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Carrington West Highways & Transportation
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London, Greater London
Principal Transport Modeller
Overview
About the role My client is looking for a traffic modeller to join their growing team in London to deliver a broad portfolio of work in this area. This position will support the Integrated Design team in a wide range of transportation design projects, which include public authority schemes such as bus priority, urban-realm improvement schemes, network assessment studies, as well as private sector schemes for development planning and transport assessments. About the team This position will support the Integrated Design team which covers a wide range of high-profile public and private sector projects such as Transforming Plumstead, Battersea Power Station and Canary Wharf development support and high-profile transport projects in Toronto Canada. You should have experience of traffic modelling roles, with a specific understanding and appreciation of those for Transport for London (TfL). They undertake a number of large commissions for clients which involves building and applying traffic models as part of transport planning and infrastructure projects. As market leaders, they seek driven, experienced professionals who have a strong aptitude for communication. You will have the technical skills, relevant experience, and understanding of the market required to manage varied, challenging projects for public and private sector clients in the UK. As a Principal Consultant, you will take a central role in teams comprised of junior and more senior experts in the areas relevant to your projects. You will work closely with our market-leading Associates and Directors across our offices, who will actively support you in project delivery and in your wider career development. Experience/skills required In this role, you will be required to: ·Specify and manage the development of traffic models underpinning our advice to clients, including primary data collection, model network development, model calibration and validation, model testing and sense checking; ·Integration of modelling analysis within a wider project team, ensuring that the model outputs can be incorporated and contribute towards improving the highway network; ·Interrogate and interpret traffic modelling outputs into key messages in the form of reports, memos and presentations; ·Lead workstreams within projects with limited supervision, ensuring that best practice techniques are applied consistently; and ·Contribute to the production and delivery of proposals and marketing materials related to our market area from time to time. To be successful in the role, you will: ·Possess relevant London experience in the use of traffic modelling packages such as VISSIM, TRANSYT, LINSIG Aimsum, and ARCADY. ·Demonstrate strong analytical skills as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills; ·Be able to influence colleagues and clients through a balance of supportive and challenging behaviours; ·Comfortable working in creative multi-disciplinary teams with architects etc. and provide positive contributions in resolving complex design problems; ·Professional and academic qualifications in transport engineering e.g. MSc, BEng or similar; ·Take responsibility for key tasks and workstreams, successfully managing multiple deadlines in parallel; and ·An appreciation of the policy, regulatory and commercial aspects of the transport sector would be helpful. ·Be familiar with Microsoft Office software including Word and Excel. ·Have knowledge and experience in using Railplan and/or other TfL modelling platforms e.g. LTS, HAM models, ONE model would be useful but is not essential.