Lead/Principal Transport Economist

We are looking for a Lead/Principal Transport Economist (Economics and Business Case) to join our team. This role will be based at our Atkins Realis office in Bangalore/Gurgaon, India.

How will you contribute to the team?

Essential requirements -

Appropriate academic and professional qualifications (Bachelor's Degree with Master's degree in transport economics)

Working experience (10 to 15 years) in Transport Appraisal software like TUBA, COBALT, AMAT, WITA and other bespoke spreadsheet assessments.

Experience and knowledge of Transport Economic concepts and guidance.

Knowledge of the technical transport planning environment

Strong numerate and analytical abilities, including a high degree of competence in MS Excel

Experience in programming skills like Python, PowerBI, Excel-VBA and R.

Able to write a quality technical report

Ability to work in a team as part of a wider project

Good written communication skills

Be able to work individually.

Be able to delegate the tasks

Desirable requirements-

Be highly self-motivated and ambitious.

Be able to adapt to different cultures and working environments to build rapport with customers.

Be able to build excellent working relationships with colleagues and clients.

Knowledge and experience of UK regional economic and business case guidance and approaches

Experience in the use of analytical and research tools such as GIS and the use of databases

An appreciation of the transport industry and related policy context

Professional membership of a relevant institution.

Experience in leading smaller teams as part of a project delivery

Experience in handling task management