Transport Modeller
| Posting date: | 02 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £50,372 to £56,127 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street, Birmingham, B1 1TT |
| Company: | West Midlands Combined Authority |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | WMCA/TP/155/796 |
Summary
Midlands Connect is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Transport Modeller to play a pivotal role in bridging modelling and data functions. This is a unique opportunity to combine strategic insight with hands-on technical leadership, ensuring that Midlands Connect remains firmly evidence-led in shaping the region’s transport future.
At the heart of this role is the operation, enhancement and governance of the Midlands Highway Assignment Model (MiHAM), alongside the wider digital and analytical tools portfolio. You will lead the effective application of core modelling platforms — including SATURN and DIADEM — ensuring that modelling outputs are robust, transparent, reproducible and aligned to organisational priorities.
You will translate complex technical outputs into appraisal-ready evidence, including supporting TUBA inputs and interpretation, and ensure that modelling insights directly inform strategy, policy and programme development. You’ll also champion best practice in governance, quality assurance and documentation, embedding clear workflows, version control and reporting standards to ensure confidence in the evidence base.
Working across technical and non-technical audiences, you will build internal capability, provide clear interpretation of modelling outputs, manage targeted consultancy inputs where required, and ensure alignment between core models and wider digital tools and dashboards.
Please note, this is a 12-month fixed term contract.
What you will be doing
- Undertake scheme and corridor testing, including defining scenario logic and network coding changes
- Maintain and improve model validation and documentation, including screenline/link flow checks and journey time comparisons, with clear audit trails
- Prepare standard outputs (flows, speeds, delays and congestion indicators) and narrative reporting suitable for decision-making and business cases
- Lead analysis of complex and diverse datasets to support strategy, policy, and programme decisions
- Use QGIS to undertake mapping, spatial analysis, and production of clear GIS outputs for reports and stakeholder engagement
- Set and enforce standards for scripts, spreadsheets, and datasets
- Ensure data products are accessible and documented with appropriate metadata, definitions, and lineage
- Work collaboratively with National Highways and LTAs to align evidence, assumptions, and datasets where appropriate
- Support management of MC Digital Azure services with external service providers
What’s essential
- Senior-level experience delivering highway transport modelling, including strategic assignment modelling and scenario testing
- Advanced hands-on experience of SATURN, including network coding, matrix handling, scenario management and troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience running variable demand modelling using DIADEM
- Experience producing appraisal-ready evidence and using TUBA
- Strong experience in data analysis and evidence production
- Strong working proficiency with QGIS for spatial analysis and mapping outputs used in reports and decision-making
- Advanced technical capability across transport modelling and data analysis
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Working knowledge of data management, proportional quality control, and information governance
- Ability to establish and operate model/data QA processes
Location.
The location for this role is Alpha Tower, Birmingham with at least 2 days a week spent in the office.
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We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Local Government Pension Scheme (one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK).
- Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributionscheme where you can build an additional pot of money alongside your pension with contributions exempt from Income Tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs).
- 28 days paid annual leave (with an option to purchase more) + Statutory days.
- EV car benefit scheme
- Healthcare plans.
- Discounted gym membership, will writing,andmortgage advice.
- An option to buy a bicycle, including e-bikes and adapted pedal cycles, at a discounted rate.
- 3 days of paid leave each year to volunteer.
- Interest-free financing through SmartTech to buy the latest technology
- Discounted shopping with over 2,000 big-name retailers, and more. You can now also obtain a Costcomembership through the WMCA.
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- EyeCare Scheme,offering a free eye test and a financial contribution towards your glasses.
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About us.
Midlands Connect researches, develops, and progresses transport projects which will provide the biggest possible environmental, economic, and social benefits for the Midlands and the rest of the UK. Our aim of these improvements is to transform regional and UK gateways, bringing the Midlands closer together and accelerating cost-effective improvements to unlock east-west connectivity that will enable the Midlands’ economies to work more effectively together.
We’re ambitious, forward-thinking and determined to find better ways of working, always leading the way in what we do. We trust and support each other to get the job done, and encourage creativity, originality, and curiosity from those who work with us. We’re committed to creating an accessible and diverse workplace, one that nurtures an inclusive environment where our people can be themselves.
Our accountable body is the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) who support us through providing HR, finance, and governance support to help deliver our priorities.
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