City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Department of Place

Planning, Transportation and Highways

Senior Transport Planner

PO2/PO4 £30,785 - £39,177 pa 

1 x 37 hours per week

Established

Based at Britannia House, Hall Ings, Bradford BD1 1HX

The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers, Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying  for customer  facing  posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.

The criteria under Special Knowledge and Experience on the Job Profile, which is shown in this advert, outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate.  Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

As one of the fastest growing Metropolitan Districts in the UK there has never been a more exciting place to work and help deliver the sustainable regeneration agenda working with key partners.

Bradford is embarking on one of the most ambitious place making programmes to be seen in the UK to facilitate new housing and economic growth.  Transport infrastructure is vital to delivering the enhancements in network performance, site assembly, improved access to public transport and the transformation of quality of place that are essential to facilitate sustainable growth in the district.

If you think you have the technical and interpersonal skills to play an important role in the delivery of this transformational agenda, working as part of a team in the Planning, Transportation and Highways service, we would like to hear from you.

This is an exiting opportunity to join the Infrastructure & Local Plan Implementation Team and undertake the following key tasks: 

• Working 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 the West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan (LTP) and its Implementation Plans, to other strategic work streams including the West Yorkshire+ Transport Plan and to various submissions for Government and other external funding streams.
  
  

You will require: 

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a senior capacity in a large engineering or transport planning organisation
  
  
• Evidence of continuing professional development
  
  

Qualifications: 

• Incorporated Engineer status OR evidence of completion of passing the Internal Transport Planning Professional Training Review
  
  
• This is a Career Graded post. Accelerated entry onto Career Grade with higher level qualifications.
  
  

For further information regarding this post please contact Bhupinder Dev, Team Leader Infrastructure & Local Plan on 01274 432012 or email mailto:[email protected]

To apply please click here.

Closing date: Monday 2^nd October 2017.