Transport Consultant

Job title:

Transport Consultant

Company

City Science

Job description

Location: Remote with flexible working arrangements, all UK based locations considered. Our flexible office collaboration spaces, for those wishing to use them, are in London, Bristol and ExeterTerm/Hours: Permanent. 24-40 hours per week, with flexibility over working pattern – please state in your application.Salary: Competitive, dependent on knowledge, experience and skillsGrade: ConsultantDue to a healthy pipeline of projects and opportunities, we are seeking an experienced transport consultant with a passion for sustainable transport to join the team. Experience in any of local transport plans, active travel, electric vehicles, transport modelling, transport decarbonisation and policy development are a plus.Although this is a consultancy role, we aim to provide extensive flexibility, enjoyment and fulfilment to our roles, to support the growth of our team members and organisation. As an SME, we promote autonomy and creativity, and strive to deliver impact as part of our work to support delivering decarbonisation insights to decision makers.Many Thanks,Richard Wightman – Associate Director (Transport)ABOUT USCity Science is an SME founded in 2015 with a core mission of delivering decarbonisation. We help organisations who are committed to decarbonisation achieve meaningful and quantifiable carbon reductions quickly and efficiently.We work collaboratively across our made up of transport, energy, sustainability, carbon accounting and applied data science specialists to provide integrated solutions to our clients. Our range of clients is extensive and includes forward-thinking local authorities like Oxfordshire County Council, sub-national transport bodies like England’s Economic Heartland and national transport organisations like National Highways (see our full list of projects ).Our consultancy team works closely with our software and product development team who produce innovative and uniquely insightful digital tools, like Cadence and our decarbonisation tool, to successfully deliver our projects.We have a series of services lines (which are all underpinned by market areas), including the following focused within transport (the first four being your likely focus):· Sustainable Transport (e.g. Local cycle & walking infrastructure plans (LCWIPs), bus service planning and movement strategies)· Net Zero Development (e.g. Transport evidence bases for Local Plans and infrastructure strategies)· Net Zero Transport (e.g. Electric Vehicle charging strategies and net zero transport pathways)· Transport Modelling (e.g. Strategic, freight, micro-simulation and active travel modelling)City Science has a close-knit structure of people of diverse backgrounds, all with a shared purpose of ensuring we leave behind a better world. We provide an environment where people feel valued and supported in their career progression including providing significant opportunities to work across a wide variety of exciting projects in our consultancy business.ABOUT THE ROLEDue to recent significant growth and strategic project wins, we are currently recruiting for a Transport Consultant to join our team. We are seeking a unique individual who understands the need to do things differently and shares our passion for decarbonisation.The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support a wider project team deliver larger projects and additionally manage delivery of smaller to medium size projects. Key responsibilities will include leading delivery of and contributing to technical reports (as required), overseeing tasks undertaken by more junior staff, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and coordinating data analysis tasks. You will also work with our wider consultancy team, including the opportunity to work across a variety of projects spanning transport, energy, sustainability, and carbon accounting; should you wish.There is also an opportunity to support the management team in upscaling the business such as streamlining our day-to-day processes to improve our efficiency; such as improving our collaborative business functions (e.g. reporting templates) and providing input to enhance our digital tools like Cadence: .You will support the continued growth of our business, through delivering upon our team’s wider commercial targets; such as through identifying future opportunities and delivering high quality tender responses. We will also provide the opportunity to attend and present at key industry wide transport and decarbonisation-focused national conferences.Key Responsibilities:· Project Manager on one or two small or medium sized projects, with strategic support provided from a Project Director

• Fully autonomous responsibility for own tasks and responsible for overseeing the work of other less experienced project team members
• Responsible for producing high-quality technical reports for clients
• Facilitating stakeholder engagement during projects such as workshops
• Coordinating and undertaking data analysis as required (e.g. future transport forecasting, survey data analysis)
• Providing strategic direction on methodologies, including embedding industry-wide best practice and policy documents related to transport planning
• Overseeing and contributing to graphics and visualisations, such as in GIS and Cadence
• Coordinating site visits (relevant to a project) to observe transport networks and wider conditions
• Responsible for generating marketing and thought-piece content (as required) such as blogs and conference material
• Sharing best-practice and specialist knowledge with the wider-team
• Responsible for contributing to delivery of team’s commercial targets through identifying potential future opportunities and delivering high quality bids and proposals

ABOUT YOUYou’re ambitious, proactive and customer-focused with exceptional attention to detail and the needs of our clients. You have experience working within sustainable transport and spatial planning, comfortable working with and leading technical elements of transport projects. You’re a great collaborator, committed to success of the team with the flexibility to intelligently adapt your style to the task in hand. Most importantly, you’ve got the drive, ambition, hunger and work ethic to succeed in this fast-moving role.City Science is a growth-focused organisation with an expanding team and so an entrepreneurial, resilient and tenacious mindset are critical.Essential Requirements:· Appropriate industry / professional experience in a similar role relating to transport planning consulting.

• Project management experience including a track record of manging small and / or medium sized transport projects
• Passionate about transport and decarbonisation
• Degree qualified in a relevant field (Transport Planning, Geography, Civil Engineering etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to facilitate and contribute to stakeholder engagement, such as workshops
• Excellent report writing skills
• Self-motivated with an ability to take responsibility for own tasks and oversee tasks undertaken by less experienced team members
• Good time management skills with the ability to work under pressure, including a track record of delivering tasks to time and budget constraints
• Commercial awareness and some experience of providing input to tenders and proposals
• Working knowledge of MS Office tools and excel spreadsheets

Desirable:· An MSc or post-degree qualification in a transport or sustainability related field

• Data analysis skills using one or more packages (e.g. Python, GIS)
• A working knowledge of developing concept active travel schemes or active travel networks in accordance with relevant standards (e.g. LTN 1/20)
• Broader industry awareness such as being a member of a relevant industry body (e.g. CIHT, TPS) and / or having achieved professional chartership (e.g. CTPP, CEng)
• Good working knowledge of latest transport policies & legislation, and planning processes in the UK

FURTHER INFORMATIONWe are building a team who are motivated by collaboration with the desire to solve problems for our customers. We want people to own their field of responsibility, take decisions, be pro-active and have pride in everything they do. Our team of experts includes prize-winning consultants, experienced technologists and distinguished academics.
Rewards & Benefits· Opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects across the consultancy business and career progression.

• Ongoing mentoring, training and support from senior professionals within the business (including towards professional chartership)
• Paid membership of a maximum of two institutions
• Remote working with flexible arrangements to fit with you
• 25 days annual leave entitlement
• Membership of our group pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Eye care vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program

Unfortunately, at this current time, we cannot accept applications that require sponsorship for an employment visa.

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Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sat, 23 Mar 2024 04:42:10 GMT

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