Principal Transport Planner Scotland

Description

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Our Scotland Transport Planning team are recruiting for an experienced Principal Transport Plannerto manage projects and client accounts and lead teams focussed on supporting clients to deliver their objectives and outcomes. A key focus for the role will be developing our STAG assessment and strategic transport planning capability in Scotland. Additionally candidates will need to demonstrate bid writing experience and the ability to win pipeline opportunities.

The Transport Planning team is involved in some of the UKs most high profile complex and stimulating transport and development projects that are diverse and technically demanding. We have an enviable reputation in the delivery of some of the UKs and indeed the worlds most prestigious and challenging projects.

Our client portfolio includes the City of Edinburgh Council Glasgow City Council Homes England HS2 and national housebuilders architects planners land promoters and property developers.

The range and scale of Arcadis also provides the Transport Planning team the opportunity to work on a diverse range of multi-disciplinary projects through other parts of the business including Buildings Environment Manufacturing Technology and Local Government.

Role accountabilities:

Our Transport Planning service includes:

• Multimodal Transport Strategy Development

• Future mobility strategies

• Business Case preparation and advice

• Funding bid preparation and advice

• Multimodal modelling and scheme appraisal

• Pedestrian modelling and urban space design

• Scheme Concept and Feasibility

• Master planning Input and Advice

• Travel demand management and behavioural change strategies

• Sustainable and Active Travel inputs

• Planning Application support

• Public Consultation and Expert Witness

• Local Plan preparation and evidence base

• Local operational modelling and access design

The Transport Planning team operates across the UK with a presence in Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland the South East Midlands North of England as well as offices in require a proven Transport Planner to join our growing team in the Scotland to work on existing and upcoming projects.

This is an exciting time to join a growing team with significant opportunities for to work in parallel with the broader Arcadis placemaking offer together with wide range of internal and external clients.

You should be experienced in the successful delivery and management of projects and teams ideally in both the private and public sectors. Educated to degree level or above preferably in transport planning or traffic engineering. We are seeking a motivated individual confident at communicating and presenting to internal and external clients.

The successful individual should have a rounded skill set in transport planning work together with experience in public consultation transport modelling and report writing.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Significant experience in transport planning and strategy development.

• Experience of working in large multi-disciplinary teams.

• Proven business and client development skills.

• Ability to be first point of contact with clients.

• Able to produce quality bids.

• Experience managing projects and teams.

• Ability to coach and mentor staff.

• Excellent report writing and communication skills.

• Ability to oversee the production of technical documents

• Excellent organisational skills.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1