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We are currently looking for a Team Manager to support and lead our Transport Planning team across Leeds and Manchester. This role can be based in either office and can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.
Our Transport Planning team is made up of highly skilled professionals delivering a wide range of transport planning services across both the public and private sectors.
Responsibilities
* Take responsibility for financial KPIs within the team, including billing ratios, average fees and EBITA, and collaborate with your team to mitigate negative movements in KPIs and provide feedback and context to the Department Manager.
* Take responsibility for people KPIs within the team, such as absence, staff turnover and employee survey outcomes, and collaborate with other Team Managers to identify and share best practice and implement improvements.
* Ensure the effective and consistent delivery of projects within the team, acting as technical lead or senior reviewer on transport planning projects such as transport strategies, business cases, appraisal studies and multi‑modal transport assessments.
* Embed a culture of work‑winning, project quality and commercial awareness, ensuring the team is engaging with regional and national campaigns and leaders to maximise work‑winning and bid opportunities.
* Collaborate with other Team Managers to create development opportunities, recruit, and instil a culture of succession to grow a pipeline of talent within the Department.
* Develop and maintain relationships with key clients and partners through active client engagement and strong relationships, ensuring excellent delivery and expert knowledge, with a focus on local authorities and public sector bodies.
Qualifications
* Extensive experience in Transport Planning with a thorough understanding of delivery, work‑winning with public and/or private sector customers and evidence of managing client relationships.
* Experience managing and developing teams in a project manager or line manager capacity, balancing workload delivery, resource planning, employee development and wellbeing.
* Demonstrable experience leading or overseeing transport planning work, including transport strategy, appraisal, business case development and policy‑led studies across multiple modes.
* Strong leadership skills, proactive partner in the Department management team, supporting the wider team in developing overall objectives.
* Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, able to adapt style to diverse audiences and produce high‑quality technical reports for public sector clients.
* Proven decision‑making skills with the ability to influence strategic decision‑making and make commercial decisions within defined parameters.
* Demonstrable experience operating and influencing at a senior level.
* Chartered status with a professional body (or working towards chartership).
Employee Benefits
* Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
* Competitive pension contribution
* Life Assurance
* Private Medical Insurance (including family cover)
* Company car or car allowance
* Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
* Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year).
* Cycle2Work Scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice).
* Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
* Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
* We plant a tree for all new starters!
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
It’s important to us that all our colleagues thrive at work. We strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.
Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitable and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We are an Accredited Real Living Wage Employer and a Disability Confident Committed employer, and we will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 who opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.
If you’re an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to use the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, please contact GB_Function-HR-Resourcing@sweco.co.uk for assistance.
We reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.
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