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Associate Transport Planner – Birmingham
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Location: Longbridge, Birmingham
Permanent
Department: Traffic & Transportation
Who We Are
We’re Rodgers Leask, award-winning consulting engineers with decades of experience, vast technical expertise and a friendly, proactive approach that our clients really value.
Over the years we’ve delivered projects of every size, in every sector, with every kind of complexity. Whatever the challenge, from concept to completion, we deliver imaginative, integrated engineering solutions that are rigorously designed, robustly cost effective and reliably buildable. We are an equal opportunities employer who believes in rewarding and supporting those that have the drive and belief to be the best they can be. We care about the environment and are committed to creating a sustainable society.
What You’ll Do
* Lead the expansion of Rodgers Leask’s Longbridge Transport Planning Team, to complement the office’s existing multi-disciplinary services.
* Work with support from an experienced Principal Transport Planner to deliver projects from concept to completion.
* Lead and manage your own projects and client engagements, with the aim of growing the transport planning team and developing new business.
* Collaborate with the office’s Regional Director and Associate Director to deliver imaginative, integrated engineering solutions, with rigorous design and cost-effectiveness.
* Contribute to open-plan office culture at Longbridge town centre and engage with a wide range of amenities and multi-modal transport options.
Who You Are / Requirements
* 12+ years’ experience in the industry with aspiration to grow, establish and manage your own transport planning team.
* Proven track record of developing new business, managing multiple projects and key client contacts and other stakeholders simultaneously.
* Excellent report writing skills with experience of preparing Transport Notes, Statements and Assessments, Travel Plans.
* Understanding of relevant local and national transport policy and guidance; expert witness experience at planning appeals, local plan examination hearings or similar.
* Excellent organisation, communication and presentation skills, with high standards of attention to detail and strong personal work ethic.
* Member of a professional institution such as CIHT, IHE, TPS; preferably chartered via TPP or CMILT.
* Demonstrable knowledge of sustainable/active travel innovations and design standards.
* Knowledge of DfT WebTAG policy and strategic/microsimulation modelling (e.g., VISSIM or PARAMICS).
* Competent user of junction capacity modelling software (Junctions 10, LinSig/Quickgreen) and other industry software (TRICS, TEMPro).
* Proficient in preliminary highway design with AutoCAD and relevant design guidance; competent user of GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS, MapInfo, Basemap TRACC, Podaris).
Why Join
* Flexible holiday allowance
* Company Pension scheme
* Hybrid working
* Interesting and challenging projects
* Autonomy to lead your own projects
* Excellent career progression potential
Contact
Get in touch: careers@rodgersleask.co.uk
Job Details
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Management and Manufacturing
* Industries: Construction
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