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Associate Director - Transport Planning

Birmingham, gb💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead strategic initiatives and deliver complex transport planning projects for public sector agencies and infrastructure operators, focusing on appraisal, business case development, and monitoring/evaluation.

Role type

Senior IC transport planning director (strategy & delivery)

Builds

Transport planning strategies, business cases, and monitoring frameworks for national and regional authorities

Domain

Public sector transport planning & infrastructure consulting

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Strategic leadership, client engagement, project delivery, business development, team development, transport appraisal, business case development, UK&I transport regulations, stakeholder management

Preferred skills

Chartered status (CIHT/TPS), experience winning work, modeling interface, public client requirements

Technologies

Transport planning tools and software

Responsibilities

Lead development and execution of strategic initiatives to grow the transport planning practice; Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients including public sector agencies; Oversee delivery of complex transport planning projects ensuring quality and compliance; Identify and pursue new business opportunities and lead bid preparation; Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of transport planners

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership mandate

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