Senior / Principal Transport Planner

Strata Consulting; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid / Flexible working

Professional qualifications support

Life Assurance

Private medical insurance

Gym membership / Cycle scheme

2 x Annual subscriptions

Job summary

Strata Consulting is seeking a Senior/Principal Transport Planner for a client-based role in Exeter. The team specializes in access strategies, transport assessments, and travel plans for development sites.

You will lead technical transport planning solutions, oversee project delivery, and mentor junior staff while engaging with highway authorities and clients to ensure success.

Qualifications

• MSc Transport Planning is advantageous.
• Progress toward professional qualification (IEng/CEng through ICE/CIHT or TPP) is desirable.
• Around 5+ years’ experience in development planning, ideally in private sector.
• Experience in core transport planning services.
• Ability to lead projects independently and contribute to appeal work.
• Knowledge of current highway design guidance and methodologies (MfS, DMRB).
• CAD experience is beneficial, but not essential; able to check drawings.

Responsibilities

• Represent the company in project teams and highway authority negotiations.
• Lead the development of technical transport planning solutions, ensuring quality and adherence to company practices.
• Mentor junior staff with potential line management responsibilities in the future.
• Oversee financial performance of projects, including fee proposals, change control, and invoicing.
• Coordinate inputs from multiple departments to deliver projects on time.
• Provide technical support to senior management.

Skills

Transport planning

Project management

Mentoring

Communication

Education

MSc Transport Planning

Tools

ARCADY

PICADY

LINSIG

GIS

Excel

Job description

Our Exeter based client is expanding their Transport Planning team and requires a talented and driven Senior / Principal Transport Planner. This client is an expert in providing specialist development planning and infrastructure services to the property industry.

You’ll be joining a team of 35 across sectors who specifically in transport planning have expertise in preparing access strategies for all modes of travel, Transport Assessments to support planning applications, and Travel Plans for development sites. Additionally who can provide advice on highways and transport matters at every stage including pre-acquisition due diligence, Local Plan promotion, and the entire planning process including planning appeals and inquiries.

What’s on offer

• Hybrid / Flexible working
• Professional qualifications support
• Life Assurance
• Private medical insurance
• Gym membership / Cycle scheme + more
• 2 x Annual subscriptions

The role

• Represent the company with wider project teams/public consultation/highway authority negotiations etc.
• Leading the development of technical solutions, maintaining quality and ensuring that transport planning inputs are completed in line company practices.
• Training & mentoring of junior staff, including some line management responsibility in the future.
• Responsibility for financial performance of assigned projects, including fee proposals, change control and invoicing etc.
• Co‑ordinating inputs from departments when required and ensuring projects are delivered in line with agreed deadlines.
• Provide technical support to senior management.

What you need to succeed

• MSc Transport Planning advantageous, but not essential.
• Professional qualification or able to demonstrate progress towards securing professional qualification (i.e. IEng, CEng through ICE or CIHT, or TPP).
• Ideally around 5+ years’ experience working in development planning, ideally in private sector.
• Experience in undertaking work associated with the core transport planning services.
• Experience in planning and driving forward typical projects independently.
• Experience in contributing to appeal work and knowledge of the appeal process is advantageous.
• Knowledge and understanding of current highway design guidance and methodologies (MfS, DMRB etc).
• Experience in using CAD advantageous, but not vital. Experience in checking drawing work of others essential.
• Excellent working knowledge of key software, including ARCADY ,PICADY, LINSIG, GIS, Excel etc.