Senior Transport Planner

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Job Description

About the job.

Here at National Highways we have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Senior Transport Planner within the Transport Planning Group. The jobholder will provide a range of transport planning services, using analytical skills to identify problems within a transport network, proposing solutions, modelling strategic interventions and appraising the value for money of options and proposals.

With a team located across England, the location of this role is flexible. Travel between office locations within National Highways and other stakeholder offices will be required. We are happy to accommodate part-time and flexible working arrangements.

• Technical Expertise - you will provide detailed expertise in one or more areas of transport planning, strategic modelling and appraisal, supporting the design, development, delivery and maintenance of relevant and proportionate modelling and/or appraisal platforms. As a focal point for transport planning knowledge and collaboration across the business, you will provide relevant advice to all areas of National Highways.
• Analytic Delivery and Standards Development- you will be responsible for the delivery of transport planning-based analysis both internally and through the supply chain including supporting the development of new processes and methods.
• Analytical Assurance Framework - you will be responsible for the application of the Analytical Assurance Framework to manage proportionate, risk-based strategies and requirements and lead the delivery of transport planning assurance activities on schemes across the business.
• Relationship and Stakeholder Management - you will engage with and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders e.g. project sponsors and project managers, to develop, advise and oversee transport planning, modelling and appraisal-based analytical plans to support scheme and policy decisions.
• Company Capability - you will be responsible for the delivery of training activities that support transport planning, strategic modelling and appraisal tools and sharing knowledge with project managers across National Highways.

About you.

• An in-depth level of technical knowledge and experience that could be characterised by an MSc level degree in Transport Planning and/or an appreciable period of time spent in the industry. You should understand the strengths, weaknesses and best practice of strategic transport models and other appraisal methods and how they should be used in the development of evidence bases.
• Experience and knowledge of other types of transport models, including but not limited to multimodal models, variable demand models, public transport models, active travel modelling, microsimulation and/or mesoscopic modelling, and junction/operational modelling.
• Experience of developing and using strategic highway transport models with programming skills, and knowledge of Excel, GIS and other analytical tools/software, including but not limited to coding packages such as Python.
• Knowledge of the datasets underpinning strategic transport modelling (including GPS-based and mobile-phone sourced data, the National Trip End Model and National Travel Survey).
• An appreciation of the underlying factors that influence the performance of transportation infrastructure and an understanding of key constraints faced by the strategic highway authority, such as the air quality and noise limits.
• The ability to convey complex ideas effectively by all available means of communication to both technical and non-technical audiences.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

The Customer, Strategy, and Communications directorate is essential to National Highways. We guide the direction of the strategic road network, helping the company deliver economic and social benefits by meeting the needs of our customers, clients, and fulfilling regulatory requirements. As the central hub within National Highways, we provide the corporate strategic planning function for the organisation.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

About Us

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.

A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.

We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we're open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times.

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our benefits package

• Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are

• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
• Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
• Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

• Right to work check
• 3 year employment history references
• DBS criminal record check
• Social media and adverse journalism check
• Driving licence check (if applicable)
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)

And finally

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