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Job Title Technical Director - Transport Advisory - Sydney Vacancy No VN3293 Employment Type Permanent Contract Type Full-Time Advert Job Description About the role and business
SLR Consulting is an international environmental consultancy with a globally recognised reputation for providing high quality tailored services. With offices throughout the Asia Pacific, Europe, North, Central and South America and Africa regions and over 3000 staff globally, we are one of a very small number of leading international specialist environmental consultancies. We provide global consultancy advice and support on a wide range of strategic and site-specific issues to a diverse base of private sector, regulatory and government clients. Due to continued growth, we unique opportunity for a Technical Director Traffic Engineer / Transport Planner to join our Sydney team. In this role you will be responsible for directing projects, managing clients, building business and fostering growth across our team. We are looking for an enthusiastic leader with extensive experience and long term relationships across the traffic engineering/transport planning industry in New South Wales.  Working from our modern waterside offices at the sub-base platypus facility in North Sydney, you will work alongside our growing transport team in Sydney. In addition to the Transport Team, this opportunity will see you collaborate with many more technical experts across our 19 Disciplines and 23 Offices in APAC.   Key Responsibilities Responsibilities 
As a Technical Director you will be required to apply a high level of commitment to our clients and provide operational support to other members of the team. You will work with other senior team leaders, mentor and supervise junior staff and be involved in high level business development and delivery of key projects. Collaboration is a key principle within SLR, and you will nurture and optimize the excellent multi-discipline relationships across our global business and help contribute to our proud “OneTeam” Culture.  Experience
The successful candidate must exhibit high quality technical abilities in the traffic engineering and transport planning discipline, as well as a penchant for developing new business, and nurturing our existing client relationships. 
You will also have:

• A professional qualification in Engineering or Planning (or similar);
• Demonstrated skills and expertise in traffic engineering and transport planning practice, knowledge of industry trends and opportunities in Australia (NSW or VIC focus)
• 15+ years of experience in the traffic and transport discipline;
• A high level of client interaction, people management, time management and prioritization skills; 
• Ability to analyse and interpret situations and problems and develop appropriate solutions relating to transport infrastructure;
• Effective presentation, high level technical writing and oral communication skills;
• The ability to work in a team setting against tight timelines and deliver high quality outputs for our clients.
• Self-starter qualities with ability to think and work independently.
• Existing client contacts that would help to grow SLR’s market share in the Transport Advisory sector.

Benefits 
Our culture is unique where we work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients. Whether you’re working in the office, from home or a mix of the two, we recognise that every person is different, and our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all, including:

• Hybrid work model (in-office & from home).
• Extra paid purchased leave up to 10 days so you can re-energize, help others, support family, or focus on your own professional development.
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents throughout their parenting journey which includes 14 weeks primary carer and 6 weeks secondary carer leave. 
• Learning and development which includes a mapped career progression path, study assistance and up to 3 professional memberships subsidised by SLR.
• Employee Assistance Program to support your physical, mental, and social wellbeing.
• Global and regional mobility and recruitment referral bonus for both region and global candidates.
• Other benefits include regular office social events, service anniversary awards, salary sacrificing (novated car lease) and a corporate uniform shop with individualised annual budget

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