Principal / Senior Principal / Technical Principal - Transport Planner

<p><strong>Location/s: </strong>Madrid, ES<br/><strong>Recruiter contact: </strong>Madeleine Knight<strong><br/></strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. </p> <p><br/>We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. </p> <p><br/>Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be <strong>brilliant.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>About the business unit </strong><br/>We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.</p> <p> </p> <p><br/><strong>Overview of the role</strong><br/>Mott MacDonald is a uniquely diverse global management engineering and development consultancy that offers a varied range of opportunities for potential employees to work with world expert practitioners on small- and large-scale projects across the globe.</p> <p> </p> <p>As a member of the transport planning team in the Madrid office you will be integrated within a range of international transport planning projects (generally UK based) and assisting in driving these projects to successful delivery.</p> <p> </p> <p>You will be a key addition to the team, supporting the Regional, technical and Service Lead with the continued development of Mott MacDonald’s market presence and ongoing growth of the transport planning business across the UK and Spain. You may also contribute to the company’s wider portfolio of international projects.</p> <p> </p> <p>This role will see you:</p> <ul> <li>Taking the lead role in providing transport planning advice and technical services to deliver projects in accordance with project time, quality and cost objectives as agreed with project managers</li> <li>Undertake and manage technical analysis deriving key findings and reporting result</li> <li>Preparing and contributing to technical reports and other project outputs overseeing tasks and activities that match your ability, expertise and interest</li> <li>Project managing medium and larger sized commissions, with increasing responsibility as skills and experience develop</li> <li>Delivering active projects from initial strategy to concept and planning, design and construction - to UK, Spanish and potentially international design standards (depending on project location)</li> <li>Undertaking business development activities, including proposal writing and meeting potential clients and project partners to increase the pipeline of work</li> <li>Coordinating with key Business Development and Resource management teams in the Division, and with other Units and Divisions and identifying opportunities with Principal/Account Leads</li> <li>Assisting in developing the technical knowledge in the team/s within the sector, potentially providing mentoring, guidance and technical advice to junior staff to upskill and assist in their professional development</li> <li>Specifying and overseeing data analysis to include traffic and pedestrian counts as well as car parking surveys</li> <li>Undertaking site audits to identify existing and future requirements for transport infrastructure and public transport services</li> <li>Liaising with key clients and being responsible for developing effective relationships with internal and external organisations</li> <li>Specifying and managing feasibility studies, preparing reports and presentations</li> <li>Being client focused, identifying opportunities for both internal and external clients and how these may be addressed by the team, group and wider Mott MacDonald</li> <li>Meeting clients to understand their needs and pipeline of future works and documenting how they will be achieved in proposals and project plans</li> <li>Promoting innovative and cost-effective practices to deliver a high-quality service to intern