Senior Transport Planner

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Your Impact

At Jacobs, we push the limits of what is possible and help reinvent tomorrow. Our work meaningfully improves the livability and connectivity of our local communities, with a focus on building and strengthening an equitable, diverse, and inclusive society. We apply our expertise and knowledge into the future with optimism and focus. We do not settle until we give our best and know that we are making a difference.

Our Highways team in India is looking for a driven and curious Lead Transport Planner (Domestic Sector) for large-scale infrastructure projects. By joining our team, you will have the chance to work on exciting and engaging multi-disciplinary projects and utilize your Highway design expertise to serve as a design lead on transportation related projects. We will give you the opportunity to work with various disciplines to efficiently complete tasks on schedule.

You will work with an experienced and innovative team of Engineers and Project Managers, as well as gain experience working with our clients / contractor partners to solve their most challenging problems. We want you to be empowered to deliver the boldest solutions for everyday living. By joining Jacobs, you will commit to supporting and engaging with these teams, as we work to build a company like no other.

Responsibilities

• Proficient in reviewing and analyzing master plans, ensuring effective inter-disciplinary coordination to achieve cohesive project outcomes
• Demonstrated proficiency in traffic forecasting and analysis, utilizing advanced methodologies to predict and manage traffic patterns effectively.
• Skilled in conducting thorough reviews and analyses of toll systems and revenue models, identifying opportunities for optimization and efficiency.
• Responsible for conducting research and data analysis to identify transportation challenges and opportunities and developing transportation plans and policies. Evaluating the impact of proposed transportation projects. Designing transportation infrastructure, such as roads, railways, and bike lanes.
• Work collaboratively with engineers, urban planners, and policymakers to seamlessly integrate transportation solutions with land use planning, ensuring sustainable development
• Provide technical oversight by reviewing and checking the work of junior team members, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
• Ability to use Transportation modelling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and statistical analysis tools like Vissim, Visum, Aimsun, Cube, Synchro, SATURN, EMME Junctions9/Sidra/Linsig
• Contribute to all reviews for due diligence in regular team meetings, ECI (Early Contractor Involvement), Interdisciplinary design workshops at every stage of design
• Analyze complex data sets to identify patterns and develop innovative solutions to transportation challenges, continuously seeking ways to improve processes and outcomes.
• Maintain clear communication with counterparts in lead and client offices as necessary, coordinating effectively with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Mentor and guide staff, fostering professional growth and knowledge sharing within the team.
  
  
  

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

Here’s What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s / master’s degree in Transportation engineering /planning or related
• 10 to 18 years of experience of which at least 6-8 years extensive and demonstrated experience in the domestic sector for large-scale Infrastructure/Highway schemes and preferably Global delivery models
• Chartered / Professional accreditation desirable, not mandatory
  
  
  

Do not meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Jacobs, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align with every requirement in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles.

At Jacobs, we are challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery, and innovative manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With a talent force of over 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector worldwide.

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