Senior / Principal Transport Planning

Job description

We are currently looking to expand our transport planning team in Birmingham and are looking to appoint a transport business case specialist to play a key role in growing the team and our wider advisory capacity. This individual must be equally conversant in transport economics, appraisal and modelling and possess advanced critical thinking to resolve not only What? and How? questions but also Why?

You will play a key role in guiding and coordinating our front end advisory projects, driving them forward and contributing to the growth of this significant area within Mott MacDonald. The role offers the successful applicant the opportunity to balance leadership in the delivery of complex projects ensuring technical excellence and innovation, with the requirement to engage with Local Transport Authorities and emerging Combined Authorities to expand our client base.

You will be engaged on projects for high profile clients such as Transport for West Midlands, Midlands Connect, Birmingham City Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Transport for Wales, Department for Transport, National Highways, East West Rail Co and Heathrow Airport Ltd.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Providing technical advice in development and planning of major transport schemes
• Leading technical coordination and client-facing technical leadership
• Leading the pursuit and bidding of public transport projects
• Understanding the needs of our clients and their major projects
• Supporting project teams to deliver detailed scheme development and implementation
• Coordinating across disciplines and reviewing deliverables
• Mentoring junior team members and ensuring the commercial success of projects

Candidate specification
Essential:

• Proven track record in leading the development of all stages of transport business cases
• Extensive knowledge of UK government appraisal guidance (HM Treasury Green Book) and transport analysis guidance in England (TAG), Wales (WelTAG) and Scotland (STAG)
• Significant experience in technical leadership and client relationships
• Commercial acumen and a business-focused mindset, including work-winning
• Senior skills in planning for major transport projects, including transport business cases, demand modelling/forecasting, wider transport economics, transport policy & strategy, network planning, bus franchising, electrification, and decarbonisation
• Knowledge of major transportation modelling packages commonly used in the UK and Ireland

Desirable:

• A degree in transport planning or transport economics
• Membership in a relevant professional organisation (such as IHT, ILT, TPS, or ICE)
• Extensive knowledge of transport appraisal guidance in Ireland Understanding of the wider transport planning/engineering industry
• Professionally qualified (CEng or CTPP) through the CIHT, ICE or IET