Graduate Transport Planner 2027

Bright Network; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Share

Flexible working

Job summary

Arup is a global consultancy delivering transport planning and sustainability across diverse projects in the UK. We seek graduates to deliver analysis, assist in policy work and develop transport strategies for towns, cities and regions.

You will join multidisciplinary teams across planning, engineering and design, contributing to evidence-based strategies and masterplans that improve mobility and outcomes for communities.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification or experience in a relevant discipline.
• Transport planners come from geography, civil engineering, mathematics, planning, data science and environmental sciences.
• Eligibility: full working rights in the UK without visa sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Deliver transport planning analysis and advice.
• Assess existing and future movement patterns and travel demand for informing decisions.
• Support transport strategies, policies and business cases.
• Prepare inputs for development and infrastructure projects.
• Contribute to evidence, analysis and written inputs for policy work and funding submissions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across planning, design and sustainability.
• Develop sustainable and inclusive transport solutions.

Skills

Transport planning policy

Data science & analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Travel demand & movement analysis

Accessible transport planning

Report writing & QA

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Tools

GIS

Job description

You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.

Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.

The opportunity

Our work includes delivering transport planning projects that help shape how people and goods move through towns, cities and regions. Transport planners assess current and future travel demand, advise on transport strategies, prepare evidence for development planning applications, design active travel and sustainable mobility solutions, and support masterplans that create better outcomes for people and places. Projects can range from strategic transport studies, business cases and policy advice through to major development proposals, station and interchange planning, public transport schemes, walking and cycling improvements, traffic and movement analysis, and transport inputs to regeneration and infrastructure programmes. You will work with a wide range of clients, including local authorities, combined authorities, government bodies, developers, landowners, transport operators and infrastructure organisations. You will also collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across Arup, bringing together expertise from planning, design, engineering and sustainability to deliver integrated solutions for our clients.

• Deliver transport planning analysis and advice.
• Assess existing and future movement patterns, travel demand, accessibility, and transport impacts to inform project decisions. Apply transport data, spatial analysis, dashboards, modelling outputs and emerging data science techniques
• Support transport strategies, policies, and business cases.
• Contribute evidence, analysis, and written inputs for transport strategies, policy work, investment cases, and funding submissions.
• Prepare transport inputs for development and infrastructure projects.
• Support planning applications, masterplans, regeneration schemes, and infrastructure programmes through transport assessments, movement strategies, and technical reporting.
• Develop sustainable and inclusive transport solutions.
• Help design and appraise walking, cycling, public transport, interchange, and mobility improvements that support better outcomes for people and places.
• Work with clients and multidisciplinary teams.
• Collaborate with public and private sector clients, transport operators, and Arup colleagues across planning, engineering, design, and sustainability disciplines.

Eligibility Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work permanently in the UK without our sponsorship.

Is this role right for you?

For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

A bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification or experience in a relevant discipline. Transport planners come from a wide variety of study backgrounds, including geography, civil engineering, mathematics, planning, data science and environmental sciences.

Skills and experience we are looking for:

• Transport planning policy and guidance
• Development planning and site access strategy
• Transport assessments and transport statements
• Travel plans and monitoring strategies
• Junction capacity assessment and traffic impact analysis
• Strategic and microsimulation modelling
• Data science and analytics, including data cleaning, statistical analysis, visualisation
• Transport data processing, survey analysis and evidence base development
• Data analysis, spreadsheet modelling and demand forecasting
• Geographic Information Systems, including mapping and spatial analysis
• Active travel, public transport and mobility planning
• Road safety, accessibility and movement analysis
• Stakeholder engagement and consultation support
• Business case development and option appraisal
• Report writing, technical review and quality assurance

To be considered for a graduate opportunity, your application must include a copy of your academic transcript and meet the following criteria:

• Full working rights in the country of application
• No more than 12 months of full‑time experience in a comparable role
• Recently graduated, or on track to graduate, from your most recent degree, related to your role of choice, before employment starts.

Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes;

• Changemakers: You care about sustainable development and want to see your work make a genuine difference.
• Innovative minds: You think critically, ask hard questions, and are genuinely open to new approaches.
• Growth seekers: You are curious, actively seek feedback, and look for ways to keep developing.
• Adaptable adventurers: You are comfortable with uncertainty and adapt readily as projects and priorities evolve.

Eligibility Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work permanently in the UK without our sponsorship.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling permanent members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and wellbeing of our graduates.

We also provide for our permanent members Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross‑culture working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. We will do everything we can to support you.

As a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer in the UK, we will strive for one third of all our interview places to be allocated to candidates who have disclosed they are disability confident and best meet the requirements of the role.

Eligibility: Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work permanently in the UK without our sponsorship.