Airport Planning Apprentice Level - Central Reading jobs at Jacobs in United Kingdom

We work exclusively for Hertfordshire County Council acting as the Highway Authority in its role as statutory consultee.

If successful, you will be part of a wider team that also deals with Development Management and is the home to head of profession who are focussed on influencing the design of places which encourage active and sustainable travel.

This role focuses on supporting housing and infrastructure development from a transport planning perspective, with involvement in major strategic sites.

Responsibilities will include supporting planning applications, working at the information and pre-application stages, and acting in the capacity of the highway’s authority.

A key part of the role will be evaluating the suitability of development locations, negotiating with and managing multiple stakeholders, and ensuring responses are aligned with the county council’s objectives. This position will require strong relationship-building, negotiation skills, and awareness of the political environment.

If successful, your role as Planning Manager will be to develop expertise in highways and planning, and contribute to shaping plans that balance economic, environmental, and social sustainability in local Stevenage community.

Main responsibilities:

• Support the Local Plan and Strategic Development Team in leading the One Service approach to Place Making.
• Work closely with the Strategy and Programme Managers to develop programmes of work, manage the communications with Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) and external partners while supporting the Local Plan process.
• Support the development of master plans for strategic developments ensuring the Highways interests are represented at an early stage
• Contribute to the team, and the unit, in terms of researching and sharing best practice, developing new ideas and supporting the development of members of the team.

As a valued Jacobs technologist, you will work across multi-disciplinary teams to achieve successful evaluation, optimization, design, commissioning, and full-scale operational troubleshooting of water treatment facilities to help clients implement solutions that best meet their specific growth, regulatory, rehabilitation, and reliability needs. You will collaborate with our local and global technology leaders to produce innovative solutions for a variety of municipal and industrial clients that are sustainable and resilient while utilizing world-class Jacobs digital tools.

You will help drive the evaluation and ultimate incorporation of emerging technologies into our work while implementing Jacob's best practices developed over the past 40 years serving the drinking water industry. You will have the opportunity to work on award-winning projects within Florida, and, ultimately globally, that use conventional and advanced treatment processes to treat conventional and alternative water supplies, as well as effectively remove emerging contaminants.

You will present your work to industry peers in industry magazines and at professional conferences. We’ll rely on you to support business development efforts and help in the pursuit of new projects, as well as work directly with clients on the projects and tasks that you are leading. Collaborate with our senior technologists who are experts in the industry, with the expectation that you will participate in team building and mentoring of younger engineers. Design your career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed.

We’re excited to be offering a
Transport Planning Summer Internshipin our Glasgow office.

Join us and you’ll have the chance to work on projects for a range of local, national and international clients. You will be assigned to projects that align with your interests, career aspirations and academic background. Day to day tasks could include:

• Designing and engineering traffic management solutions to enhance transport networks for all users.
• Considering walking and cycling improvements aligning with local and national sustainability goals.
• Helping to develop and appraise various transport schemes and initiatives.
• Assessing travel needs and opportunities to improve the way people travel to undertake their daily activities.
• Undertaking feasibility studies.
• Transformational placemaking to reduce the impact of transport on the built and natural environment.
• Using spatial and economic analysis to understand benefits for communities.
• Building and using transport models to appraise schemes.
• Developing plans and strategies.
• Delivering transport schemes aligning to current policy context (e.g. decarbonisation, sustainability and economic recovery).

You will be assigned to a range of projects and day to day tasks could include:

• Designing and engineering traffic management solutions to improve transport networks.
• Transformational placemaking to reduce the impact of transport on the built and natural environment.
• Developing solutions to improve walking and cycling provision.
• Considering solutions that cater for a range of users.
• Aligning transport schemes to the current policy context (e.g. decarbonisation, sustainability and economic recovery).
• Use of engineering software such as AutoCAD or Civil3D.

You will have the support of a mentor, our management team and experts who will help guide your progress. You will also be given the opportunity to pursue relevant business and technical training to support your career development, as well as room to grow your network and knowledge base to create innovative solutions.