Project Principal - Public Transport Planning

Location/s: London, Croydon, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Southampton, Bristol, Norwich, Cambridge, Cardiff, Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh
Recruiter contact: David McFall

Join Our Dynamic Transport Planning Team!

Are you ready to take on a senior leadership role in a leading transport consultancy business? Mott MacDonald is seeking a talented and experienced  leader to join our Transport and Mobility Solutions Division to lead our public transport planning and advisory business stream.  A particular focus of the role is bus planning, bus operations and franchising but it also includes LRT and rail planning.

About the Role:

This is a leadership role in the Division, critical for building and maintaining our relationships with our clients and providing them with a technically excellent service in public transport planning, development and implementation.  You will play a pivotal leadership role in guiding and coordinating our public transport planning and advisory projects. You will lead and grow our bus and rail-related planning projects, driving them forward and contributing to this significant area within Mott MacDonald. The role offers the successful applicant the opportunity to balance leadership and the delivery of complex projects ensuring technical excellence and innovation, with the requirement to engage with Local Transport Authorities and emerging Combined Authorities to expand our client base. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading our public transport planning and advisory team
• Growing our public transport planning and advisory offer to support our clients meet their goals
• Understanding the needs of our clients and their major projects
• Leading the pursuit and bidding of public transport projects
• Providing technical advice in bus and rail planning and development
• Leading technical coordination and client-facing technical leadership
• Supporting project teams to deliver detailed scheme development and implementation
• Coordinating across disciplines to provide a holistic offer throughout the whole lifecycle of a project to deliver our clients’ needs
• Ensuring the commercial success of projects

What We Are Looking For:

We are looking for someone with experience of leading public transport planning or advisory projects, combined with experience team leadership and work winning.  You may have some of the following:

• A degree in a related discipline (or equivalent)
• MSc or further qualifications in transport planning or transport economics (beneficial but not essential)
• Membership in a relevant professional organisation (such as IHT, ILT, TPS, or ICE), ideally as a chartered professional or TPP
• Proven track record in leading public transport schemes for buses and/or rail.  This could be in roles within the public transport industry, the public sector or consultancy
• Significant experience in technical leadership, stakeholder engagement and Client relationships
• Commercial acumen and a business-focused mindset
• Success in business development activities and winning new work
• Senior skills in planning for public transport projects, that may include some of the following: demand modelling/forecasting, transport business cases, wider transport economics, transport policy & strategy, network planning, bus franchising, electrification, decarbonisation, bus related infrastructure development and design.
• Strong communication skills with clients and colleagues, and excellent report writing abilities

We can offer (subject to Company’s policy):

- Agile and safe working environment

- Competitive annual leave and sick leaves

- Group incentive scheme

- Group term life insurance, Workmen’s compensation and Group medical insurance coverage

- Short and Long-term Global employment opportunities

- Global collaboration and knowledge sharing

- Digital Innovation and Transformation

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.