Senior Rail Planne / London / Up to £55K

Maclean Moore are currently partnered with a leading global consultancy who are searching for a Senior Rail Planner who is passionate about creating excellent places and effective transport networks to join their successful transport consulting team in London.

The Role

You will be responsible for project managing small and medium sized rail planning projects for a mix of public and private sector clients, as well as leading delivery of significant work packages within larger projects.

Projects could range from demand forecasting, business case appraisal through to development of railway strategies and plans, and the delivery of specialist advice in areas such as performance forecasting and planning, operational capacity analysis and contractual / regulatory issues.

You will also be expected to support business development activities, including client relationship development and management, securing commissions and opportunity identification.

The market focus for Railway Planning is in the following core areas:
- Railway operational planning and modelling
- Railway business planning and strategy (including rail franchise bid support)
- Rail business case and feasibility studies
- Rail regulatory and policy advice
- Rail asset management

Required Skills & Experience

• Typically, around 6+ years’ experience in railway planning and / or management with a significant proportion in Britain’s railways

• Demonstrable experience in the delivery of railway planning projects or tasks.
• Commercial / financial management that can be applied to the profitable management of projects.
• An understanding and appreciation of railway planning and management
• Understanding of the inter-relationships between strategies, plans and delivery mechanisms (such as franchises, rail projects and the overall contractual matrix / regulatory framework) in the UK rail industry.
• Educated to degree level within a relevant subject.
• Relevant industry experience within a consulting business environment.
• Membership of relevant professional institutions/professional peer bodies.
• Demonstrable track record in railway business case appraisal (financial and economic), railway economics, railway operational analysis and planning and performance analysis, including performance planning and forecasting.

My client are offering a competitive salary for this role, excellent culture and work-life balance, state of the art offices and probably the best benefits packages in our sector.

Core benefits including private healthcare and a range of other protection schemes are funded by the company and made available to all permanent staff in order to support and safeguard your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

You will also have access to a Flexible Benefits Fund, available to spend on a wide range of Choice Benefits to compliment your work/life balance and financial security. In addition, all permanent employees are eligible for the Global Profit Share scheme. Subject to scheme rules, employees can receive two profit share payments per year, which are dependent on the firm’s financial performance.

If this exciting role is of interest please do apply ASAP as the client are looking to review CV’s promptly.