Junior Traffic Management Planner - London, United Kingdom - London Marathon Events Ltd

London Marathon Events Ltd

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

JUNIOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANNER - EVENTS

Who are we?
Here at London Marathon Events we live our values Impact, Innovate, Everyone and Customer First.

We strive to demonstrate these values in everything we do and this is reflected through our successful event portfolio - The Big Half, Vitality Westminster Mile, Vitality London 10,000, Standard Chartered Great City Race, Ford Ride London and Swim Serpentine and our flagship event the TCS London Marathon.

These events generate millions for charities to improve the lives of individuals in London and across the UK. Our vision is inspiring activity in all ages, communities, abilities, and socio
- economic groups and we view sport as a force for good. Diversity, inclusion and wellbeing are at the heart of our events and we want to ensure they are at the heart of our company. We strongly value diversity within our workforce, and recognise that different people bring different perspectives, lived experience, ideas and culture to the company. This difference brings with it great strengths, including diversity of thought and innovation.

Role Summary:

As a Junior Traffic Management Planner,you will play an important role in the success of LMEs events by contributing heavily to the operational event delivery across all our event portfolio.

Temporary Traffic Management and road closures is at the heart of what we do, and you will be supporting the existing Traffic Management Planner with liaising with Stakeholders, Contractors, and internal staff to ensure we create a sterile field of play for our participants.

This role offers fantastic opportunity for development including but not limited to qualifications relating to Traffic Management.

Remit:

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the Traffic Management Planner assisting with route design and stakeholder management relating to road closures and traffic management
Assisting with producing and delivering traffic management plans that support the overall Event Management Plan and liaising with Operations staff to ensure all plans meet the required standards and timescales.
Required to follow projects from initial design stages through to onsite completion and project debrief postevent
Offer support to the Traffic Management Planner by attending onsite visits with operations team, stakeholders, and suppliers for all events.
Work with, and assisting with the management of contracts with suppliers and operational budgets
Work with Health & Safety contractors for public, staff and participant safety
Work with the wider team to integrate road closure timings with participant flows and infrastructure install & derig across the route
Operational role on event days
Feed into event debriefs and collate feedback from defined areas of responsibility

Essential skills and experience needed:

Good knowledge of London Roads
Logistics & Operations Experience
Route management skills/experience and event industry knowledge OR Temporary Traffic Management planning experience
Confident and able to work autonomously
Ability to build strong working relationships with suppliers and stakeholders
Experience with working within budgets and negotiating contracts
Work within a large temporary team environment during the event delivery phase
Ability to work under pressure in lead up to events
Very positive and enthusiastic attitude as a team member
Highly organised, with a broad skill set and a creative thinker, who can multitask

What do we offer?