Principal Transport Modeller/economist - Solihull, United Kingdom - sweco uk

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Solihull, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Society is in your hands, what are you waiting for?

What does the role involve?
In this role, you'll be working within a team environment.

You'll support in the delivery of a wide variety of projects within our growing Transport modelling and appraisal team and you'll be involved in a range of activities from bidding through to client management and project delivery.

The individual we are looking for will help to lead and support growth in the following core areas:

- business case advisory
- transport modelling and appraisal
- transport strategy
- securing new work


To be successful in this role you'll be:

Required to work with multi-disciplinary teams across our Transportation and Urbanisation division in the UK and our teams in Europe.

You will be able to demonstrate the following professional experience and personal qualities:


  • Postgraduate experience in the Transport sector essential.
  • Leading and guiding the development of business case and strategy projects essential.
  • Experience working on bids for local authority projects and/or frameworks essential.
  • Strong problemsolving skills and are passionate to find a quick, innovative and practical solution essential.
  • Good knowledge of transport appraisal and associated software (TUBA, COBALT, QUADRO, WITA etc) essential.
  • Good Experience in managing transport modelling projects which use strategic modelling software such as SATURN, VISUM and CUBE essential.
  • Excellent written communication skills and report writing experience essential.
  • Ability to communicate and work collaboratively to form strong positive working relationships with colleagues and clients essential.
  • Enjoy working in a team environment, sharing knowledge and demonstrate pride in work essential.
  • Proven ability and interest in the development of innovative transport schemes desirable.
  • Good knowledge of relevant transport modelling guidance such as TAG, DMRB, PDFH desirable.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

  • Experience of working on transportation projects with local authorities.
  • Aspirations to help lead and grow Sweco's ability in the area of strategy and business case development.
  • The drive and ability to build relationships with clients and across Sweco.

What's in it for you?
An open and friendly environment where colleagues are encouraged to grow and develop.


A meaningful job where you'll help to develop and shape tomorrow's communities by being a trusted consultant to our customers.

Development opportunities in which to grow personally and professionally.


About Us
Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before.

At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality.

Our ambition is to be our clients' most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.


Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests.

We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.


Equality, Diversity & Inclusion


It's important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco.

We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.


We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly.

To find out more The Armed Forces Covenant - Our Commitments | Sweco UK.


We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

In order to address your request the following information is needed:

  • Name
  • The position title
  • Requisition/vacancy number
Upon receipt of this information, we'll respond to you promptly to obtain more information about your request.

**Please note: we reserve the right to close vacancies before the advertised closing date.
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