Transport Modeller, Planner or Analyst
Transport Modeller, Planner or Analyst
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Location: Remote with flexible working arrangements all UK based locations considered. Our flexible office collaboration spaces for those wishing to use them are in London Bristol Birminghamand Exeter
Term/Hours: Permanent. 2440 hours per week with flexibility over working pattern please state in your application.
Salary: Competitive dependent on knowledge experience and skills
Grade: Consultant
Due to a healthy pipeline of projects and opportunities we are seeking an experienced transport modeller consultant or analystwith a passion for sustainable transport to join the team. Experience in any of local transport plans active travel electric vehicles transport modelling transport decarbonisation and policy development are a plus.
Although this is a consultancy role we aim to provide extensive flexibility enjoyment and fulfilment to our roles to support the growth of our team members and organisation. As an SME we promote autonomy and creativity and strive to deliver impact as part of our work to support delivering decarbonisation insights to decision makers.
Many Thanks
Grace Solsby Associate Director (Transport)
ABOUT US
City Science is an SME founded in 2015 with a core mission of delivering decarbonisation. We help organisations who are committed to decarbonisation achieve meaningful and quantifiable carbon reductions quickly and efficiently.
We work collaboratively across our consultancy team made up of transport energy sustainability carbon accounting and applied data science specialists to provide integrated solutions to our clients. Our range of clients is extensive and includes forwardthinking local authorities like Oxfordshire County Council subnational transport bodies like Englands Economic Heartland and national transport organisations like National Highways (see our full list of projects here).
Our consultancy team works closely with our software and product development team who produce innovative and uniquely insightful digital tools like Cadence and our decarbonisation tool to successfully deliver our projects.
We have a series of services lines (which are all underpinned by market areas) including the following focused within transport (the first four being your likely focus):
Sustainable Transport (e.g. Local cycle & walking infrastructure plans (LCWIPs) bus service planning and movement strategies)
Transport Modelling (e.g. Strategic freight microsimulation and active travel modelling)
Net Zero Development (e.g. Transport evidence bases for Local Plans and infrastructure strategies)
Net Zero Transport (e.g. Electric Vehicle charging strategies and net zero transport pathways)
City Science has a closeknit structure of people of diverse backgrounds all with a shared purpose of ensuring we leave behind a better world. We provide an environment where people feel valued and supported in their career progression including providing significant opportunities to work across a wide variety of exciting projects in our consultancy business.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Due to recent significant growth and strategic project wins we are currently recruiting for a Transport Consultant to join our team. We are seeking a unique individual who understands the need to do things differently and shares our passion for decarbonisation.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support a wider project team deliver larger projects and additionally manage delivery of smaller to medium size projects. Key responsibilities will include leading delivery of and contributing to technical reports (as required) overseeing tasks undertaken by more junior staff facilitating stakeholder engagement and coordinating data analysis tasks. You will also work with our wider consultancy team including the opportunity to work across a variety of projects spanning transport energy sustainability and carbon accounting; should you wish.
There is also an opportunity to support the management team in upscaling the business such as streamlining our daytoday processes to improve our efficiency; such as improving our collaborative business functions (e.g. reporting templates) and providing input to enhance our digital tools like Cadence: will support the continued growth of our business through delivering upon our teams wider commercial targets; such as through identifying future opportunities and delivering high quality tender responses. We will also provide the opportunity to attend and present at key industry wide transport and decarbonisationfocused national conferences.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Modeller Consultant or Analyst within our City Science team you will be responsible for:
- Using and sharing our systems best practice tools and style guidance.
- Autonomous delivering of service line tasks analysis and content.
- Supporting and sometimes leading smaller tenders/frameworks/awards.
- Championing internal collaboration and other City Science behaviours.
This will include:
Project Delivery & Management
- Contribute to quality delivery of projects for our clients on time and within budget.
- Manage your own contribution to projects autonomously as well as managing at least a small project at a time including clear allocation of tasks and monitoring of resources.
- Coordinating site visits (relevant to a project) to observe transport networks and wider conditions.
Technical
- Supporting the wider project delivery team to produce high quality technical reports for clients.
- Reviewing policy and best practice documents related to transport planning decarbonisation and wider needs.
- Identifying potential future interventions and supporting the wider appraisal and prioritisation process of these.
- Undertaking data analysis (e.g. behavioural analysis forecasting) with support from project managers and more senior project delivery team colleagues (if applicable).
- Contributing to graphics and visualisations such as in GIS and Cadence.
Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
- Contributing to and producing concise reports informative graphics and compelling visualisations.
- Supporting stakeholder engagement during projects such as preparation of material for workshops.
Business Development
- Supporting senior colleagues with delivery of bids proposals and promotional campaigns.
- Conducting and leading market analysis to support our market understanding of upcoming contracts and frameworks.
- Supporting and contributing thoughtleadership content.
Job requirements
ABOUT YOU
Youre ambitious proactive and customerfocused with exceptional attention to detail and the needs of our clients. You have experience working within sustainable transport and spatial planning comfortable working with and leading technical elements of transport projects. Youre a great collaborator committed to success of the team with the flexibility to intelligently adapt your style to the task in hand. Most importantly youve got the drive ambition hunger and work ethic to succeed in this fastmoving role.
City Science is a growthfocused organisation with an expanding team and so an entrepreneurial resilient and tenacious mindset are critical.
ESSENTIAL
Project Management & Delivery
- The proven ability to work well under pressure and to prioritise tasks.
- Strong report writing skills with the experience producing clear precise and coherent reports (e. g. presentations briefing papers and technical reports) for a range of audiences.
Technical Knowledge
- Technical knowledge proven experience passion and interest to pursue a career in sustainability and at least one of our specialisms.
- An MSc or postdegree qualification ideally in geography mathematics science and/or sustainability related fields.
- Data analysis skills using one or more packages (e.g. Python GIS).
- Some industry awareness such as being a graduate member of a relevant industry body.
- Awareness of relevant guidance best practice and software packages.
Partnership & Business Development
- Experience awareness and willingness to deliver work to time and budget.
- Good people and communication skills both verbally and in written form.
- Commercial awareness and some experience of providing input to tenders and/or proposals.
Management Skills
- Selfmotivation and ability to undertake specific tasks with supervision.
DESIRABLE
- Postgraduate qualification (e.g. MSc Diploma) or equivalent in a STEM or related discipline.
- Awareness of relevant professional institutions.
- Ambition to work towards professional chartership (or similar).
- Ambition to work towards project management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2 APM).
- Experience with data analysis programming in Python or R
- Experience with geospatial queries and mapping (PostGIS QGIS or equivalent products).
- Experience developing models (including spreadsheet) from first principles.
- Working knowledge of latest transport policies & legislation and planning processes in the UK
FURTHER INFORMATION
We are building a team who are motivated by collaboration with the desire to solve problems for our customers. We want people to own their field of responsibility take decisions be proactive and have pride in everything they do. Our team of experts includes prizewinning consultants experienced technologists and distinguished academics.
Rewards & Benefits
Opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects across the consultancy business and career progression.
- Ongoing mentoring training and support from senior professionals within the business (including towards professional chartership)
- Paid membership of a maximum of two institutions
- Remote working with flexible arrangements to fit with you
- 25 days annual leave entitlement
- Membership of our group pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program
Unfortunately at this current time we cannot accept applications that require sponsorship for an employment visa.
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Employment Type
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