Senior Transport Planner

BWB Consulting Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive Culture

5% pension match

25 days holiday (rising to 28)

Hybrid working (3 days in office)

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

BWB Consulting, recognised for excellence, seeks a Senior Engineer or Transport Planner to join the Transport & Accessibility Planning team in Birmingham. The role supports assessments, travel plans, and masterplans, interacting with clients and authorities to deliver high-quality transport projects.

You will contribute to project life cycles, apply design standards, and mentor junior staff while growing your professional career within a supportive, award-winning culture.

Qualifications

• Degree in an analytical subject such as engineering, geography, mathematics or similar.
• Ideally membership of a relevant professional institution (CIHT, CILT, IHE, TPS, ICE).
• Experience delivering Transport Assessments, Statements and travel plans.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of Transport Assessments, Statements, Travel Plans and masterplans.
• Work with clients, authorities and project teams through the life cycle.
• Apply standards such as DMRB, TM Guidelines and Local Authority Design Guides.
• Help prepare fee proposals and ensure delivery within budget and KPIs.
• Contribute to meetings with Local Authorities and regulators.

Skills

Client liaison

Communication skills

MS Office

Report writing

Technical drawing review

AutoCAD

GIS

Project leadership

Education

Engineering/geography/mathematics degree

Professional institution membership

Tools

AutoCAD

GIS

Junctions 11

LinSig

Job description

At BWB Consulting, we’re more than engineers – we’re trusted partners, innovators, and problem-solvers. Recognised as ACE Best Large Consultancy of the Year 2022 and proudly accredited with Investors in People and Investors in Wellbeing, our award-winning culture is built on excellence, collaboration, and sustainability. We push boundaries to deliver exceptional results for our clients – and create meaningful impact for the communities we serve.

What You’ll Be Doing

BWB Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer or Transport Planner to join our growing Transport & Accessibility Planning team.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated, with a desire to contribute to a growing team and develop their professional career with BWB.

At Senior level, you will have the following key responsibilities:

• Supporting the delivery of Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans, Masterplans, Traffic Engineering schemes (active travel, sustainable transport and corridor improvement schemes), and other technical reports to support scheme development, planning applications and other transport related projects, both for the public and private sector.
• Working with other members of the Transport & Accessibility Planning Team, other BWB teams, private and public sector Clients, architects, and planners, throughout the project life cycle.
• Understanding and ability to apply appropriate technical standards (such as Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Traffic Modelling Guidelines, Manual for Streets and Local Authority Design Guides).
• Supporting the preparation of fee proposals for new projects and working with senior colleagues and Account Managers to ensure projects are delivered to budget and that KPIs are met.
• Supporting meetings, including negotiations with Local Authorities and other regulatory bodies

Our projects vary significantly, including in size from small scale through to national infrastructure projects. There is also the opportunity to undertake project management, contribute to the management of project finances, and undertake mentoring and training with more junior team members. The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to undertake business development activities and they will be able to make a significant contribution to the direction and growth of our team.

We aim to create a working environment that provides challenge, enjoyment, and a real sense of satisfaction, with a view to encouraging personal and professional development in all our staff.

What You’ll Bring

• The ability to assist other senior colleagues with dealing with Clients, local authorities and other regulatory bodies.
• Knowledge of Client briefs, fee proposals and the effective delivery of project work.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to communicate well.
• Good technical writing skills, and you should be able to demonstrate a sound working competence in the use of MS Office products (including Excel and Word).
• The ability to prepare Transport Statements/ Assessments, Junction or Network Improvement Studies and Impact Assessments, Travel Plans, ES Chapters, Access Studies, and other transport related documents, preparing AADT/AAWT flows for air/noise assessments with some wider experience in technical design and master planning.
• Experience of operating and interpreting industry standard junction capacity assessment applications such as Junctions 11 and LinSig, preferably including experience, or understanding of larger network modelling.
• Experience of preparing and checking scheme design drawings and figures using packages such as AutoCAD and GIS.
• The ability to work effectively in an unsupervised environment, leading a piece of work or working within a project team.
• The ability to demonstrate management techniques including project and resource management as well as the mentoring of junior staff.
• A degree in an analytical subject such as engineering, geography, mathematics or similar.
• Ideally membership of a relevant professional institution (CIHT, CILT, IHE, TPS, ICE).

What We Offer

• Inclusive Culture – Bring your authentic self to work every day.
• Competitive Rewards – Salary, 5% pension match, life assurance, and long-service recognition.
• Time Off & Flexibility – 25 days’ holiday (rising to 28), option to buy more, hybrid working (3 days office), and flexible core hours.
• Health & Wellbeing – Westfield Health, healthcare cash plan, Cycle to Work scheme, wellbeing initiatives.
• Growth & Development – Fully funded training, Chartership support, and paid professional subscriptions.
• Community & Connection – Volunteering days, social events, discounts, and savings.

Accessibility & Adjustments

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be your best - please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.