Hybrid Lead Transport Planner — Mobility & Strategy

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Gymflex scheme

Training & chartership support

Job summary

WSP in the UK & Ireland is seeking an experienced Transport Planner to join the Transport & Mobility team in Cardiff. You will lead transport planning projects, drive collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams, and support business development with local authorities and clients.

The role focuses on active travel, public transport, and planning studies, with an emphasis on delivering complex assessments and strategies while managing competing deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience in active travel, public transport, transport programme/scheme development and/or business case development.
• Experience of developing transport-focused strategies, plans and policies.
• Experience of working with local authority and combined authority clients.
• Experience in managing and coordinating all aspects of transport assessments and strategies for major and/or complex projects.
• The ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects and tasks to meet deadlines.
• Ability to successfully deliver presentations and liaise with a variety of audiences – including colleagues, public sector officials, members of the public and other key project stakeholders.
• Commercial acumen and the ability to manage tasks and support wider team management.

Responsibilities

• Lead on a variety of Transport Planning projects and proposals (both technical and commercial inputs).
• Lead and manage tasks as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working collaboratively with our other WSP specialists to deliver multi-disciplinary projects from concept to delivery.
• Provide specific support in securing and delivering work for our diverse local client portfolio.
• Undertake transport statements, transport assessments, environmental statement transport chapters, construction traffic management plans and travel plans, including playing a hands-on role in client and local authority scoping discussions.
• Lead technical discussions around the accessibility of project / construction sites for a wide range of modes and articulate the impacts and mitigations required to support planning approvals.
• Undertake a lead role on technical review and checking of deliverables within the team.
• Work in a collaborative client/consultant environment and represent our values when delivering the work for our clients.
• Make an active contribution to WSP’s four pillars (People; Clients & Growth; Operations; and Technical Excellence) and support our Leads in these roles.

Skills

Active travel planning

Public transport

Transport strategy

Business case development

Project management

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

WSP in the UK & Ireland is seeking an experienced Transport Planner to join the Transport & Mobility team in Cardiff. You will lead transport planning projects, drive collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams, and support business development with local authorities and clients.

The role focuses on active travel, public transport, and planning studies, with an emphasis on delivering complex assessments and strategies while managing competing deadlines.