Principal Transport Planning Consultant

**Your Impact**:
The world needs innovators and problem solvers who turn challenges into greater opportunities. We have an insatiable curiosity about solutions to move people and goods safely and efficiently across the globe. From rail systems mobilising accessible transit, to ports linking land and sea - when it comes to connecting the people and places of tomorrow, the future of transport depends on us.

The New Zealand Transport Planning Team has an exciting opportunity to join a well-established thriving team with a strong pipeline of projects. In your role as **Principal Transport Planner/Engineer**, you will be responsible for providing consultancy services in the Transport Planning market in the NZ region. With the support of the Section Leader of Transport Planning and the Technical Directors for Transport Planning, Traffic Engineering and Transport Modelling, you will be the technical and project lead for transport planning and assessment projects, as well as providing technical guidance for transport planning advice on large strategic consulting and design projects and business cases.

You will also be responsible for project delivery and project management, and for positioning and winning projects involving a range of services. You will be instrumental in collaborating with commercial, project management and technical leaders to create opportunities for Jacobs to plan, develop, deliver and operate a range of projects. The role will support management of the Transport Planning team, in terms of team development and growth, building technical capability and growing the transport planning portfolio. Key to this, you will be the interface with our global delivery centres in order to improve delivery capability to meet targets.

On top of the exposure to challenging projects and career development opportunities, we offer competitive remuneration packages and multiple staff benefits such as paid parental and partner leave, purchase leave, and mental health & wellbeing programs, to name a few. Here at Jacobs we also support a plethora of flexible working practices such as flexible start/end times, job share arrangements, working from home, hybrid working and part-time arrangements. #LI-CK1 #APMETransport #ANZTransport #ANZtransportplanning

**Here’s What You’ll Need**:

- Strong experience working on multidisciplinary transport projects, with medium and high complexity
- Significant knowledge and breadth of transport engineering/planning concepts and tasks
- Strong experience in traffic operations and capacity analysis
- The proven ability to provide data analysis and manipulation as well as a strong understanding of technical standards and guidelines
- Solid understanding of principles informing road design concepts and development
- Strong understanding of the interfaces between transport planning, traffic engineering and transport modelling
- The ability to inspire the Solutions and Technology area through forums, Communities of Practice and direct staff engagement.
- The ability to articulate a clear direction and have good social, networking and presentation skills.

**Jacobs. A world where you can**.

From our inclusive employee networks, to our positive mental health champions - we’re committed to driving a culture of caring where you can be you. Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally - and together, our diverse perspectives and unique backgrounds power our collective strength. We collaborate and share By supporting one another, we all succeed. With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximise your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good too - from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.