Transport Planner

Strata Construction Consulting; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Transport Planner to join their dynamic team. The ideal candidate will work on various projects including residential and logistics. Responsibilities include preparing transport assessments and traffic designs, requiring formal education in Transport Engineering or related fields. The role offers competitive salary, 25 days leave, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Life insurance cover

Death in service cover

Discretionary Cycle Hire scheme

Discretionary Travel Loans

End of year Bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Formal education in Transport Engineering, Geography or Transport Planning.
• Experience in development focused transport planning.
• Seeking professional membership (CIHT or ICE).
• Excellent communication skills and work ethic.
• Accuracy, attention to detail, and proactive initiative.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of Transport Notes, Statements, and Assessments.
• Understanding of local and national policy and guidance.
• Junction capacity modelling using Junctions software.
• Traffic signal design and preliminary design of access and junction improvements.
• Swept Path Analysis using AutoTrack.
• Preparation of high-quality graphics using GIS packages or Corel Draw.

Skills

Transport Engineering

Transport Planning

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Formal education in Transport Engineering, Geography, or Transport Planning

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)

AutoCAD

Traffic modelling software (ARCADY, PICADY)

Traffic signal design software (LinSig)

GIS packages / Corel Draw

Job description

Are you a Transport Planner with a passion for development related transport planning?

The successful candidate will join a busy team working on a wide range of projects. You will be working on a range of projects which includes residential, logistics, retail, leisure and education.

What’s on offer:

• Competitivesalary(graded byexperience);
• 25daysannual leave(increased by seniority);
• Flexible workingarrangements.
• Two-tieredpension.
• Life insurancecover.
• Death in servicecover.
• DiscretionaryCycleHirescheme.
• DiscretionaryTravel Loans; and
• End of yearBonusscheme.

The role:

• Preparation ofTransport Notes, Statements and Assessments, Travel Plans, Site Access Appraisals usingMicrosoft Officeprogrammes (Word and Excel)
• An understanding of relevant local and nationalpolicy and guidance.
• Junction capacity modelling using theJunctions software(ARCADY and PICADY);
• Traffic signal design usingLinSig;
• Preliminarydesign of access, junction improvements and highway schemes using AutoCAD.
• Swept Path Analysisusing AutoTrack.
• Preparation ofhigh-quality graphicsusingGISpackages and/ or Corel Draw.
• Contribute to working towards ourbusiness targets.

What you need to succeed:

• Formal educationin either Transport Engineering, Geography or Transport Planning.
• Experience in the field ofdevelopmentfocusedtransport planning.
• A member (or seeking to be) of aprofessional membership, such as CIHT or ICE.
• Excellentcommunication skillswith a high standard ofwork ethic; and
• Accuracy, attention to detail and ability towork proactivelyand use initiative.