A Highways and Transport Planning specialist SME has identified a requirement for a Principal Transport Planner to join their Manchester office and take a leading role on a fantastic variety of public realm and private sector projects.

You will be given the opportunity to work on schemes such as 10,000 home residential schemes, Airports, Town Centre Masterplans, and Greater Manchester's new 'Places for Everyone' plan. They are also an industry leader for Expert Witness cases.

As a Principal Transport Planner, it will be your role to take a client facing delivery role, lead the technical input of the schemes and manage junior staff in order to develop their career and understanding of Transport Planning. You will be required to show that you are confident delivering Travel Plans, Transport Assessments, Junction Models, Strategic Plans, TrafficFLOW and SWEPT Analysis in order to be successful in your application to this position.
This role for a Principal Transport Planner is the opportunity to join a close knit office of 12, all with long standing tenure and this consultancy has extremely low attrition rates. They offer a competitive salary and benefits package and offer flexible working in and out the office and you can flex your hours to suit your home life.

Principal Transport Planner Responsibilities

• Provide transport planning services on behalf of the consultancy under the direction of the Director or Associate Director.
• Management of transport assessments, travel plans, traffic FLOW, junction models, expert witness cases, strategic models.
• Time, cost, quality, resource and delivery management including communication with the department and management to ensure that resource and project requirements are clearly understood and met.
• Contribute to the preparation of enquiry plans, tender reviews, fee estimate sheets, scopes of work and change controls.

Principal Transport Planner Required Experience

• Chartered member of CIHT or other relevant body is ideal but not essential.
• Significant experience of delivering traffic and transport projects, including managing commercial elements of projects.
• Experience of Planning policy, transport assessments and traffic analysis
• Experience managing teams from Apprentices and Graduates to Senior Transport Planner level.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to eloquently present complex ideas.

If interested in this Principal Transport Planner vacancy but perhaps would like to find out more before formally applying, please contact Taylor Smith at Calibre Search Manchester.

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