We are looking for a Principal Transport Planner to join our busy team on a permanent basis.
This is a very varied role which will make full use of your transport planning and appraisal skills and experience, as part of an expert team, key to our ambitious transport agenda. Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) are coordinating development and delivery of £1bn of transport projects through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), and £2.4bn through the West Midlands Integrated Settlement (IS) agreement including an extended Metro, new rail stations, bus priority, and improved walking and cycling routes. Your role will be crucial to helping sponsors, and decision-makers, by developing business cases for these and other projects and policies.
In addition to using your Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG) and Green Book knowledge, you will also be using regionally important tools like PRISM, our PTV Visum-based Policy Responsive Integrated Strategic Model, and emerging new Regional Strategic Model (RSM), which you will help develop. You will also be involved in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of projects and policies, and adding to the research evidence base, to inform future strategy and proposals.
This role requires someone who is highly organised, conscientious, and enthusiastic, who thrives under pressure and works in a timely manner to meet deadlines. You will be confident and knowledgeable in your field and enj...