Consultant Transport Planner

WSP; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join WSP as a Transport Planner in Leeds, where you'll support regional clients on impactful transport planning projects. This role offers the opportunity to work on active travel and public transport initiatives while helping to develop innovative strategies for decarbonization. You'll be part of a dynamic team, receiving support to achieve professional accreditation and contributing to a forward-thinking company culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in transport scheme feasibility and development.
• Knowledge of public transport and active travel.
• Ability to manage tasks and lead junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of projects focusing on active travel and public transport.
• Work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team to produce high-quality outputs.
• Contribute to business case development for transport schemes.

Skills

Transport scheme feasibility

Sustainable travel knowledge

Strong communication skills

Commercial acumen

Education

Professional qualification / chartership

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role…

We are seeking a Transport Plannerto be based in our Leeds office to support our regional clients.

• Support the delivery of our portfolio of projects with a focus on active travel, public transport, transport optioneering and feasibility studies, appraisal and business case development and corridor studies.
• Working with the local team and directly with clients to contribute to the successful delivery of projects.
• Opportunity to work collaboratively with our Net Zero, Future Mobility, Social Value and other experts on a range of innovative strategies for our public sector clients.
• We would support the successful candidate in working towards professional accreditation through our in-house network of mentors.
• Managing tasks as part of a multi-disciplinary team and producing high-quality outputs in line with client requirements.
• Make a positive contribution to the commercial performance of the team, with the ability to recognise key metrics and understand how individual and project team performance contributes to them.
• Make an active contribution to our four key pillars (People; Clients & Growth; Operations; and Technical Excellence).

Your Team

Our Leeds Transport Planning Team of 20 people sits within a wider team of over 100 transport planning professionals across the North, Midlands and Scotland with close links to our southern transport planning team. We also work closely with our Team Transport colleagues in Strategic Modelling and Liveable Places.

We deliver a wide range of transport planning projects for our clients, as well as an extensive portfolio of multi-disciplinary and cross-sector services, including (but not limited to): active travel solutions; public transport network planning; scheme development and appraisal; business case development and Government funding applications for all types of transport schemes; economic appraisal; carbon appraisal and management; consultation and engagement, transport strategy and policy development. You may have broad experience that spans across these areas, or you may be a specialist in one or more. We can help you to broaden your experience or deepen your specialist skill areas in line with your career aspirations.

Our local and regional pipeline of work is extensive, and the successful applicant will help us to deliver a challenging and exciting pipeline of work for a range of regional clients, predominantly Combined and Local Authorities.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Experience in transport scheme feasibility, optioneering and development.
• Experience preparing and working with business cases for transport schemes.
• Knowledge and practical experience in active and sustainable travel (including public transport).
• Confidence in adapting complex information into concise, plain-language summaries.
• We are keen to hear from people who hold or who are currently working towards a professional qualification / chartership.
• Experience of working with Local Authority and Combined Authority clients.
• Experience in advising on, delivering and reporting on social value commitments.
• An interest in decarbonisation of transport.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to successfully deliver information and presentations to a variety of audiences.
• Commercial acumen with the ability to manage tasks to support the wider team and leading more junior members of the team.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.
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