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Senior Transport Planner / Engineer

Houston, Texas
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Senior Transport Planner / Engineer

We are looking for a talented individual to join our new team in Houston and help shape the future of our city!

Who we are

Momentum is an integrated, people-first transport consultancy specializing in the vision, technical understanding and design for transport and people movement in complex environments.

Everything we do is carefully and diligently designed to create transport strategies and solutions that inform, integrate with and are integral to, every aspect of the built environment today and for the future.

Momentum has offices in London, Houston, and Montreal. This opportunity is based in Houston, Texas.

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Our opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a background in Transportation Planning or Engineering to take a strategic role within a small growing team in Houston.

You will reinforce the excellent reputation it currently enjoys internationally, while working with the US Director to shape its future growth and direction bringing your own experience, ideas and perspectives.

You will lead and manage a range of specialized transportation planning and engineering projects with autonomy and independent judgment. You will oversee technical teams with project delivery including technical report writing, transportation assessments, master planning, and traffic and transport planning studies.

You will be the senior point of contact with our clients, design teams and third parties. You will take a proactive role in helping shape our business in Houston in-line with our business strategy. This will include building existing client relationships and developing new ones, as well as preparing and managing proposals.

You will also represent Momentum at conferences, seminars and networking events, and will help identify and develop business opportunities.

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Perks and Benefits

  • Annual personal and company performance bonus.
  • Paid subscriptions to professional institutions.
  • Access to professional training and development.
  • Company social events.
  • 25 days annual leave, plus birthday leave plus bank holidays.
  • Annual trip to our London, UK head office for a whole Company Day.
  • Summer months condensed hours working.
  • Flexible Work Schedules (Hybrid).
  • Dental insurance.
  • Disability insurance.
  • Employee assistance program.
  • Health insurance.
  • Life insurance.
  • Health Savings Accounts (HSA).
  • Retirement Plan with Employer Match.


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Your skill set

Essential:

  • Strong working knowledge of local, state, and federal guidelines, standards, policies, and regulations. Ability to develop, interpret and implement regulations, policies and procedures and ensure compliance.
    Excellent written and verbal skills, allowing effective communication at all levels.
  • Able to successfully manage and build credible client relationships and develop new business development opportunities.
  • Ability to research and analyze detailed information and make appropriate
    recommendations.
  • Ability to work with autonomy, make decisions, and act on your own initiative.
  • Strong organizational and time management to prioritize duties to accomplish a high volume of work outputs while adapting to constant changes in priority.
  • Ability to lead and oversee multidisciplinary teams player with a willingness to train and mentor junior staff.
  • Ability to develop new and innovative solutions to transport challenges, including multi-modal solutions.
  • Ability to perform and lead advanced, specialized transportation engineering/planning projects requiring independent judgement.
  • Experience preparing technical reports and deliverables.
  •  Familiarity with emerging best-practices/ guidelines in transportation, smart cities, micro-mobility, and urban transportation.
  • Ability and desire to continue to learn and take advantage of opportunities for professional development.
  • Proficient in Microsoft office.


Desirable:

  • Experience of supporting Business Development campaigns targeting new
    clients.
  • Proficiency with transportation and traffic analysis software (HCS, Synchro, VISSIM).
  • Proficiency in GIS software (ESRI products), Adobe Acrobat and InDesign.

 

Qualifications and experience:

  •  8+ years relevant experience in transportation planning/engineering and
    project management.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or a related field.
  • Master’s Degree in a related field is considered a plus.
  • Professional Engineering (PE) license or AICP Certification
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Next steps

If this opportunity excites you, please email your CV and a cover letter explaining why you are an excellent fit for Momentum Transport Consultancy to Hassan.Madhoun@momentum-transport.com

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