Principal Transport Planner - Midlands, Northern England or Scotland regions

WSP UK; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is looking for a Principal Transport Planner to join their Mobility Planning Team in the United Kingdom. This role involves leading transport planning projects, collaborating across disciplines, and mentoring developing professionals. Candidates should have strong analytical skills and experience in transport assessments. The position offers a flexible hybrid working model with opportunities in various locations.

Qualifications

• Experience as lead author of Scoping Reports and Transport Assessments.
• Experience delivering transport planning projects across various sectors.
• Ability to produce project reports to a high technical standard.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Transport Statements and Assessments.
• Lead technical discussions on accessibility of project sites.
• Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment.

Skills

Strong numerical skills

Analytical skills

Excellent working knowledge of MS Office

Ability to communicate technical arguments

Knowledge of current transport policy

Job description

Principal Transport Planner - Midlands, Northern England or Scotland regions

Job Description

What if you could shape a career as unique as you?

At WSP, you can always find opportunities to grow and do what matters to you. Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.

A little more about your role…

We have an opportunity for a Principal or Senior Transport Planner to join our Mobility Planning Team. There is flexibility around the location of this role, with potential WSP home offices being our Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle offices. WSP's hybrid working policy will allow for a mix of in‑office and home working.

In this role you will work alongside colleagues across the UK in the delivery of transport, traffic and related infrastructure projects, including major Development Consent Orders projects in the Energy and Industrial sectors across the UK. This is a varied role but responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Environmental Statement Transport Chapters, and Travel Plans, including playing a hands‑on role in Client and Local Authority scoping discussions.
• Lead technical discussions around accessibility of project / construction sites for a wide range of modes and articulate the impacts and mitigations required to support planning approvals.
• Work in a multi‑disciplinary environment and take a proactive approach in working with adjacent disciplines, such as noise and air quality, ecology, and highway teams.
• Take ownership of delegated tasks such as the preparation of fee estimates and proposals for review by Project Directors.
• Be flexible and upskill your knowledge to enable you to work across other transport workstreams such as comms and engagement, to support a sustainable and balanced workflow for the local team.
• Work in a collaborative client/consultant environment and representing our values when delivering the work for our clients.
• Keep up‑to‑date with relevant standards and policies; raise WSP profile by networking, and attending conferences.
• Responsible for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, and required technical standards.
• Providing mentoring and or line management for our developing professionals.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Experience as lead author of Scoping Reports, Transport Assessments and Environmental Statement Transport Chapters.
• Experience of delivering a wide range of transport planning projects across a number of specialist areas such as development planning, the energy and industrial sectors, highway schemes, sustainable transport, active travel, junction design (priority, roundabout, signals) and knowledge of relevant standards.
• Experience in the preparation of Local Authority Transport Plans and Strategies would be beneficial, as would experience in undertaking transport feasibility studies, option assessment reports and providing inputs into transport related business cases.
• Strong numerical, spatial, and analytical skills and excellent working knowledge of MS Office tools.
• Ability to produce project reports, including technical documents to a high technical standard.
• Ability to communicate technical arguments to technical and non‑technical clients, and present outputs from studies to range of audiences.
• Knowledge of current transport policy at sub‑regional, regional and national level.

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.

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Open to all those studying or working in transport planning, or related fields, on a professional basis.

Location: Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle

Category: Transport planning

Closes: 30 Nov 2025

Salary: Unspecified

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