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In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity

We are looking for a Principal Transport Planner to join our Strategy, Policy and Planning team which is part of our London and South East regional group of over 100 transport planners.

Within the Strategy, Policy and Planning team, we work at the front end of solving complex transport issues, developing strategies, masterplans and providing advice on, and formulating transport policy. We also develop and appraise Transport Assessments and Business Cases across a broad scale of projects. We are increasingly involved in supporting our clients on emerging and progressive technologies such as electric vehicles and demand responsive transport.

As a Principal Transport Planner, you will be involved in managing the technical delivery of, and leading teams across a wide range of our projects, with a variety of our clients across the London and South-East region including Local Authorities, Sub National Transport Bodies, National Highways and TfL, but with opportunities to engage with colleagues from across the UK and potentially internationally.

The role involves leading projects or tasks within larger projects and you will have the support of a line manager and our experts to guide your progress. You will have the opportunity to share your skills and knowledge by training and supporting our junior staff and you will be given the ability to pursue relevant business and technical training to support your career development as well as the freedom to grow your network and develop innovative solutions to chase new opportunities.

• A degree or equivalent in a relevant subject, which includes Engineering, Mathematics, Geography or Economics, although we’ll consider candidates from other academic backgrounds.
• You will have experience as a Transport Planner with the ability to contribute to the success of a range of transport planning projects.
• Demonstrable technical understanding of one or more areas of transport planning, for example, Local Transport Plans, Local Plans, route-based strategies, transport scheme optioneering, business case development, transport assessments and travel plans, modelling, data analysis, and strategy/policy development.
• Significant experience of leading small/medium sized projects or tasks within larger projects.
• Ability to produce clear, precise and coherent analysis and reports.
• Excellent written, verbal, listening and presentation skills for a variety of audiences including presenting information to clients, stakeholders and the public both at formal and informal levels.
• Ability to work both as part of a sophisticated multi-disciplinary team as well as possessing the ability to work independently to solve problems.
• Experience of project and client management covering programme, resources, finance and quality control.
• Track record of successfully mentoring and developing junior colleagues and sharing technical knowledge.
• Able to demonstrate collaborative behaviours and engaging style of delivery.
• Chartered Engineer or Transport Planning Professional or other relevant professional accreditation (Chartered Membership, or working towards).
• Experience working in a private sector consultancy environment.

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We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here.

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