Senior Transport Modeller 12 views

448363 Senior Transport Modeller

Department for Transport

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 15th March 2026

📍 Location: Birmingham, Leeds, London (Hybrid)

💷 Salary: £44,241 – A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
National Minimum Salary: £44,241
London Minimum Salary: £48,581

🕘️ Contract Type: Permanent– Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

🏆️ Available Positions: 1

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Maritime and Aviation Appraisal and Modelling (MAvAM) team, part of the multidisciplinary AMBA division. You’ll contribute to influential modelling and analysis that shapes aviation, maritime, and wider transport policy, working on priority areas such as decarbonisation and airport expansion. The role focuses on forecasting and analysing surface access to UK airports, collaborating closely with internal modelling teams and external partners to deliver robust, high quality evidence for departmental decision making. disciplinary AMBA division.

Top Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of surface access modelling for Heathrow Airport, contributing to the development, updating, and streamlining of key models.
• Work with models such as NAAM2, SoSERAS, and SoSERASe, used to assess surface access for airports including Gatwick and Heathrow.
• Undertake detailed analytical work to enhance, maintain, and apply surface access models, including scenario development, model updates, running forecasts, and analysing outputs.
• Provide technical input to contractor-delivered work and review modelling outputs to ensure quality, consistency, and robustness.
• Produce visualisations, dashboards, and graphics to clearly communicate modelling results to a wide audience.
• Collaborate closely with analytical and policy colleagues to ensure robust, transparent evidence supports decision-making and policy development.

Benefits

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
• 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
• Access to the staff discount portal.
• Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
• Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
• 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

About You

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

• Experience working on, updating, or applying transport models, with an understanding of demand and choice modelling principles.
• Experience analysing and interpreting model outputs, and explaining technical analysis to a range of audiences, including through the use of visualisations. Transferable skills may include experience in geographical analysis, Power BI, R or Python.
• Experience working collaboratively with other analysts and technical specialists on transport modelling or analytical projects.

How to Apply

👉 Read the full description and apply here: https://bit.ly/4kIon34

This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 15^th March 2026