Associate Director - Transport Planning

Job description

Are you a dynamic, creative and client focused transport planning professional? Can you use your first rate technical and business development skills to shift our growth plans up a gear? If so we want to hear from you. We have exciting Associate Director level roles based in the North, Newcastle, Leeds, Edinburgh & Manchester.

We offer a challenging and rewarding career working for a leading consultancy with a strong presence in the North. You will be a key member in a growing team, expanding the client base and delivering technically demanding projects for private and public sector clients.

Responsibilities:

You will have demonstrable business development credentials, ideally with a focus in the North. You will lead on work winning using established clients as well as developing new contacts. You will build a solid workload to support the growth of the Northern Region.

You will use your technical skills to resolve complex transport problems, managing projects and technical resources to deliver on time and to budget. This will need to be backed up by with good project management skills, and the ability to manage staff and develop junior team members.

Requirements:

For this role we require candidates to have:

• Proven business development capabilities
• Experience of delivering technically challenging transport planning projects with an emphasis on projects in the development sector,
• Experience of project management, financial management and resource management to deliver projects on time and to budget.
• Experience of successful liaison and negotiations with stakeholders and statutory consultees to resolve transport issues, as well as advising public and private sector clients
• Knowledge of the UK transport planning industry and the UK planning system
• Knowledge of current design guides such as Manual for Streets and DMRB.
• Knowledge of the application of junction modelling software

• Excellent, written, analytical and presentation skills
• Self-motivation and the capability to undertake projects and lead teams with minimum supervision.

Although not a requirement, experience of acting as an Expert Witness would be beneficial.

Preferred Qualifications:

A Bachelor's or a Master's degree in a relevant subject (e.g. transport planning, civil engineering, geography).

Professional accreditation, such as CMILT, TPP, CIHT or MICE

About Tetra Tech:

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. We combine the resources of a global, multibillion poundcompany with local, client-focused delivery in more than 400 locations around the world. We are Leading with Science® to provide sustainable and resilient solutions for our clients.

At Tetra Tech, we provide a collaborative environment that supports individual performance, innovation, and creativity. We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits.

For more information on our company, please visit our website at www.tetratecheurope.com . To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter on the Careers section of our website.

Tetra Tech is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. and and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. Please visit our website for more information on this Diversity & Inclusion - Tetra Tech Europe

We are veryhappy to discuss flexible working for this role, including the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours. We can offer a range of solutions to help you to get the most out of your work / life balance.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.