Senior/Principal Transport Modeller in Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
GBP £40000 to £45000 per annum |
Permanent
A Senior or Principal Transport Modeller is required to augment an expanding Strategic Modelling Team serving clients across our northern region that is also supportive of initiatives nationally. The opportunity will help support existing workloads for a range of regional clients in South, West and North Yorkshire, the East Midlands and Tyne & Wear and support regional framework successes with TfGM, WYCA and NEPO.
Core Functions:
- Task leader on strategic modelling projects; expected to lead smaller, in-house project tasks
- Transport model development and appraisal. Tasks may include but not limited to model building, calibration/validation, model testing and auditing, checking and analysis of model outputs, and developing and testing schemes/ land use changes in a variety of models
- Delivery to timescales, budget and technical quality
- Preparation of technical reports and proposals for clients
- Client support- articulate delivery of modelling results, and support specification study progression
- Attendance at internal and client team meetings, with direct reporting to them.
- Contribute to our process of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing relating to transport modelling across our national transport planning business
- To work to a high technical standard.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- A degree (or equivalent) in a numerate or transport discipline
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- In-depth experience in developing transport models from first principles, and in appraisal
- Knowledge of transport policy and appraisal issues and techniques, and how transport modelling can be used to support and enhance other areas of transport planning and policy.
- Ability to independently devise study methodology
- Proven ability to build, calibrate and validate, and apply transport models with minimum supervision
- Detailed knowledge and experience in the use of at least two of the following modelling packages: Cube Voyager, TRIPS, SATURN, EMME, DIADEM.
- Understanding of UK WebTAG and DMRB requirements.
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Office tools, particularly MS Excel/ ACCESS.
- Some experience in TUBA, COBA, QUADRO, VBA programming or similar and experience of programming bespoke analysis tools
- Ability to work well in a team environment and independently with limited supervision
- Ability to work under pressure
Desirable Skills
- Transport related MSc - with transport Modelling modules/ experience
- Experience in GIS techniques- ArcGIS
- Experience with VISSIM, AIMSUM or Paramics
- Professional membership of a relevant institution
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