Senior Consultant - Rail Planning

Senior Consultant - Rail Planning Job , up to £55k, Cardiff or Bristol

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We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

We are looking to recruit a Senior Consultant to join our Rail Planning team, part of our wider South West and Wales Transport Planning team. This is a new role, established to support our growing workload in the region.

Knowledge, experience and an interest in rail aspects of transport planning is essential. Typically, this role will involve working with clients both within and outside the rail industry, ranging from involvement in franchise bidding through to supporting third party rail scheme promoters. Our varied portfolio of work includes passenger demand forecasting, rail strategy development, scheme appraisal, market analysis, performance modelling and operational assessment.


The ideal candidate will have a mix of following skills:

• have a strong background knowledge of UK rail industry structure
• have the ability to handle the project management of smaller projects, including cost control and client liaison;
• have an analytical mind and background;
• have knowledge and experience in modelling, appraisal and evaluation of public transport schemes, including application of TAG/ WelTAG guidance.
• have good working knowledge of standard rail industry modelling tools and techniques (such as Moira and/or Railsys), together with a strong understanding of the relative merits of approaches such as Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook principles versus more bespoke modelling;
• have excellent spreadsheet skills;
• have strong technical and report writing skills; be able to explain technical concepts to others, including colleagues and clients

What you'll need to succeed

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree/Master Degree in relevant discipline.
• Membership or working towards membership of a chartered professional institution such as CIHT, TPS, CILT or ICE.

What you'll get in return

A salary up to £45k plus and a generous employee benefit programme.

What you need to do now
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