Principal Consultant (Transport Planning)

Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on. It's a diverse and inclusive work environment where world-class talent knows no distinctions. 

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Your Purpose:

This role is based in our newly expanded Liverpool office, The Plaza.

We are recruiting an individual who has experience across the Transport Planning discipline, who wishes to contribute to a high performing, dynamic team, that works seamlessly with our wider national Transport Planning business. We’re a successful team with a well-balanced blend of skills to face our client needs and are looking for an enthusiastic individual to add further value to our team.

AtkinsRéalis are seeking to build upon existing commissions for Liverpool City Region and for the Merseyside local authorities. We also deliver projects through our frameworks with Lancashire County Council, TfGM, TfN and a number of the Greater Manchester local authorities. You will be part of our regional team which works across the north of England, and will also work across our national business, contributing to projects at a national scale for many other local and national government bodies and the private sector.

Collaborating with specialists from across our business as part of multi-disciplinary teams, you’ll work on flagship regeneration, development and infrastructure projects, as well as supporting our clients with their digital transformation and developing new initiatives to help them deliver on their Net Zero commitments. 

What you can bring: 

Successful applicants will be flexible, self-motivated and will be expected to demonstrate a capability in any of the following transport planning fields:

• Place making and active travel
• Development of transport strategies and plans (local and strategic). 
• Transport behaviour change
• Transit orientated development
• Transportation net zero / carbon reduction.
• Scheme appraisal and business case preparation. 
• Transport scheme development. 
• Feasibility and corridor studies. 
• Multi-modal transport strategies. 
• Transport modelling. 

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