Transport Planner

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We are currently seeking an aspiring urban planner/ designer or equivalent qualified candidate for the position of Transport Planner for our Mumbai or Gurgaon Office. Applicants must be self-motivated driven efficient and organised with delivery experience working within a multi-disciplinary team pertaining to placemaking transport planning engineering and/or data analysis & city management.

Key Competencies / Mandatory skills

• Experience of working of varied scale of projects including but not limited to urban planning transport planning NMT infra public transit etc both with public and private sector clients
• Research based data driven approach for fair understanding of project and orientation.
• Well acquainted with industry best practices trends and has an urge to keep oneself constantly updated with an attitude to learn and share within team.
• Exceptional ability to bring resolutions to variety of challenges with respect to project operations urban issues design & planning matters in a most practical & sustainable manner. The zeal to bring in innovative ideas to the team & work is an essential skill for getting the job correct in a high paced work environment.
• Familiarity with transit and mobility data modelling (e.g. VISSIM VISUM SYNCHRO CUBE GTFS OpenStreetMap) and/or open-source transit software and planning tools (e.g. OpenTrip Planner and Conveyal Analysis) will be a plus.
• Should be updated with the latest policies and trends at the national & global level in the realm of transportation planning and design.
• Attitude to strive for most practical sustainable excellent communication skills attitude to work as a team member while leading the team stakeholder consultations client engagement on a daily basis. Experience of closely working with bureaucrats certainly adds to the overall experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish professional healthy and efficient relationship with the team as well as the client representatives.
• Inherit the concurrent work style & start delivering; the candidate may choose in the process to evolve own style of working in close coordination with team and in confidence with the client.
• Stay updated on latest industry trends govt. scheme global competitions & discords innovations constantly evolving technology new concepts in the field of urban planning sustainable development etc. and provide continued counsel to the client as well as guide the team.
• Be the proponent of the sustainable and climate resilient urban development at every possible stage of the project.
• Support the client as and when required and/ or instructed on variety of aspects while working in close coordination with relevant client representatives experts consultants etc.
• Should be able to deliver on own whenever required especially on short deadlines with good grip on industry relevant software such as ACAD QGIS Adobe Suite (including InDesign & Illustrator) PTV VISSIM VISUM SYNCRHO CUBE etc. along with Microsoft office and other similar software.
• Ensure successful delivery of routine project monitoring compliances such as monthly progress reports action plans incl. proceedings of key meetings etc.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its 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.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll 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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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women minorities and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race caste creed colour religion sex age disability marital status sexual orientation and gender identity.