Senior Transport Planner

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

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We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Transport Planner to join our Advisory team in Perth to support our growing business. This is an exciting time for you to join our high performing Transport Advisory team where you will:

• Contribute to and lead the planning and development of a number of innovative transport projects ranging from strategic planning to business case input for transport infrastructure of regional significance 
• Develop your strong technical capabilities as part of high performing multi-disciplinary teams to deliver planning and design on multimodal transport, freight, public transport, and active transport projects
• Assist with identifying new business opportunities and pro-actively keeping abreast with industry trends and interacting with our global leaders in your technical practice areas of interest 
• Contribute to technological innovation to develop our solutions in a sustainable way.

Our strong project pipeline includes an exciting mix of transport projects involving passenger rail, light rail, bus transit planning, cycle and pedestrian planning, significant highway and major road upgrades projects, freight planning and much more. Working with a high performing multi-disciplinary team of transport planners, transport modelers and engineers across Australia and New Zealand, you will be supporting the team in winning, managing and delivering projects across a diverse range of transport infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients. 

About You

We are looking for a highly self-motivated and ambitious professional who is seeking continued professional development and is seeking opportunities to deliver technical excellence in existing and new business delivery. Working on a wide range of transportation projects of regional and national significance, this role will give you the opportunity to develop and shape your career.

• Approximately 5+ years relevant professional experience 
• A strong technical background with demonstrable experience in traffic, public transport, and/or active transport planning and analysis.
• Experience in transportation planning for cities/ regions / corridors and across transport modes.
• Experience in preparing and delivering robust analysis for business case inputs.
• Experience in aiding with the bid process, winning and delivering Infrastructure projects to a high standard, within budget and on time.
• Demonstrable experience in preparing technical reports
• Demonstrable experience in communication and presenting of complex transport analysis and planning
• An awareness of industry trends and the ability to understand and work with client needs, with pride in developing and maintaining strong client relationships
• Ability and desire to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Appropriate tertiary qualification in engineering, geography, mathematics or transport planning
• Drive to deliver high quality work on projects that make a difference. 

Qualifications

• Appropriate tertiary qualification in engineering, geography, mathematics or planning.

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.