Principal Parking Consultant
Are you ready to take the next step in your parking and transport career? As a Principal Parking Consultant, you will lead on some of the UK's most exciting parking and kerbside management projects - shaping smarter, safer, and more efficient streets for everyone. This is your chance to make a real difference while developing your leadership and technical expertise.
Working within a highly regarded multidisciplinary consultancy, you'll join a forward-thinking team that delivers innovative, sustainable, and people-centred transport and parking solutions. Collaboration and creativity are at the heart of what we do, with projects spanning highways, transport planning, public realm design, and kerbside management.
In this Principal Parking Consultant position, you will:
·Lead and inspire a team of consultants, technicians, and graduates across a range of parking and kerbside projects.
·Manage project delivery from concept through to completion, ensuring quality, timescales, and budgets are met.
·Provide technical leadership in parking design, traffic engineering, and regulatory compliance.
·Oversee the preparation of proposals, bids, and cost estimates to secure new work.
·Collaborate across disciplines to deliver integrated transport and parking solutions.
·Build trusted relationships with clients, stakeholders, and delivery partners.
·Mentor and develop junior colleagues to help them reach their full potential.
To thrive as a Principal Parking Consultant, you will need:
·A degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent practical experience.
·Professional membership with MICE, MBPA, MCIHT, or equivalent.
·Strong project management and financial control skills.
·In-depth knowledge of parking and traffic design regulations, including experience using AutoCAD.
·Proven success delivering parking or transport projects.
·Excellent communication and leadership skills.
·(Desirable) Project management qualification or certification.
What's in it for you:
·A competitive salary aligned to your experience and expertise.
·Generous benefits including pension, annual leave, and professional development support.
·A chance to lead significant, high-profile kerbside and parking schemes across the UK.
·Hybrid and flexible working options to suit your lifestyle.
·Real opportunities for career progression and personal growth within a supportive environment.
 
If you're looking for your next challenge as a Principal Parking Consultant and want to take ownership of meaningful projects that shape the future of transport and kerbside management, we'd love to hear from you.
 
FOOTNOTE:

If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the salary, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.
Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Infrastructure & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Carrington West's Highways, Transport & Infrastructure division is the fastest growing in the country, our specialist team has a combined over 100+ years' experience in this market. Please call Eve Armstrong at Carrington West on 023 9387 6062 for more information.
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