Associate Technical Director - Transport Planner

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We are recruiting for an Associate Technical Director to manage projects and client accounts and lead teams focussed on supporting clients to deliver their objectives and outcomes. The focus will be on delivery of transport planning projects with proven skills in multi-modal, sustainable and new mobility transport strategy, policy and scheme development. Additionally, candidates will need to demonstrate client relationships, bid writing experience and the ability to develop and win pipeline opportunities.

Candidate should have a focus on clients and delivery across the United Kingdom, but with specific relationships with clients in the North. Our current client portfolio includes numerous Local Authorities across the North, Transport for Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Transport for London.

The Transport Planning team operates across the UK, with a presence in the South, the Midlands, and the North of England, as well as offices in Wales and Scotland.  We require a proven Transport Planner to join this established and enthusiastic team to work on existing and upcoming projects and develop client relationships.

This is an exciting time to join a growing team, with significant opportunities for to work in parallel with the broader Arcadis offer, together with wide range of internal and external clients.

Role accountabilities:

Qualifications & Experience:

The candidate should have a bachelor’s or master’s degree and experience leading or working within a relevant business function within a multinational engineering or professional services firm or public sector organisation. Proven track record of high-quality delivery in the Transport Planning space. Demonstrate leadership capability and the ability to inspire geographically dispersed teams around a common set of processes, procedures, systems, and tools. We are seeking a motivated individual, confident at communicating and presenting to internal and external clients. The successful individual should have a rounded skill set in transport planning work, together with experience in stakeholder engagement, and report writing.

Requirements:

A necessity to have significant experience in strategic transport planning scheme delivery complimented by:

• Experience of working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team.
• Proven business and client development skills.
• Ability to be first point of contact with clients.
• Able to produce quality written documents, whether proposals or reports.
• Experience managing projects and teams.
• Ability to coach and mentor staff.
• Proficient data analytical skills.

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We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

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