Assistant Transport Planner

WSP in India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP India is seeking an Assistant Engineer to support transport planning and sustainability projects in Bengaluru. You will collaborate with WSP teams and the GCC to deliver high-quality project support and supervision of discipline delivery for low-carbon transport solutions.

Key duties include quantifying transport schemes' carbon impacts, developing sustainability analyses, and contributing to training and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• MTech or equivalent degree in Transportation Planning/Environmental.
• Minimum 1-2 years project experience in consulting work related to sustainability/carbon analysis/emissions reductions processes.
• Member or working towards associated Professional body membership.
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Perform and lead quantitative analysis of transport schemes on carbon emissions using modelling outputs and embodied carbon.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to aid development of client sustainability solutions (footprinting, materiality, gap analysis).
• Develop or review quantification methods for projects with GHG reductions/removals.
• Assess carbon footprints: data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Research current and future advances in carbon/climate sectors as they impact transport.
• Contribute to carbon and climate training programmes.
• Collaborate with teams to enable carbon assessments to be completed to required quality for low carbon transport solutions.
• Support delivery of high-quality projects on time and within budget.
• Review GCC team analyses and designs.
• Understand project deliverables and scope.
• Coordinate with Senior Engineers and support graduates in the team.
• Research and review design options for technical and economic impact.
• Support planning of resource needs and address utilization concerns.
• Provide feedback on team performance and development.
• Identify, assess and manage technical project risk.
• Support sustainability initiatives and contribute to our transport consultancy offer.
• Attend and contribute to team and project meetings.

Skills

Collaboration & teamwork

Commercial acumen

Technical capability & delivery

Adaptability & learning

Resource planning & allocation

Report writing

Education

MTech or equivalent in Transportation Planning/Environmental

1-2 years project experience in sustainability/carbon analysis

Professional body membership (member or in progress)

MS Office proficiency

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

Assistant Engineer role is critical in effectively managing workloads between the transport teams in WSP and the GCC. This individual will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality support to WSP and the supervision of discipline project delivery from the Transport planning GCC, focused on enabling the delivery of sustainable low carbon transport solutions.

Job Description

Assistant Engineer role is critical in effectively managing workloads between the transport teams in WSP and the GCC. This individual will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality support to WSP and the supervision of discipline project delivery from the Transport planning GCC, focused on enabling the delivery of sustainable low carbon transport solutions.

Responsibilities

• Perform and lead quantative analysis of the impact of transport schemes on carbon emissions, considering both user emissions, using transport modelling outputs, and embodied carbon based on scheme layouts. Summarise the key findings from analysis and make recommendations on reducing carbon impacts of proposals.
• To perform several quantitative and qualitative analyses to aid in the development of specific client sustainability solutions, such as corporate and/or product environmental foot printing; qualitative analyses such as materiality evaluations or gap analysis, and so on.
• Develop and/or review quantification methods for projects that account for GHG emission reductions or removals, undertaking or supervising related analysis.
• Assessments of carbon footprints, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Research into current and future advances in the carbon and climate change sectors, both locally and globally, as they impact on Transport.
• Providing Contributing to carbon and climate change training programmes.
• To collaborate with colleagues across teams to enable carbon assessments to be completed to the required quality and to facilitate delivery of low carbon transport solutions for our clients.
• Support the successful delivery of high-quality projects on time and to budgets.
• Conduct required checks and reviews of GCC team's analysis and designs.
• Understand the contract and scope of project deliverables.
• Coordinate with Senior Engineers and support graduates in the team.
• Research and review design options for both technical and economic impact.
• Support line manager in planning resource needs and evolve as required if there are resource or utilization concerns.
• Provide feedback to line manager on the team s performance and development requirements.
• In conjunction with line manager identify, assess, and manage technical project risk.
• Support the company's approach to sustainability and actively contribute to developing our sustainable transport consultancy offer, in conjunction with relevant teams.
• Attend and contribute to team and project meetings.
• Complete accurate timesheets by set deadline.
• Feedback on all business development opportunities and contribute to continuous improvement of our products and processes.

Qualifications

Mandatory Skills

• Collaboration & Teamwork
• Commercial Acumen
• Technical Capability & Delivery related to sustainable low carbon transport
• Adaptability & Learning
• Work/ resource planning and allocation
• Demonstrable report writing expertise

Qualifications

• MTech or equivalent degree in Transportation Planning/Environmental
• Minimum 1- 2yrs project experience in consulting work related to sustainability/carbon analysis/ emissions reductions processes
• Member or working towards associated Professional body membership
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office

BGV

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.

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