Hybrid Transport Planning Team Lead

Do you have what it takes to transform society? Do you enjoy being part of a dynamic and inclusive team where respect for people is a priority? Then Sweco is the place to be! We are currently looking for a Team Manager to support and lead our Transport Planning team across Leeds and Manchester. This role could be based in either office and can be worked flexibly with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

Our Transport Planning team is made up of highly skilled professionals delivering a wide range of transport planning services across both the public and private sectors. You’ll lead the team and be accountable for people leadership, financial results, client outcomes, project quality and commercial awareness across the team while also acting as a transport planning practitioner. The role combines people and commercial leadership with the delivery and technical oversight of transport planning services, predominantly for public sector clients.

What does the role involve?

• Take responsibility for financial KPI’s within the team including billing ratios, average fees, and EBITA.
• Collaborating with your team to mitigate negative movements in KPIs and provide feedback and context to the Department Manager.
• Take responsibility for people KPIs within the team including absence, staff turnover and employee survey outcomes and collaborating with other Team Managers to identify and share best practice and implement improvements.
• Take responsibility for the effective and consistent delivery of projects within the team, including acting as technical lead or senior reviewer on transport planning projects such as transport strategies, business cases, appraisal studies and multi‑modal transport assessments.
• Embed a culture of work winning, project quality and commercial awareness and ensuring the team is engaging with the regional and national campaigns and leaders to maximise work winning and bid opportunities, including supporting bids and frameworks for local authority and wider public sector clients.
• Collaborate with other Team Managers to create development opportunities, recruit and instil a culture of succession to ensure a pipeline of talent is grown within the Department.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key clients and partners through active client engagement and building strong relationships by ensuring excellent delivery and expert knowledge, with a strong focus on local authorities and public sector bodies, and an understanding of their funding, policy and decision‑making environments.

To be successful in this role you’ll possess:

• Extensive experience in Transport Planning with a thorough understanding of delivery, work winning with public and/or private sector customers and evidence of managing client relationships.
• Experience of managing and developing teams in a project manager or line manager capacity.
• Effectively balancing workload delivery, resource planning, employee development and wellbeing.
• Demonstrable experience leading or overseeing transport planning work, including transport strategy, appraisal, business case development and policy‑led studies across multiple modes.
• Strong leadership skills to enable you to be a proactive part of the Department management team working alongside and providing support to the wider team in the development of overall objectives.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to adapt your style to suit different audiences, including producing and reviewing high‑quality technical reports for public sector clients.
• Proven decision‑making skills with the ability to influence strategic decision‑making and make commercial decisions within defined parameters.
• Demonstrable experience of operating and influencing at a senior level.
• Chartered status with a professional body (or working towards chartership).

If you believe you have the skill set required, are keen to join a business with genuine opportunities for career progression and are motivated by leading people while delivering high‑quality transport planning services for public sector clients, then we’d love to hear from you. Let’s transform society together at Sweco!

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance (including family cover)
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year).
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice).
• Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme