# Associate Director - Transport Planning

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Guildford, Surrey
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking an Associate Director Transport Planner to join our Transport Planning & Mobility team in Guildford. As an Associate Director with WSP, you will take the lead on a range of transport projects across the business. You will work across modes to develop transport strategies, policies, and business cases, and support the development of transport programmes and projects from inception through to completion.

Responsibilities include:

- Leading and/or managing a broad range of transport planning projects

- Leading and supporting in the preparation of bids, fee proposals, and project programmes

- Supporting senior colleagues to further develop and expand our work with clients across the UK

- Providing specific support in securing and delivering work for our diverse local client portfolio

- Undertaking a lead role on technical review and checking of deliverables within the team

- Being responsible for the financial performance of your projects and contributing to the commercial performance of our team

- Supporting the ongoing development of junior members of the team

- Making an active contribution to WSP's four key pillars (People; Clients & Growth; Operations; and Expertise)

Requirements:

- Experience working with local authorities in active travel, public transport, scheme development, transport studies, strategies, and appraisals

- Experience of developing transport-focused strategies, plans, and policies

- Experience of working with Local Authority and Combined Authority clients

- The ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects and tasks to meet deadlines

- Ability to successfully deliver presentations and liaise with a variety of audiences

- Project management experience, with the ability to review client briefs and tenders, develop and contribute to fee proposals, and lead project delivery

- Commercial acumen and the ability to manage tasks and support wider team management in leading more junior members of the team

## Skills

### Required
- transport planning
- project management
- commercial acumen
- presentation skills
- client liaison

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