Senior Transport Planner

National Highways Careers; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transport services firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Transport Planner for the Transport Planning Group. The role involves providing transport planning services, using analytical skills to identify issues within the transport network, and proposing strategic solutions. The position offers flexible working arrangements, accommodating part-time options. Candidates should have a background in transport planning and be able to deliver comprehensive analyses and advice.

Qualifications

• Experience in transport planning, strategic modelling, and appraisal.
• Ability to provide analytical solutions and propose interventions.
• Capability to support design, development, and delivery of modelling platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide a range of transport planning services, identifying network problems.
• Propose solutions and appraise the value for money of options.
• Support the development of new processes and methods in transport planning.

Job description

About the job.

Here at National Highways we have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Senior Transport Planner within the Transport Planning Group. The jobholder will provide a range of transport planning services, using analytical skills to identify problems within a transport network, proposing solutions, modelling strategic interventions and appraising the value for money of options and proposals.

With a team located across England, the location of this role is flexible. Travel between office locations within National Highways and other stakeholder offices will be required. We are happy to accommodate part-time and flexible working arrangements.

• Technical Expertise - you will provide detailed expertise in one or more areas of transport planning, strategic modelling and appraisal, supporting the design, development, delivery and maintenance of relevant and proportionate modelling and / or appraisal platforms. As a focal point for transport planning knowledge and collaboration across the business, you will provide relevant advice to all areas of National Highways.
• Analytic Delivery and Standards Development- you will be responsible for the delivery of transport planning-based analysis both internally and through the supply chain including supporting the development of new processes and methods.

Analytical Assurance Framework - you will be responsible for the application of the ...