Vacancies

Senior Transport Planner

Job Introduction

Bradford is an incredibly exciting place to work right now! We are:

Developing a Mass Transit line to Leeds
Working on a new through railway station in the Southern Gateway to drive regeneration
Removing city centre traffic to create new public spaces and hugely improved walking and cycling facilities
Building our third Cycle Superhighway
Developing a programme of Sustainable Transport Corridors
Working on countless other sustainable transport projects, studies and strategies

We are looking for a hard-working, passionate Senior Transport Planner to help us push forward with these projects. You will:

Work strategically across West Yorkshire and the Leeds City Region to provide technical expertise, support, advice and guidance to enable to Council to deliver its responsibilities across a range of transport planning functions.
Carry out investigations, feasibility studies, prepare concept designs, transportation studies, transport assessments and modelling, sustainable and integrated transport studies of alternative solutions to transport related issues to support a wide range of strategic planning and fund bidding documents.
Co-ordinate and contribute to the development and delivery of strategies (e.g. the West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan) and Infrastructure Plans.
Quality assure schemes in development and input to future funding bids.

You will need experience in a senior capacity in a large engineering or transport planning organisation.

Educated to degree level plus recognised qualification in Civil engineering or Transport Planning and/or eligible for election to corporate membership of Royal Town Planning Institute, Royal Institute of British Architects of other relevant organisation

This is a Career Graded post. Accelerated entry onto Career Grade with higher level qualifications.

How to Apply

If you are interested in joining our team and would like some further information, please contact John Davis by email: john.davis@bradford.gov.uk.

Employee Offer

Why work for Bradford Council? Find out why by taking a look at Our Employee Offer.pdf .

Equal Opportunities

We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re-assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants.

The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.

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