Senior/Principal Transport Planner

Strata Construction Consulting; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in transport planning seeks a Senior/Principal Transport Planner for their Liverpool office. The successful candidate will manage transport planning inputs into key projects, while offering mentorship and leading project efforts, alongside a competitive salary and flexible working arrangement.

Benefits

Hybrid / Flexible working

Cycle to work

ICE Chartership support

Enhanced pension scheme

Clear progression path with regular performance reviews

Salary reviews each year DOE

Medical insurance / Life Assurance

Income protection

Qualifications

• Experienced Engineer/Transport Planner with significant knowledge and hands-on experience.
• Strong understanding of transport planning frameworks and guidelines.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and manage projects effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical transport planning input into development projects.
• Perform project management on small to medium scale projects.
• Mentor early career professionals and share knowledge with the team.

Skills

Project management

Transport Assessments

Traffic flow analysis

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Chartered status in a transport related discipline

Degree in Transport Planning or related field

Tools

Junctions 10

Linsig

Excel

Word

Job description

This opportunity is for a Senior/Principal Transport Planner for our clients Liverpool office. You will be leading day-to-day technical transport planning input into Development planning projects, alongside performing a project management and leadership role on projects where appropriate.

This role offers great benefits such as competitive salary, hybrid/flexibleand further developing your existing commercial skills, and growing your professional network to assist with Business Development.

What’s on offer:

• Hybrid / Flexible working
• Cycle to work
• ICE Chartership support
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Clear progression path with regular performance reviews
• Salary reviews each year DOE
• Medical insurance / Life Assurance
• Income protection

What you need to succeed:

• Experience of leading the technical work on some or all of the following: Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, access strategy work, parking strategies, sustainable transport and active travel provision, and working with guidance such as NPPF, DfT Transport Assessment guidelines, Manual for Streets;
• Expertise in preparing traffic flow information for use in a Transport Assessment and/or Environmental Statement;
• Expertise in the set up and running of junction capacity modelling software such as Junctions 10 and Linsig, and the understanding of inputs, outputs and scenario testing;
• Experience of project management (e.g. budget planning, resource planning, invoicing) on small to medium scale projects;
• Capability of carrying out and/or supervising conceptual junction design (priority, roundabout, signals);
• Good communication skills and the confidence to lead discussions with Clients, members of our project teams, co-professionals and other project stakeholders;
• Ability to share knowledge and mentor others, in particular Early Career Professional colleagues, on your areas of technical expertise;
• Expertise in day to day software packages such as Excel and Word;
• Have a growing professional network of co-professionals and clients;
• You will be an experienced Engineer/Transport Planner with significant knowledge and hands on post graduate experience.
• Ideally you will have or be pursuing chartered status in a transport related discipline.