Principal Transport Planner

AtkinsRealis India Private Limited; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work solutions

Relocation assistance

Life insurance

Medical insurance

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis seeks a Principal Transport Planner to lead strategic modelling across diverse global projects. You will help develop, maintain and enhance transport models supporting sustainable growth, mobility planning, and infrastructure development.

You’ll collaborate with international teams on model development, local plan assessments, and master planning. The role emphasizes data analysis, scripting, and delivering evidence-based planning solutions with minimal supervision and potential

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in transport planning or economics.
• 13+ years of experience in transport planning software (VISUM, SATURN, DIADEM, EMME).
• Experience with strategic modelling techniques and guidance.
• Experience delivering transport planning/modelling projects for UK/ME/USA/Canada/Australia.
• Strong analytical skills with handling complex datasets.
• Scripting in Python, Excel-VBA and R.
• Knowledge of ArcGIS/QGIS, PowerBI, and MS Office.
• Ability to lead small teams and work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to delivery of strategic transport modelling projects across global markets.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance transport models for sustainable growth and mobility planning.
• Support development of evidence-based solutions informing planning and investment decisions.

Skills

13+ years experience

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Written communication

Python scripting

Excel-VBA

R

PowerBI

ArcGIS

QGIS

Education

Bachelor’s + Master’s in transport planning/economics

Tools

VISUM

SATURN

DIADEM

EMME

Job description

Job Description Overview Be at the forefront of strategic transport planning and modelling. As a Principal Transport Planner, you will help deliver transformational projects worldwide, from strategic model development and local plan assessments to supporting major development and master planning initiatives, enabling sustainable and future-ready transport networks.

Your role

You will contribute to the delivery of strategic transport modelling projects across global markets, supporting the development of evidence-based solutions that inform planning and investment decisions. This role offers the opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of projects, including strategic transport model development, local plan modelling, development impact assessments and concept master planning support. Working closely with strategic modelling teams across the world, you will help to develop, maintain, and enhance transport models that support sustainable growth, mobility planning, and infrastructure development.

About you

Essential Requirements

• Appropriate academic and professional qualifications (Bachelor’s Degree with Master’s degree in transport planning / economics)
• Working experience (13+ years) in Transport Planning software like VISUM, SATURN, DIADEM, EMME.
• Experience and knowledge of Strategic Modelling techniques and guidance.
• Knowledge and experience in delivering transport planning/modelling projects for UK/ME/ USA/ Canada/ Australia regions
• Strong Analytical skills with experience in handling and interpreting complex datasets
• Experience in scripting using like Python, Excel-VBA and R.
• Strong understanding of ArcGIS/QGIS, PowerBI and Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to work in a team as part of a wider project with minimal supervision.
• Experience in leading smaller teams as part of a project delivery
• Good written communication skills.

Desirable requirements

• Be highly self-motivated and ambitious.
• Be able to adapt to different cultures and working environments to build rapport with customers.
• Be able to build excellent working relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Experience in the use of analytical and research tools such as GIS and the use of databases
• Appreciation of the transport industry and related policy context
• Professional membership of a relevant institution.

Reward & benefits

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
• Generous annual leave balance.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
• Remote work opportunities outside of country.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Relocation assistance.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. Find out more.

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and our people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital.

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