Senior Transport Planner

Buro Happold; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

Building engineering teams to work on niche projects in an ever challenging world.

We are looking for a Senior Transport Planner/Modeller to join our Transport & Mobility team to work on a diverse range of projects that cover urban development, infrastructure planning and design, resource management, and programme delivery. This position is within our Cities business unit that is at the forefront of innovation in the urban environment.

We wish to create a team that is fully inclusive, and welcome applications from those who are seeking full time position. If you have any specific requirements that would enable you to take this role, we would be keen to explore this with you.

Interested in helping to achieve Net Zero and designing healthier cities? Interested in how we can enable people to move around cities in more sustainable ways? Join our dedicated Transport and Mobility team where you will be able to make a positive difference. Our growing and diverse team undertakes a variety of consultancy work from developing sustainable transport strategies to delivering transport masterplans, in the UK and globally. We are looking for transport planners, urban planners, transport engineers, architects, transport economists and active travel specialists who want to make a difference.

Our transport team works on a variety of exciting projects worldwide, ranging from strategic master planning at the city level to transport assessments at the development scale. Some recent projects include expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon), Mixed-use masterplan for Praderas in Chile, Riyadh’s King Salman Park, and Al Ula Regional Framework Plan (KSA). With a strong pipeline of future work, we plan to continue expanding and capitalizing on Buro Happold’s transport offerings.

Required Skills

• Experience in urban or transport planning/design, economics and/or transport data analysis/modelling
• Able to draft technical reports and presentations and ability to visualise and articulate complex problems
• Communication skills with the ability to prepare and present work to both internal and external stakeholders
• Creative, innovative mind-set, lateral thinker
• Experience in working as part of a project-based team
• Ability to challenge conventional thinking and look towards future mobility
• Passion for smart and sustainable solutions
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and AutoCAD.
• Excellent knowledge and experience of using GIS and VISUM Strategic Simulation software

Desirable Skills

• Capability in other transport or city planning skills such master planning and planning strategy
• Understanding of development planning principles and exposure to integrated design within master planning
• Experience in using Adobe packages (illustrator and InDesign)
• Experience of working on international projects and flexibility to travel
• VISSIM and other transport simulation softwares

What's in it for me?

The chance to take on a leadership role in a growing team, working alongside various environmental and engineering disciplines on some of the most significant projects in the UK.

What We Offer You

• Hybrid working arrangements
• Attractive salary
• Discretionary bonus
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements
• Generous company pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies
• A strong commitment to continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities
• An opportunity to support your local community and those in society that are most in need, wherever they are located in the world through our Share Our Skills (SOS) programme
• A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won't be far from exceptional.

Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere. Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact [e-mail] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Construction