Senior Consultant (Engineer)

Location London, Birmingham or Milton Keynes (minimum of two days a week in the office. You can do more than two days if preferable)

Reporting to Head of Integrated Transport Delivery 

Working hours Full time (9day Fortnight companywide)

Contract type/duration Permanent  

Band: 3.3

Salary: £63,340 to £69,435

Closing date 9am 15th July 2025

The Role

We need your skills and experience to join our innovative team helping to deliver the connected mobility solutions that will enable the low carbon economy we envision.   

You will be part of the Integrated Transport team within the Transport Business Unit, supporting the maturation and operational readiness of transport technology. The team works with innovators, SMEs (small and medium enterprises), and other industry to accelerate the incorporation of new and impactful technology to better serve future mobility needs. We ensure technology is developed in the context of environmental priorities and addresses the market opportunity drawn from wider Connected Places Catapult expertise.   

Our aims include stimulating innovation in the transport sector, developing new transport markets, supporting the transition to new transport systems and maintaining the UK’s position as a world-leading innovator.    

To achieve these aims, we apply a holistic systems approach to innovation, bringing together inter-related components of successful innovation programmes to maximize impact and leverage initiatives. Examples of such programmes include:    

• Decarbonisation of transport across modes in energy evaluation/selection and through large scale implementation and deployment planning working with Government and industry sector in Road, Maritime, Aviation and Rail infrastructure.  Within the Integrated Transport team, our primary focus is on multimodal transport, so we need to work closely with our colleagues who specialise in maritime, highways, aviation or rail. 

• Applying innovation to support logistics across the supply chain, supporting delivery of the end-to-end logistics, understanding the value of freight, and unlocking investment to support the UK economy.   

• Enabling deployment of automation, through removal of barriers and transfer of knowledge to industry through collaboration and trial design.   

• Design and develop future traffic management and integration guidance through working with Government, local authority, and technology companies. Enabling open markets and transforming future intelligent transport.   

As a Senior Technologist in the Integrated Transport team, your main responsibilities will include:   

• Providing technical leadership of projects relating to one or more initiatives on behalf of a range of commercial and government clients.  

• Enabling industry to build required capabilities for growth and innovation in order to address market barriers and create opportunities.  

• Playing a key role in developing strategies and project ideas on one or more initiatives.  

• Owning and manage relationships with customers, project partners and other industry/government/academic stakeholders.  

• Leading programmes with substantial complexity, requiring delegation of tasks to team members.  

• Delivering impactful analysis and reports to customers in a range of new mobility areas.   

• Providing technical support/coaching to colleagues.   

• Contributing to business development by identifying opportunities and contributing to proposals and bidding activity as required.   

• Representing Connected Places Catapult at relevant industry events, conferences, and meetings as appropriate.   

• Undertaking any other reasonable duties to support the Connected Places Catapult in achieving its strategic outcomes and ensuring effective business operations including providing cover for members of the team as required.  

Responsibilities

• Support revenue targets. 

• Spot opportunities. 

• Contribute to bids and proposals. 

• Support client confidence in and building credibility of CPC. 

• Ensure CRM system is updated with stakeholder contact and any other account information. 

• Support scoping and delivery of streams of work. 

• Deliver plans as designed. 

• Implement effective project management process. 

• Organise your own contribution to the work stream. 

• Collaborate effectively across the work streams/project team. 

• Provide excellence in delivery. 

• Meet (or exceed) utilisation targets . 

• Promote innovative and professional delivery focus across project team. 

• Support buy in across a range of stakeholders through professional and technical expertise. 

• Accountable for timely and high-quality actions/tasks and updates. 

• Update CRM system with contact of client information. 

• Maintain own professional development. 

• Ensure an ethos of equity, inclusivity and diversity underpin your work activity, contribute to inclusive innovation across all Catapult activities. 

• You may be required to undertake any other reasonable duties to support the Catapult in achieving its strategic outcomes and ensure effective business operations. 

• Identify new methodologies or approaches.

• Identify solutions beyond the tried and tested methods.
• Collaborate effectively across teams and disciplines.
• Influence effectively in projects and tasks.
• Customer perspective is understood and applied.
• Uses multi-channel communication to ensure clarity and connection on activities.
• Able to plan and deliver on multiple activities.
• Respond to and learns from change with ease.
• Embed inclusive and sustainability practices in planning and delivery.

• 9 day fortnight for everyone, we have a full company shutdown every other Friday.
• 23.5 holiday entitlement for everyone, with pro-rata calculations for part-time employees, along with a Christmas shutdown period for additional days off.
• Competitive pension, up to 10% company contribution to help you save for your future.
• Two paid days of volunteering leave per year (pro-rata for part-time employees) to support charitable activities.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing 24/7 confidential work/life support services to you and your immediate family members.
• Cycle to Work Scheme encouraging a healthy and sustainable commute.
• Cash Health Plan, offering reimbursement for a wide range of essential and everyday healthcare expenses, promoting your well-being.
• Payroll Giving scheme, allowing regular charitable contributions from pre-tax income, maximizing the impact of your donations.
• Discounts and offers from a wide variety of retailers, enhancing your purchasing power and providing savings opportunities.
• Mortgage Advice benefit, delivered in partnership with Charles Cameron & Associates – provides employees with free, expert mortgage advice and end-to-end mortgage support from the application process through to completion.

Employment here is based solely upon individual merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. We strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy status, sex, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by law. We also make all reasonable accommodations to meet our obligations under laws protecting the rights of the disabled.