Senior Transport Planner

Strata Construction Consulting; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consulting firm is seeking a Senior Transport Planner to join their expanding team in Salford. This role offers the chance to contribute to long-term development while providing valuable support and training opportunities. With a flexible working environment and strong focus on professional development, this position is ideal for candidates looking to grow in their career.

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)

Flexible working

Family friendly policies

Employee assistance

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Working towards Chartered Engineer and/or Transport Planner status.
• Membership of relevant professional institutions (CIHT, CILT, IHE, TPS, ICE) preferred.
• Demonstrable experience in leading transport planning projects.

Responsibilities

• Report to the Associate Director while contributing to team development.
• Deliver a variety of transport planning projects.
• Support and train team members.

Skills

Transport Modelling

Data Analysis

GIS

Urban Design

Business Case Economics

Active Travel

Planning Behavioural Change

Education

Degree related to Transport Planning

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Word

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