SYSTRA
Senior Consultant (Development Planning)
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Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.
For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.
Context
The role will form part of an existing team already delivering development planning inputs on a range of schemes for a wide range of private and public sector clients. The work generally involves inputting to projects passing through the planning system with the provision of access appraisals, feasibility studies, transport assessments and statements, travel plans, traffic engineering, construction traffic management plans, preliminary design of infrastructure and discharge of planning condition services.
The primary role of a Senior Consultant/Senior Engineer is to utilise their depth of experience to efficiently and comprehensively support the safe delivery of work packages, projects and proposal development, primarily across the Development Planning team/sector but working collaboratively across teams and projects as required.
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Missions/Main Duties
- Proactively support the delivery of projects of varying scales for a range of SYSTRA teams and clients, as required
- Ensure the delivery of complex tasks to quality, time and budget
- Interpret and integrate complex technical information from a number of sources and accurately present conclusions
- Regularly and effectively guide less experienced colleagues on the delivery of technical and professional tasks
- Maintain an accurate record of skills and experience in SYSTRA CV and update as required
- Maintain professional membership of relevant professional institution
- Effectively develop and maintain relationships with client contacts
- Initiate sales opportunities within own market areas, sharing insights with relevant colleagues to maximise business development opportunities
- Demonstrate high-intermediate knowledge in the application of a broad range of methods, techniques and tools
- Develop new tools and techniques in relevant work areas to improve quality and/or efficiency
- Takes responsibility for substantial proportions of SYSTRA reports
- Effectively communicate information to internal and external stakeholders to support successful project delivery and business development
- Present technical/project information as required to support the development of colleagues and inform clients
- Demonstrate behaviours aligned with SYSTRA’s behavioural framework by actively fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, respect, and empowerment, contributing to an environment where all colleagues can thrive, achieve and grow together
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Profile/Skills
- Significant work experience in a relevant technical discipline or disciplines
- Effective written & verbal communication of complex messages
- Effectively analyse complex data and report on findings
- Effective time management of self and others
- Adaptable to undertake a range of complex tasks to meet varying project requirements
- Strong working knowledge of software packages relevant to technical discipline(s)
- Relevant Qualification - degree level or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of relevant software packages - Junctions, Linsig, TEMPRO etc
- Making substantial progress towards Chartership or relevant Professional Membership
Workplace Type
Hybrid
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