Principal Kerbside & Traffic Consultant

• Location: Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE
• Salary: £50,000 - £65,000
• Hours: 37.5 per week
• Contract: Full-time
• Work Style: Flexible, minimum 3 days in office

Join our London office as a Principal Kerbside & Traffic Consultant and take a senior technical, client and commercial leadership role within our Engineering & Kerbside team. You’ll lead complex parking, kerbside and traffic commissions for local authorities, combining technical design, statutory and policy expertise, project management and strategic advice. You’ll shape projects from initial brief and policy development through feasibility, consultation, design, traffic orders and implementation, while supporting the growth and technical development of the wider team.

As a Principal Kerbside & Traffic Consultant, you will lead complex and high-profile commissions, provide senior technical and policy advice and take responsibility for client relationships, commercial performance and quality assurance. You’ll oversee multidisciplinary projects covering parking policy and strategy, kerbside management, traffic engineering, statutory processes and implementation. You’ll review and approve key reports and designs, develop scopes and fee proposals, lead bids and framework submissions, mentor the team and help shape Citisense’s Engineering & Kerbside offer.

You’ll provide senior technical and professional judgement across the full kerbside and traffic project lifecycle, combining detailed knowledge of design and statutory processes with an understanding of policy, governance, client priorities and commercial delivery. As a senior member of the team, you’ll also help grow client accounts, develop new commissions, strengthen technical standards and mentor colleagues.

• Lead complex and high-profile parking, kerbside, traffic management and sustainable transport commissions from early strategy and feasibility through design, statutory processes and implementation.
• Provide senior technical advice on CPZs, parking controls, loading and servicing, School Streets, moving traffic measures, traffic management, road safety, enforcement considerations and wider kerbside allocation.
• Set the technical approach for projects and oversee the production and checking of CAD/GIS designs, traffic order plans, signs and road marking layouts, schedules and implementation documentation.
• Lead major parking and kerbside reviews, feasibility studies and option appraisals, ensuring recommendations are supported by robust survey, operational and policy evidence.
• Lead and review parking, kerbside and traffic strategies, policy documents, technical reports, committee reports, business cases, member briefings and consultation reports.
• Provide authoritative advice on relevant legislation, statutory processes, national guidance and local authority policy, including the interaction between design, TRO/TMO requirements, enforcement and implementation.
• Oversee complex TRO/TMO and consultation programmes, providing advice on objections, scheme amendments, governance and delivery risks.
• Act as senior client lead for key accounts, understanding client priorities, advising senior officers and stakeholders and maintaining trusted long-term relationships.
• Manage commercial performance across commissions, including scope, programme, budget, resources, forecasting, risk, variations and quality assurance.
• Develop scopes, methodologies, programmes and fee proposals for complex commissions and lead or make significant contributions to bids and framework submissions.
• Identify and develop new work with existing and prospective clients and support longer-term account and service growth.
• Provide technical…