Transport Planner

Atkins Ireland is a member of SNC-Lavalin, one of the world's leading providers of engineering professional consulting and support services with offices across Ireland. AtkinsRéalis has an opportunity for a Level 8 qualified Transport Planner with up to 3+ years experience, to join the Transportation Planning team in Cork. The candidate will play a role in the delivery of an ever expanding project portfolio across a range of major public and private clients. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and ambitious team providing transportation planning and design services at the forefront of environmental sustainability and the delivery of Ireland's Climate Action Plan. We offer excellent career prospects as part of a multidisciplinary consultancy business both in Ireland and internationally. We are accredited Engineer's Ireland CPD employers and this role comes with significant benefits in terms of technical development and progression towards the individual's appropriate chartership.

Our transport planners and engineers are the best in the business and we provide an ideal learning environment that incorporates the following: Bi-annual Professional Development Review; 25 days annual leave; 2 Volunteers Days per annum at full pay; Up to 20 days working from abroad per annum; Senior Mentorship Program; In house CPD sessions; Learning & Development Committee; Mental Health & Wellbeing team; Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity; Social Club.

• Key role in the delivery of a broad range of projects including transport strategies, active travel, public transport, greenways and large scale development sites.
• Sharing knowledge with colleagues.
• Delivery of schemes from feasibility through planning stages.
• Delivery of projects with public and private sector clients.

• The candidate would have relevant experience in most of the following areas:
• High quality report writing skills and verbal communicator in English.
• Experience of transport planning in Ireland including relevant policy and delivery of ABTAs or similar Local Transport Plans.
• Experience in working directly with clients and stakeholders.
• Experience in the preparation of and delivery of public consultation processes and events.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to use initiative and have excellent problem-solving capabilities.
• Working towards relevant chartership status.
• Transport modelling; working knowledge of Linsig, Junctions 9 and / or microsimulation.
• Working knowledge of the application of GIS.
• Working knowledge of relevant design guidance including DMURS and National Cycle Manual.
• Ability to comply with Quality Assurance Management Systems.

At Atkins we put Environment, Sustainability and Health & Safety at the heart of our business strategy. We possess a significant breadth of knowledge and depth of skills and experience for the ultimate benefit of our clients. We build long-term trusted partnerships to create a world where lives are enriched through the implementation of our ideas. Together with our clients, we're always striving to find better ways to get things done. We are a certified CPD Accredited employer with Engineers Ireland and we were named Engineers Ireland CPD Employer of the year in 2021. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and ability.

Worker Type: Employee. Job Type: Regular. At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.