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Associate / AD Transport Planner
Location: Central Manchester
Salary: 65k - 75k plus package including a yearly bonus, hybrid working, flexible working hours, 25 days leave, various other benefits
Emtech are working with a privately owned Engineering Consultancy who are looking for an Associate / AD Transport Planner to join their Transport Planning team in Manchester. In this role you will be expected to project manage a range of development schemes, manage clients, help to grow a new Transport Planning team in Manchester that will work alongside transport planning teams the company has in 5 other office locations.
In total the business has 30 staff in transport planning and a wider business of over 100 staff. Workload is evenly split across residential, commercial, education and mixed use but they are exploring other markets too such as industrial and energy.
This is a business that have grown year on year and are now looking for a lead Transport Planner to be part of their growth in the Manchester office in a role that has real growth potential.
Ideally you will have the have the following experience:
- Experienced undertaking development planning work, specialising in providing highways and transport advice to a wide range of private sector clients, while supporting several key local authority clients. They provide advice on access, transportation and infrastructure issues and support development proposals throughout the planning process. The projects are varied so experience across a range of sectors such a residential, education, retail etc would be useful
- You will have a proven record in client care and ideally have secured repeat work previously from clients
- Well versed in the preparation of Transport Assessments for developments, together with Travel Plans, Transport Studies, the associated negotiations with planning, highways and transport authorities.
- Prior experience in GIS, ARCADY, PICADY, LINSIG and TEMPRO highway software, so you will be able to delegate to and accurately interpret the work of others.
- You will have strong written and verbal communication skills and able to work as part of a team and individually. Experience in technical report writing and consultation with stakeholders is essential.
- Keen to get involved with business development and marketing activities to support new revenue streams within transport planning
This is an opportunity to lead a transport planning division in Manchester as part of a reputable company. For more info contact Michael Power at Emtech Recruitment.
