Principal / Associate Transport Planner - Leeds

WSP
Leeds
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Communication","Presentation","Leadership","Project management","Stakeholder management"]

Lead and manage transport planning projects across local authorities, developing strategies, plans and policies while guiding multi-disciplinary teams. Play a key role in bids, programmes, and the commercial performance, with hybrid work from Leeds and collaboration with regional clients in the UK.

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WSP
WSP
4 months ago

Principal / Associate Transport Planner - Leeds

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Job Summary

Lead and manage transport planning projects across local authorities, developing strategies, plans and policies while guiding multi-disciplinary teams. Play a key role in bids, programmes, and the commercial performance, with hybrid work from Leeds and collaboration with regional clients in the UK.
Location: Leeds
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and/or manage a broad range of transport planning projects, with responsibility for project team management and collaboration, budgeting, programming and technical excellence.
  • •Lead and support in the preparation of bids, fee proposals and project programmes.
  • •Support senior colleagues to further develop and expand our work with clients across the UK.
  • •Undertake a lead role on technical review and checking of deliverables within the team.
  • •Be responsible for the financial performance of your projects and contribute to the commercial performance of our team.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience with local authorities in active travel, public transport, scheme development, transport studies, strategies and appraisals.
  • •Experience of developing transport focused strategies, plans and policies.
  • •Experience of working with Local Authority and Combined Authority clients.
  • •Project management experience, with the ability to review client briefs and tenders, develop and contribute to fee proposals and lead project delivery.
  • •Ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects and tasks to meet deadlines.
Experience:Local authoritiesActive travelPublic transportTransport planningTransport strategies
Skills:CommunicationPresentationLeadershipProject managementStakeholder management
Languages:English

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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