Principal Demand Modeller - Transportation Planner (UK Wide)

Market Cities & Places 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 cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact will include:

• Strategic Leadership: Guide the direction of our demand modelling and public transport analytics offering, ensuring alignment with client needs and market trends.
• Client Engagement: Build trusted relationships with key stakeholders, shaping project scopes and influencing decision-making at the highest levels.
• Technical Excellence: Champion the development and application of cutting-edge modelling techniques, including disaggregate and agent-based methods.
• Team Development: Inspire and mentor a high-performing team, fostering technical growth and leadership development.
• Innovation & Integration: Drive the integration of data science and transport modelling, leveraging tools like Python, R, and statistical packages to enhance our analytical capabilities.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• A numerate degree (e.g., Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Programming, or Data). Other degrees are welcome if you have strong quantitative skills.
• Experience in trip generation, variable (Transport) demand modelling, and multi-modal forecasting using software such as VISUM, CUBE, EMME, OpenPaths, ALOGIT, or bespoke tools.
• Scripting skills are highly valued.
• Strong data analysis capabilities.
• Familiarity with Excel, Access/SQL, Python, or R is desirable.
• Experience in public transport modelling (CUBE, EMME, VISUM) is a plus.
• A proactive mindset, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively to solve complex problems.
• A commitment to delivering high-quality technical work.

As a senior leader, you’ll bring deep technical expertise, strategic insight, and a passion for shaping the future of transport. Your experience in demand modelling and transport analytics will directly influence infrastructure investment decisions, policy development, and mobility outcomes for millions of people. You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor emerging talent, and foster a culture of innovation and excellence. Your ability to connect technical rigour with client needs will be instrumental in securing and delivering complex projects, expanding our modelling capabilities, and driving growth across the business.

Our colleagues enjoy project diversity and global reach within a collaborative and innovative work environment as well as opportunities for professional growth and development. We are committed to sustainability and cutting-edge technologies that will enhance your skills whilst also offering a competitive compensation and benefits package including:

• Up to 10% pension
• 24 days (+10 days bought) holidays
• Free medical and income protection insurance and many more

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain talent from a wide range of backgrounds. As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

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.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process, please contact the team.