Transport Planner - London, United Kingdom - BuroHappold Engineering

BuroHappold Engineering

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for a Transport Planner to join our
Transport & Mobility team in London to work on a diverse range of projects that cover urban development, infrastructure planning and design, resource management, and programme delivery.

This position is within our Cities business unit that is at the forefront of innovation in the urban environment.

Type of contract
Permanent
Grade
Engineer
Area of Expertise
Cities
Region
UK
Office / Project Location
Manchester, London, Leeds, Bath, Edinburgh
Ref No
7345

Interested in helping to achieve Net Zero, improving air quality and designing healthier cities? Interested in how we can enable people to move around cities in more sustainable ways? Join our dedicated Transport and Mobility team where you will be able to make a positive difference to the world.

Our growing and diverse team undertakes a variety of consultancy work from developing sustainable transport strategies to delivering transport masterplans, in the UK and globally.

We are looking for geographers, environmentalists, planners, engineers, economists and public health/active travel specialists who want to make a difference.

Our transport team works across a variety of exciting projects around the world, with work varying from strategic master planning at city, area or development scale to transport assessments at a development stage.

A large-scale medical facility for Qatar in Doha, Tottenham Hotspurs new stadium in North London and a master plan for a garden city in Malaysia count as part of recent projects with a strong pipeline of future work and plans to continue expanding and capitalising on Buro Happold's transport offering.

Required Skills:

Experience in urban or transport planning/design, environmental analysis, economics and/or transport data analysis/modelling
Able to draft technical reports and presentations and ability to visualise and articulate complex problems
Communication skills with the ability to prepare and present work to both internal and external stakeholders
Creative, innovative mindset, lateral thinker
Experience in working as part of a projectbased team
Working knowledge of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint essential, other software tools desirable.
Ability to challenge conventional thinking and look towards future mobility
Passion for smart and sustainable solutions

Desirable skills

Capability in other transport or city planning skills such master planning and planning strategy
Understanding of development planning principles and exposure to integrated design within master planning
Experience in using software: GIS, CAD, Adobe packages (illustrator and InDesign)
Experience of working on international projects and flexibility to travel

What's in it for me?

The chance to take on a leadership role in a growing team, working alongside various environmental and engineering disciplines on some of the most significant projects in the UK.

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Join us to find out what you're really capable of.

Be you at Buro Happold:

Buro Happold is proud to be a practice of a diverse range of professionals.

We actively promote inclusivity to enable every individual to reach their full potential, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be.

We are working to change the lack of representation of minority groups in the built environment, and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry.

We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.