Senior​/Principal Transport Consultant - Liveable Places

About your role

We are looking to appoint a Senior / Principal Transport Consultant into WSP's Liveable Places team to be based out of our Southampton office, with flexible working allowing for a mix of home and in-office working.

WSP's Liveable Places team works with a wide range of local authority and private clients across the UK to help them achieve their place making ambitions. As a Senior / Principal Transport Consultant within the team you will take the lead on delivering a wide range of schemes from concept to delivery – including public realm, active travel, traffic engineering, road safety, parking, traffic signals and pedestrian / traffic modelling.

• Act as Designer & Project Manager on a wide range of projects delivering liveable places and better sustainable transport routes in urban and rural settings.
• Work directly with our clients to achieve their sustainable transport needs while helping to grow and develop our work with them.
• Prepare and review reports, drawings (using CAD), schedules and other documents in accordance with appropriate design standards, legislation and guidance including LTN 1/20, LTN 1/24, Traffic Signs Manual, MfS, MfS 2, DMRB and CDM 2015.
• Stay informed about industry trends and best practice.
• Oversee projects’ budget and financial performance.
• Undertake technical review and checking of design deliverables within the team.
• Work collaboratively with the Liveable Places team and our colleagues in the wider Mobility team and the wider WSP business to achieve our aims and objectives.

• A civil engineering, transport engineering or transport planning degree or equivalent.
• Knowledge of current transport policy and standards.
• A proven ability to support with work winning and to support the growth of our Liveable Places team.
• Proven ability to lead and manage project teams and individuals.
• Proven track record in project management and financial control.
• Passion for mentoring and developing talent.
• Transport, road safety, parking and traffic engineering experience.
• Good spoken and written communication skills, with the ability to liaise with others including public sector officials, members of the public and other senior colleagues.