Senior Transport Planner: Lead Modelling & Delivery

WSP Global Inc.; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP Global Inc. is seeking a Senior or Principal Transport Planner to join our Transport Planning & Mobility team in Manchester. You will work within a multidisciplinary group to deliver transport and spatial planning projects, including National Highways commissions, with hybrid office/remote working.

You will lead technical delivery, engage with clients and stakeholders, and mentor junior staff while ensuring programme and budget constraints are met across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Experience in transport, development or spatial planning.
• Understanding of the UK planning system, including national and local policy and transport assessment requirements.
• Ability to lead small projects and manage competing priorities and meet commercial requirements.
• Experience contributing to multi-tier modelling projects including local junction modelling, microsimulation modelling and strategic modelling.
• Experience of developing concept options and familiarity with UK highway design standards.
• Experience of client and stakeholder engagement, including presenting complex information clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Commercial awareness, including budget management, forecasting and fee development.
• Strong analytical capability, with experience interpreting transport data and evidence.
• The ability to produce high quality technical reports and clear public facing documentation.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery of transport and spatial planning projects, ensuring technical excellence, policy compliance and alignment with client objectives.
• A focus on technical project delivery including engagement with wider disciplines, client and stakeholders
• Delivery of transport modelling projects, tasks and studies
• Providing leadership and guidance to junior staff, contributing to technical capability building within the Transport & Mobility Planning team
• Commercial management of projects and tasks, ensuring programme and budget constraints are achieved
• Making a visible contribution to WSP’s four key pillars: People; Clients & Growth; Operations; and Expertise.

Skills

Transport planning

Project leadership

Multi-tier modelling

Client engagement

Budget management

Data analysis

Technical reporting

UK planning system

Job description

WSP Global Inc. is seeking a Senior or Principal Transport Planner to join our Transport Planning & Mobility team in Manchester. You will work within a multidisciplinary group to deliver transport and spatial planning projects, including National Highways commissions, with hybrid office/remote working.

You will lead technical delivery, engage with clients and stakeholders, and mentor junior staff while ensuring programme and budget constraints are met across the portfolio.