Senior Transport Planner

Strata Construction Consulting; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in transportation consulting is seeking a Senior Transport Planner to join their expanding team. This role offers the chance for career development with valuable support and training while providing flexibility with working arrangements. Benefits include a company car or allowance, a contributory pension plan, annual leave, and extensive professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Company car or cash allowance

Matched contributory pension plan up to 6%

Life assurance scheme

25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave

Discount scheme (gym, mobile phones, etc.)

Flexible/hybrid working options

Family friendly policies

Employee assistance program

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in leading transport planning projects.
• Proficient in data analysis and report production.
• Membership in a relevant professional institution desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver various transport planning projects.
• Apply current UK technical standards and legislation.
• Report directly to the Associate Director and contribute to team development.

Skills

Data analysis

Report writing

Transport planning

GIS

Spatial and urban design

Business case economics

Education

Relative degree

Chartered Engineer and/or Transport Planner

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