Senior​/Principal Transport Planning

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Location: Birmingham, GB
Recruiter contact: Madeleine Knight

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. We deliver exciting work that defines our future and makes a societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

About The Business Unit

We help conceive, drive and implement transport solutions for cities, regions and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues – such as revenue, procurement and environmental legislation – to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it, our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

We are expanding our transport planning team in Birmingham and are looking to appoint a transport business case specialist to play a key role in growing the team and our wider advisory capacity. This individual must be conversant in transport economics, appraisal and modelling and possess advanced critical thinking to resolve not only What? and How? questions but also Why? You will guide and coordinate our front‑end advisory projects, drive them forward and contribute to the growth of this significant area within Mott Mac Donald.

The role offers the successful applicant the opportunity to balance leadership in the delivery of complex projects ensuring technical excellence and innovation, with the requirement to engage with Local Transport Authorities and emerging Combined Authorities to expand our client base.

Projects will include high‑profile clients such as Transport for West Midlands, Midlands Connect, Birmingham City Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Transport for Wales, Department for Transport, National Highways, East West Rail Co and Heathrow Airport Ltd.

• Providing technical advice in development and planning of major transport schemes
• Leading technical coordination and client‑facing technical leadership
• Leading the pursuit and bidding of public transport projects
• Understanding the needs of our clients and their major projects
• Supporting project teams to deliver detailed scheme development and implementation
• Coordinating across disciplines and reviewing deliverables
• Mentoring junior team members and ensuring the commercial success of projects

• Proven track record in leading the development of all stages of transport business cases
• Extensive knowledge of UK government appraisal guidance (HM Treasury Green Book) and transport analysis guidance in England (TAG), Wales (WelTAG) and Scotland (STAG)
• Significant experience in technical leadership and client relationships
• Commercial acumen and a business‑focused mindset, including work‑winning
• Senior skills in planning for major transport projects, including transport business cases, demand modelling/forecasting, wider transport economics, transport policy & strategy, network planning, bus franchising, electrification and decarbonisation
• Knowledge of major transportation modelling packages commonly used in the UK and Ireland

• A degree in transport planning or transport economics
• Membership in a relevant professional organisation (such as IHT, ILT, TPS, or ICE)
• Extensive knowledge of transport appraisal guidance in Ireland and understanding of the wider transport planning/engineering industry
• Professionally qualified (CEng or CTPP) through the CIHT, ICE or IET

Mott Mac Donald Ltd. is not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.