An excellent opportunity for a Senior Engineer Transport Planner our team based in North Tyneside. You will be part of the team working with a number of transport planning commissions, including macro and micro simulation modelling, scheme business case appraisal, active travel and transport planning work for a variety of clients, including local authorities, private developers and other public-sector clients.

Job title:

Senior Engineer, Transport Planning

Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist the Principal Transport Modelers with the delivery of projects involving Paramics, Saturn and Vissim models
• Collaborate with Principal Transport Planners and the Transport Planning Manager in the delivery of major transport scheme business cases, including the delivery of economic appraisals.
• Preparation by way of leadership and contribution to technical papers and client reports
• Contributing to our process of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing relating to transport planning across our national transport planning business

What we’re looking for:

• Have a Masters’ Degree (or equivalent) in a numerate or transport discipline
• Be a chartered profession or be working toward Chartership being already a minimum of IEng or equivalent in transport profession.
• Have experience in one or more of the following traffic modelling packages – Saturn, Paramics & Vissim
• Have experience working with scheme assessment programs such as Tuba and Cobalt
• Hold a full UK driving license

About Capita Real Estate and Infrastructure

At Capita Real estate and infrastructure, we create places where people can prosper.

Today, critical infrastructure and public building projects need to be sustainable and environmentally appropriate. They must deliver value for the people that will use them - local communities and businesses - for decades to come. The wide range of demands requires a more holistic approach to design. That’s where we come in.

Our clients rely on our commitment to understanding their challenges and finding smarter solutions, and a broad range of experts offering a distinctively diverse set of skills. Our leadership team, who are practitioners themselves, understand what it takes to deliver.

Our culture is built on over 100 years of delivering excellence and creating solutions for critical infrastructure challenges. This enables us to provide a different perspective and approach; one based on what our clients need and can afford.

From engineering and architectural innovation to environmental sustainability and technologically enabled project delivery, we are renowned for our breadth of expertise and holistic, collaborative approach.

We’re a unique team specializing in infrastructure and buildings; the physical networks which keep the country moving and the places where people and communities can prosper.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 25) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita.

You’ll be joining a network of 63,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

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What we hope you’ll do next:

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