Location
Glasgow or Edinburgh offices, with occasional travel to other offices or sites across the UK.

Hours
Full Time - Regular employee

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
AtkinsRéalis are at the forefront of active travel design and delivery, leading the way through standards and guidance production, research, and the development of in-house tools and processes to facilitate some of the highest quality active travel infrastructure schemes across the UK. Key clients include the Department for Infrastructure, Transport for Wales, National Highways, and numerous local authority clients across the UK. This role supports the growth and development of our active travel team across Scotland and Northern Ireland and forms part of our wider UK team providing technical excellence in this field.

The role focuses primarily on the design and delivery of active travel infrastructure projects of varying complexity across the UK via our existing significant and recent local authority framework wins. You will promote a multi-disciplinary approach to active travel and help shape and develop our local offering with key clients. You will play a key role in supporting the wider team to continually improve our client offering. Opportunities also exist to support other national and international high-profile projects including design standards and guidance production, innovation, and research projects.

This position is based in either our Glasgow or Edinburgh offices, with occasional travel required. We seek a proactive and enthusiastic individual with significant experience in the active travel field. An eye for detail and confidence to challenge decisions and concepts constructively and collaboratively are key attributes. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with clients and stakeholders across the region and able to work collaboratively with an existing team of highly motivated active travel professionals.

Experience
- Significant experience in the design and delivery of active travel infrastructure.
- Experience designing and retrofitting schemes within existing urban environments.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary project teams.
- AutoCAD design experience.
- Strong understanding of relevant guidance and standards including Cycling by Design, Designing Streets, Inclusive Mobility, and the National Roads Development Guide.
- Experience liaising with clients and stakeholders and explaining technical solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.

About you
- Proactive and enthusiastic with an eye for detail.
- Confident to challenge decisions and concepts in a constructive and collaborative way.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable working collaboratively within a team and with clients across the region.
- Ability to independently develop robust, practical, and innovative engineering solutions.

Qualifications
- Degree qualified in a relevant subject (Civil Engineering or similar).
- Chartered Engineer, Chartered Transport Planning Professional, or working towards chartership.

Desirable
- Full UK driving licence.
- Cycling experience.
- Project management experience.
- Civil 3D experience.
- Experience undertaking public and stakeholder consultation.
- Knowledge of MS Project and wider Microsoft Office applications.