking to recruit a Consultant or Assistant Consultant to join the Business Case Advisory team within our Mobility Planning division. The team is virtual, although it is desirable that you would be able to spend time in an office in which we have a Business Case Advisory team presence (Cambridge, Exeter or London).

Responsibilities

We undertake a wide variety of consultancy work and work closely with colleagues across the UK and India. The nature of our work typically encompasses:

• Making the case for investment in proposed transport and/or land-use schemes by understanding the rationale to do so
• Developing objectives in the context of relevant policy and identified problems and opportunities
• Developing the evidence to support informed choices by clients and funders
• Developing and applying Multi-Criteria Assessment Frameworks to ensure robust optioneering
• Creating economic and financial appraisal frameworks consistent with HM Treasury and DfT guidance
• Providing analytical and appraisal expertise to colleagues across WSP
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and clients to assemble information and communicate clearly analytical findings
• Support the preparation of bids, fee proposals and project programmes
• Undertake management of projects as PM/ Deputy PM
• Contribute to team meetings through knowledge shares and general engagement
• Act as a buddy, have a mentor
• Pursue professional qualifications

Alongside the technical elements, there will be opportunities to:

• Support the preparation of bids, fee proposals and project programmes.
• Undertake management of projects as PM/ Deputy PM
• Contribute to team meetings through knowledge shares and general engagement
• Act as a buddy, have a mentor
• Pursue professional qualifications

Your Team

Working with our clients in the public and private sectors, we have supported the successful delivery of billions of pounds of investment. This has encompassed local interventions to address issues of exclusion and poor design, to multi-million-pound innovative solutions to unlock major economic and social opportunities or protect internationally significant heritage.

As trusted advisors working collaboratively with clients, we deliver compelling business cases and business case related work underpinned by technically robust analysis which consistently withstands scrutiny and challenge through governance gateways.

Our experience encompasses an extensive range of projects including for active travel, intelligent transport systems, local highway measures, MaaS, major highway schemes, mass transit, mobility hubs, new stations, rail service improvements, residential & commercial developments, speed management and user charging.

Qualifications and Fit

We'd love to hear from you if you are:

Given our current level of project work and future opportunities, we are looking to continue to grow the team, offering opportunities for career development in a technical advisory role suiting someone who has:

• Interest in developing transport solutions to everyday environmental, economic and social challenges
• Experience in undertaking transport analysis in a structured manner consistent with relevant guidance and identifying the implications of the findings
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively in teams and clearly present information
• Intellectual curiosity to understand and apply funding bodies' business case guidance (Green Book, DfT, Transport Scotland) and associated appraisal requirements
• Confidence to take on responsibility and ownership of tasks, as well as being comfortable to seek guidance and advice when required
• Experience in being able to work flexibly, on multiple projects at a time and to meet competing deadlines
• Recognition of the commercial environment we work in and the requirement to deliver against quality, time and budget

Don't quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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