Director - Transport Planning

Do you want to push the boundaries of your expertise and profession? Are you ready to take on a senior leadership, client-facing role? Do you want to develop your excellence in an open, collaborative, and empowering culture? Are you motivated by creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature?

If this sounds like you, or you're curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join the Transport Planning offer in Ireland as our new Director – Transport Planning and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

As Director - Transport Planning, you will be responsible for leading transport planning technical and financial related inputs. You will maintain relationships on various transport planning and infrastructure related projects led by this department or projects led by other multi-disciplinary departments for existing and new clients.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Maintaining existing client relationships
• Developing new client relationships
• Bidding and preparation of technical and financial offers
• Leading and preparing various reports and technical assessments
• Liaising with various transport planning teams in our wider Ramboll family on project and business development matters
• Staff mentoring and supervision of work undertaken
• Technical expertise input into projects that include public transport (bus based an advantage) and/or active travel and/or modelling

Your new team

You will be part of the wider Transport Planning team and the wider Transport division. Ramboll's 3,000 transport specialists work together with authorities, private contractors, and cities to develop holistic mobility solutions. From Aviation to Bridges and Tunnels to Rail, we aim to ensure that people and goods can move in the most effective and sustainable way possible. Our increasing focus on Smart Mobility (transport planning) approaches the challenge of mobility by integrating urban planning with all modes of transport and digitalisation. The team itself is lively, passionate, and supportive, exhibiting high levels of collaboration and engagement with one another, often celebrating project milestones or life events like birthdays.

About you

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

• Strong demonstrable experience in transport planning
• Personable with excellent written, numerical and communication skills (in English)
• An appropriate transport planning qualification or accreditation (MSc/MA, CIHT, CMILT etc)
• Have an established network of contacts in the Irish Transport Planning market
• Technical know-how in areas of transport planning

What we can offer you

• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on to support you, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Matched pension contributions up to 7%
• Private medical cover and life assurance allowance

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application. Be sure to include all relevant documents including your CV.

We recognise that some candidates only apply when they tick every box. However, passion and potential often outweigh a perfect resume and Ramboll's supportive learning culture can help you grow. So, if this role resonates with you but you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for this opportunity or another within our team.

Thank you for taking the time to apply We look forward to receiving your application.