Senior Transport Modeller Apr-May 2025 (VISUM SATURN)

Location: Remote with flexible working arrangements, all UK based locations considered. Our flexible office collaboration spaces, for those wishing to use them, are in London, Bristol, Birmingham and Exeter

Term/Hours: Permanent. 24-40 hours per week, with flexibility over working pattern - please state in your application.

Status: Must have own right to work in the UK

Salary: Competitive, dependent on knowledge, experience and skills

Grade: Senior 
Close: 5pm Monday 19 May 2025

Due to a healthy pipeline of projects and opportunities, we are seeking an experienced transport modeller and data analyst with a passion for sustainable transport to join the team. Experience in transport modelling both model development and application, use of big data and an interest in decarbonisation, transport appraisal and the automation of modelling is important.

We are seeking an expereinced tranport professional, specialising in strategic transport modelling (Saturn & VISUM), with a background supporting modelling for Local Plans, transport strategies and business cases.

Many Thanks,

Karl Jarvis  - Director (Transport Modelling & Appraisal) 

ABOUT US

City Science is an SME founded in 2015 with a core mission of delivering decarbonisation. We help organisations who are committed to decarbonisation achieve meaningful and quantifiable carbon reductions quickly and efficiently.

We work collaboratively across our consultancy team made up of transport, energy, sustainability, carbon accounting and applied data science specialists to provide integrated solutions to our clients. Our range of clients is extensive and includes forward-thinking local authorities like Oxfordshire County Council, sub-national transport bodies like England’s Economic Heartland and national transport organisations like National Highways (see our full list of projects here).

Our consultancy team works closely with our software and product development team who produce innovative and uniquely insightful digital tools, like Cadence and our decarbonisation tool, to successfully deliver our projects.

We have a series of services lines (which are all underpinned by market areas), including the following focused within transport:

• Transport Modelling & Appraisal (e.g. Strategic multi-modal development and application, micro-simulation and active travel modelling, transport appraisal and business cases)
• Sustainable Transport & Development (e.g. Local cycle & walking infrastructure plans (LCWIPs), bus service planning, movement strategies, transport evidence bases for Local Plans and infrastructure strategies)
• Net Zero Transport (e.g. Electric Vehicle charging strategies and net zero transport pathways)

City Science has a close-knit structure of people of diverse backgrounds, all with a shared purpose of ensuring we leave behind a better world. We provide an environment where people feel valued and supported in their career progression including providing significant opportunities to work across a wide variety of exciting projects in our consultancy business.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Due to recent significant growth and strategic project wins, we are currently recruiting for a Senior Transport Modeller to join our team. We are seeking a unique individual who understands the need to do things differently and shares our passion for decarbonisation.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of transport modelling project and additionally manage delivery of  medium projects. Key responsibilities will include conducting transport modelling (coding, analysis, preparation, cal/val), leading delivery of and contributing to technical reports (as required), overseeing tasks undertaken by more junior staff and coordinating data analysis tasks. You will also work with our wider consultancy team, including the opportunity to work across a variety of projects spanning transport, energy, sustainability, and carbon accounting; should you wish.

There is also an opportunity to support the management team in upscaling the business such as streamlining our day-to-day processes to improve our efficiency; such as improving our collaborative business functions (e.g. reporting templates) and providing input to enhance our digital tools like Cadence: https://cadence360.cityscience.com/.

You will support the continued growth of our business, through delivering upon our team’s wider commercial targets; such as through identifying future opportunities and delivering high quality tender responses. We will also provide the opportunity to attend and present at key industry wide transport and decarbonisation-focused national conferences.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Senior Modeller within our City Science team you will be responsible for:

• Delivering transport modelling requirements (mainly VISUM and Saturn), whilst overseeing tasks of other modellers.
• Using and sharing our systems, best practice, tools and style guidance.
• Autonomous delivering of service line tasks, analysis and content.
• Supporting and sometimes leading smaller to medium tenders/frameworks/awards.
• Championing internal collaboration and other City Science behaviours.

This will include:

Project Delivery & Management

• Contribute to quality delivery of projects for our clients on time and within budget.
• Manage your own contribution to projects autonomously as well as managing at least a small project at a time including clear allocation of tasks and monitoring of resources.
• Coordinating site visits (relevant to a project) to observe transport networks and wider conditions.

Technical

• Development and application of strategic multi-modal models, especially using VISUM but potentially also CUBE and EMME
• Traffic modelling using Saturn and micro-simulation modelling using VISSIM
• Supporting the wider project delivery team to produce high quality technical reports for clients.
• Reviewing policy and best practice documents related to transport, planning, decarbonisation and wider needs.
• Identifying potential future interventions and supporting the wider appraisal and prioritisation process of these.
• Undertaking data analysis (e.g. behavioural analysis, forecasting).
• Contributing to graphics and visualisations, such as in GIS and Cadence.

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

• Contributing to and producing concise reports, informative graphics and compelling visualisations.
• Supporting stakeholder engagement during projects, including preparation of technical material for workshops.

Business Development

• Supporting delivery of bids, proposals and promotional campaigns.
• Conducting and leading market analysis to support our market understanding of upcoming contracts and frameworks.
• Supporting and contributing thought-leadership content.