Principal Transport Planner

Stantec; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec in London is looking for a Principal Transport Planner to lead a diverse portfolio of high-profile transport planning projects across development, infrastructure and energy sectors. You will manage client relationships, guide technical delivery and contribute to business development from London to the wider UK.

You will mentor junior staff and drive quality, ensuring solutions meet sustainable transport objectives while supporting growth of the Transport Planning team.

Qualifications

• You’ll be an experienced Transport Planner with strong technical expertise and a proven ability to lead and deliver transport planning projects within a consultancy environment.
• Experience delivering development planning projects, ideally within London.
• Good understanding of the UK planning system and transport assessment process.

Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery of transport planning projects across the development, infrastructure and energy sectors.
• Build trusted relationships with developers, local authorities and key stakeholders, becoming a valued advisor to clients.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative and sustainable transport solutions.
• Support business development by identifying opportunities, contributing to bids and helping grow our presence across London and the wider UK.
• Mentor and develop junior colleagues, helping to build capability and knowledge within the team.
• Drive quality and technical excellence, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest professional standards.

Skills

Transport planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project management

Mentoring

Collaboration

Job description

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced Principal Transport Planner to join our growing Transport Planning team in our established London office. As our client base continues to expand across Greater London and the UK, this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in growing our presence while leading the delivery of high-profile transport planning projects. You'll work with a diverse range of developer, local authority and infrastructure clients, helping to shape sustainable communities and nationally significant infrastructure schemes. This role offers the opportunity to be part of an ambitious and collaborative team, delivering meaningful projects while continuing to develop your career within a leading multidisciplinary consultancy.

About The Role

This role would suit an experienced transport planning professional with a broad understanding of the discipline, particularly within development planning in London. You'll take a leading role in delivering a diverse portfolio of projects, providing technical expertise, managing client relationships and supporting the continued growth of our Transport Planning team.

Based in our vibrant Fitzrovia office, Tottenham Street, you'll work alongside a highly experienced team delivering a wide variety of projects across the region and nationwide. Our London team supports clients across multiple sectors, including residential, commercial, infrastructure, energy and the public sector.

Our Portfolio Includes

• Residential-led mixed-use developments
• Commercial and industrial schemes
• Public sector transport studies
• Major infrastructure and energy projects, including solar, BESS, substations, overhead line upgrades, energy from waste, carbon capture, pumped hydro, water recycling and transfer projects
• Development Consent Order (DCO) projects and nationally significant infrastructure schemes

Your Impact

As a Principal Transport Planner, you'll play a pivotal role in the continued growth and success of our London Transport Planning team. You'll lead the delivery of complex projects, influence key decisions, strengthen client relationships and help shape sustainable transport solutions for communities across the UK.

Beyond project delivery, you'll contribute to the development of our people, our clients and our business by sharing your expertise, supporting colleagues and helping to create a collaborative and forward-thinking team environment.

In This Role, You Will

• Lead the successful delivery of transport planning projects across the development, infrastructure and energy sectors.
• Build trusted relationships with developers, local authorities and key stakeholders, becoming a valued advisor to clients.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative and sustainable transport solutions.
• Support business development by identifying opportunities, contributing to bids and helping grow our presence across London and the wider UK.
• Mentor and develop junior colleagues, helping to build capability and knowledge within the team.
• Drive quality and technical excellence, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest professional standards.

About You

You’ll be an experienced Transport Planner with strong technical expertise and a proven ability to lead and deliver transport planning projects within a consultancy environment. You’ll be confident managing client relationships, providing technical leadership and working collaboratively with colleagues across multiple disciplines. You’ll have experience delivering development planning projects, ideally within London, with a good understanding of the UK planning system and transport assessment process. Experience working on major infrastructure, energy or Development Consent Order (DCO) projects would be advantageous.

We’re Looking For Someone With

• Strong experience in transport planning consultancy, with the ability to manage projects and technical deliverables.
• Experience working with developers, local authorities and other key stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly.
• Strong project management skills, including managing programmes, budgets and resources.
• Experience mentoring or supporting the development of junior team members.
• A proactive and collaborative approach, with a passion for delivering high-quality solutions for clients.

Why Join Us

• We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025. Named ‘Best Place to Work’ and ‘International Consulting Firm of the Year’ at the NCE Awards 2024.
• We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.
• We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups )
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the UK & Ireland - we want you to be part of it!
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus schemes, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard as well as discounted gym membership and lots more.
• Flexible working: Enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our hybrid approach to flexible working.

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About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.