ATKINS

Intelligent Mobility - Managing Consultant

Location – London ideally, however we will consider Birmingham, Manchester and Cambridge

We have an exciting opportunity for an Intelligent Mobility Consultant to join us at this pivotal point in our journey.

Atkins has made encouraging progress in Intelligent Mobility. Intelligent Mobility is a top priority area for the company’s growth strategy.  When you join our Intelligent Mobility team you’ll become a key player in transforming the future of transport. We work with emerging technologies to push the boundaries of transportation and we’ll make sure that you get involved with all kinds of innovative projects from smart cities and driverless cars to data exploitation, journey management, roads of the future and mobility as a service. We’re the sort of people who look at things very differently to connect people and places in exciting new ways. Providing simple solutions to complex problems, it’s an exciting journey and you can play a lead role.

The creation of a new transportation division in Atkins brings together the capabilities of our Highway and Rail teams into a single business of 3,000 talented engineers and professionals. The UK transport sector is experiencing unprecedented levels of investment and Atkins is playing lead roles in a diverse range of projects such as high speed rail, intelligent transport systems and the Venturer driverless car project. Our consultants are working with government, local authorities and private sector partners to develop integrated transport strategies to ensure the urban areas we live in continue to work. Our investment in new skills and technology will change the way we travel in the future. 

The unique breadth of services in transport combined with our scale makes us the leading UK transport consultancy and we are seeking talented individuals who can inspire our people and collaborate with our clients to ensure we continue to shape the future of transport and drive new and exciting business for Atkins.

The preferred candidate’s core skills will include IM, big data or transport technical knowledge, value proposition and market analysis, and delivery of technology and innovation projects. The successful candidate will also be:

• a driven, competitive and goal-oriented individual, with a track record of achieving targets
• naturally strategic with strong business acumen and a commercial mindset
• an analytical and numerate problem-solver with the capacity to think complex issues through and develop effective solutions in a timely fashion
• a pro-active decision maker with a confident yet diplomatic operating style - someone who deals easily with cultural diversity
• an active networker, with a strong existing profile in an area of the IM / Smart City market, with an active technical network
• a resourceful, articulate verbal and written communicator who has the ability to influence others through the use of sound judgement and good sense
• a strong presenter, with proven negotiating and influencing skills
• always looking for the next idea, testing the market to identify future revenue opportunities
• able to influence technical and delivery staff and collaborate effectively with other divisional colleagues
• a mentor and coach to others in their technical area of expertise
• a natural team player, highly-motivated and ambitious for the success of the team
• able to manage priorities in a high pressure environment
• degree qualified or with equivalent professional qualification