Senior Transport Consultant

Strata Consulting; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice schemes

Bonus scheme

Free on-site parking

Private healthcare

Flexible working

Company funded social events

Long service rewards

Job summary

Strata Consulting is seeking a Senior Transport Consultant to join the Bristol office. You will work on Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, and Travel Plans to support planning applications for diverse sites.

You’ll review site layouts, analyse traffic data, and prepare visibility splays using AutoCAD/AutoTRACK, while coordinating surveys and liaising with clients and local authorities. Flexible working is available.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in Geography, Transport Planning or Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 4.5 years post-graduate experience.
• Excellent numeracy and communication skills in English.
• Proficiency in Word and Excel; AutoCAD/AutoTRACK experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Transport Statements and Transport Assessments for planning applications.
• Review site layouts and provide transport/Highways comments and advice.
• Analyse traffic and speed data and create visibility splays with AutoCAD.
• Attend Design Team meetings and liaise with clients and authorities.
• Coordinate and commission traffic, speed, and parking surveys; site visits.

Skills

Numeracy

Oral communication

Written English

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

AutoCAD

AutoTRACK

Full UK driving licence

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Geography

Bachelor's or Master's in Transport Planning

Civil Engineering background

Tools

AutoCAD

AutoTRACK

Job description

Are you passionate for Transport Planning and thinking of a move for 2026? This is an excellent opportunity to join our clients expanding Bristol team as a Senior Transport Consultant in our Bristol office. You’ll be joining their dedicated Transport team but day to day you can expect to work and liaise with the whole consultancy who are multidisciplinary.

You can expect to further your expertise in all aspects of transport planning, whether preparing Transport Statements in relation to small scale projects or full multi-modal Transport Assessments for developments of national significance.

What’s on offer

• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Bonus scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Private healthcare
• Flexible working
• Company funded social events
• Long service rewards

The role

• You will be involved with the preparation of Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Technical Notes, and Travel Plans, principally to support planning applications for a range of land uses.
• You will review proposed site layout plans and provide relevant transport/highways comments and advice, and you will also analyse traffic and speed survey data to calculate visibility splays and prepare associated visibility splay plans using AutoCAD.
• You will attend Design Team Meetings, and liaise by email and telephone with clients, other consultants and local authority officers as required.
• Co-ordination and commissioning of traffic, speed and parking surveys will also be part of the role.
• Travel for site visits and offsite meetings (with a more experienced colleague as appropriate) will also be necessary.

What you need to succeed

• A relevant Bachelor or Masters degree (in a subject such as Geography, Transport Planning or Civil Engineering).
• A minimum of 4.5 years’ relevant post graduate work experience
• Excellent numeracy, oral communication, and written English skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Proficient in AutoCAD and AutoTRACK
• A full UK driving licence is desirable.
• Knowledge in the use of junction modelling software is desirable but not essential.