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We are seeking an enthusiastic Senior or Principal Consultant to support our regional Development Team in Newcastle, specialising in Transport / Civil Engineering for Development Planning.
You will work within a team providing sustainable development solutions from site selection through to planning approvals and implementation. The development planning transport work involves providing specialist advice to private sector and some local authority clients on residential and mixed-use development led and masterplanning projects, including on access, transportation and infrastructure issues, and supporting development proposals through the planning process.
You can expect to be active on several projects and client accounts at any given time. You will report to a senior member of the Development Team.
* Providing day to day support in the delivery of concept studies / strategies, Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Parking Studies, Access Studies, Movement and Access Studies with a hands-on role, leading to planning applications, post-permission and discharge of planning condition works.
* Providing proactive management and leadership to secure collaborative, cooperative and harmonious working relationships with clients, colleagues, and staff.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships with key clients based upon achievement of excellence in service provision with high levels of technical competence and client satisfaction.
* Keeping up-to-date with relevant standards and policies; raise WSP profile by networking and attending conferences.
* You will be supported by a team of experienced and developing technical staff of various grades, to whom you will be expected to provide guidance and support as appropriate.
* Involvement in high profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external multidisciplinary professionals) and project management.
* Being responsible, or actively engaged depending on experience, for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and legal requirements.
YOUR TEAM
* The Development Team is a well-established and high performing discipline within the Planning and Development business unit which includes over 800 colleagues focused on project delivery through the whole project life cycle.
* Our vision is to be recognised as the best Development team in the industry through continuous improvement and a management structure comprising of four pillars: Technical Excellence, People, Clients, and Operational Excellence.
* We help our clients to promote, implement and manage sustainable development, from pre-feasibility through to planning consent.
* We work with public/private sector land promoters and house builders, developers, signature architects, Government, and local authorities.
* A numerate first degree in Transport, Mathematics, Geography, Civil Engineering, Planning or a related subject is essential.
* Experience of operating as a lead client contact for consultancy services and fostering excellent relationships with clients and co-professionals (essential).
* Communication skills, with a clear track record of presenting compelling written work in support of development proposals (essential).
* Knowledge of appropriate transport planning guidance and best practice (essential).
* Significant experience of delivering a wide range of transport planning projects across a number of specialist areas including development planning, scheme delivery, sustainable transport and active travel, junction design (priority, roundabout, signals) and knowledge of relevant standards (essential).
* A working knowledge of junction modelling software, for example Junctions 9 (PICADY & ARCADY) and Linsig, with sufficient experience to mentor others in the use of these programmes (essential).
* A high level of numeracy with problem-solving skills and innovative thinking (essential).
* Significant experience and capability in financially and programme managing projects using appropriate business tools (essential).
* Experience of team management responsibilities including line management and day-to-day operations (essential).
* A robust knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects.
* Postgraduate (or equivalent) experience and are at least nearing Chartership or have equivalent commercial experience and responsibility.
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