Senior Transport Planner

Strata Construction Consulting; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An expanding company in Derby is seeking a Senior Transport Planner to join their team, offering opportunities for professional development and career growth. The successful candidate will lead transport planning projects, work in a supportive environment, and enjoy a range of benefits including a company car or allowance and a contributory pension plan.

Benefits

Company car or cash allowance

Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan

Life assurance scheme

25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave

Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)

Flexible/hybrid working

Family friendly policies

Employee assistance

Professional development

Qualifications

• Working towards Chartered Engineer and/or Transport Planner qualification.
• Membership in relevant professional institutions required.
• Experience in transport modelling is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide valuable support, training, and work with professionals in the field.
• Lead and deliver a variety of transport planning projects.
• Report to the Associate Director and contribute to company development.

Skills

Spatial and urban design

Transport planning/design

Transport data analysis/modelling

GIS

Active Travel

Development planning

Behavioural change

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

AutoCAD

Job description

Are you a Senior Transport Planner looking for your next career move? Fancy one day a week in the office? You have the chance to become part of an expanding team within the company, allowing you to contribute to its long-term development.

The opportunity will provide valuable support, training and learning opportunity to work with like-minded professionals. This is a great role for career development, as you will be reporting to the Associate Director, and they will be giving you support.

What’s on offer:

• Company car or cash allowance
• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
• Life assurance scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
• Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
• Flexible/hybridworking
• Family friendly policies
• Employee assistance
• Professional development

What you need to succeed:

• A relative degree and working towards being a Chartered Engineer and/or Transport Planner
• Membership of a relevant professional institution (CIHT, CILT, IHE, TPS, ICE)
• Experience in one or more of these areas: spatial and urban design; transport planning/design; business case/economics; transport data analysis/modelling (all levels); GIS/ Accessibility; Active Travel; Bus Infrastructure; development planning; travel planning/behavioural change
• Proficient in using and analysing data and producing high-quality reports
• Demonstrable experience of leading the delivering a variety of transport planning projects
• Experience in applying current UK technical standards/publications, guidance, best practice, and legislation requirements.
• Experience of Transport Modelling
• Experience in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint essential, other software tools desirable (programming, databases, GIS, AutoCAD