Transport Planner

Zodiac Recruitment Ltd.; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group pension scheme

Life cover

Group health scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Professional subscriptions

Job summary

Zodiac Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a Transport Planner in Basingstoke for a busy transport planning team within a regional consultancy.

The role involves preparing TA/Travel Plans, traffic analysis, site visits, and developing access strategies. 2–4 years’ private sector experience is preferred with a path toward professional qualification.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Geography or related subject.
• MSc Transport Planning advantageous but not essential.
• 2–4 years’ experience in development planning, private sector preferred.
• Willingness to work towards professional qualification (IEng, CEng through ICE or CIHT, or TPP).
• Experience in Transport Assessments/Travel Planning/feasibility studies.
• Proactive and keen to progress in transport planning.
• Knowledge of MfS/DMRB highway design guidance is useful.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Transport Assessments / Statements, Transport Feasibility Studies and Travel Plans.
• Undertake traffic generation and distribution analysis, junction capacity modelling, and data assessment.
• Conduct site visits and accessibility/active travel audits.
• Assist with multi-modal site access strategies and off-site highway improvements.
• Use CAD / GIS and software such as ARCADY, PICADY, LINSIG, GIS, Excel; collaborate with Flood Risk & Drainage Team.

Skills

Numeracy

Analytical skills

Report writing

English proficiency

Willingness to learn

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering, Geography or related subject

MSc Transport Planning advantageous

Tools

AutoCAD

GIS

TRICS

TEMPRO

JUNCTIONS

ARCADY

PICADY

LINSIG

Excel

Job description

Role: Transport Planner

Location: Basingstoke

Salary: £28-£44k (DOE)

Ref: MAR442

Our client is an award-winning regional consultancy, providing specialist development planning and infrastructure services to the property industry. They are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Transport Planner to join their busy transport planning team in Basingstoke.

Purpose of the Role:

To undertake a Transport Planner role within the busy Transport Team, assisting senior colleagues with delivering multiple private sector-based planning stage projects for numerous different clients. This would include the following day-to-day tasks:

• Preparing Transport Assessments / Statements, Transport Feasibility Studies and Travel Plans
• Undertaking traffic generation and distribution analysis, junction capacity modelling, and assessment of associated datasets
• Undertaking site visits and accessibility/active travel audits
• Assisting with developing multi-modal site access strategies and / or off-site highway improvement schemes
• Utilising AutoCAD, GIS, TRICS, TEMPRO, JUNCTIONS software
• Cross-team working with colleagues in our Flood Risk & Drainage Team

Qualifications/Experience:

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Geography or other relevant subject
• MSc Transport Planning advantageous, but not essential
• Ideally around 2-4 years’ experience working in development planning, ideally in the private sector, in order to demonstrate the experience in the type of workload that they would require
• Willingness to work towards securing professional qualification (i.e. IEng, CEng through ICE or CIHT, or TPP
• Experience in undertaking work associated with our core transport planning services; (i.e. feasibility studies, access strategy, Transport Assessment, Travel Planning, preliminary highway design etc)
• Proactive and enthusiastic with a keen willingness to learn and desire to progress their career in the field of transport planning, and be able to work as part of a busy and dynamic team
• Some knowledge and understanding of current highway design guidance and methodologies (MfS, DMRB etc)
• Good numeracy and analytical skills; good English and report writing
• Experience in using CAD / GIS advantageous, but not vital
• Working knowledge of key software, including ARCADY, PICADY, LINSIG, GIS, Excel etc

Salary & Package:

• Salary dependent on experience
• Membership of the Company and individual performance-related bonus scheme
• Minimum 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
• Contributions to group pension scheme
• Life cover
• Membership of the Group Health Scheme
• Enhanced parental leave provision
• ICE accredited training scheme, and support for professional qualifications through IEng, CEng or TPP
• Annual subscriptions of professional institutions