Senior Transport Planner

Strata Construction Consulting; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic construction consultancy in Manchester is seeking a Senior Transport Planner to join their expanding team. This role offers a flexible working environment with one day in the office, providing valuable support and training. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree and be working towards Chartered status, with experience in transport planning and data analysis. Excellent use of tools like MS Excel is essential. Benefits include a company car or allowance, a pension plan, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Company car or cash allowance

Matched contributory pension plan

Life assurance scheme

25 days annual leave

Flexibility in work location

Employee assistance

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Working towards becoming a Chartered Engineer and/or Transport Planner.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution (CIHT, CILT, IHE, TPS, ICE).
• Experience in applying UK technical standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the long-term development of the company.
• Produce high-quality reports and analyse data.
• Support the Associate Director in various transport planning projects.

Skills

Spatial and urban design

Transport planning/design

Transport data analysis/modelling

GIS/Accessibility

Active Travel

Bus Infrastructure

Development planning

Travel planning/behavioural change

Leading transport planning projects

Education

Relative degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

GIS

AutoCAD

Job description

Overview

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)