Transport Planner

Strata Construction Consulting; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Transport Planner who is passionate about development-related transport planning. The role involves preparing transport-related documents, conducting traffic modeling and design, and contributing to strategic business targets within a busy team. Candidates should have relevant educational background and experience in the field. This position includes benefits such as competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and various other perks.

Benefits

Competitive salary (graded by experience)

25 days annual leave (increased by seniority)

Flexible working arrangements

Two-tiered pension

Life insurance cover

Death in service cover

Discretionary Cycle Hire scheme

Discretionary Travel Loans

End of year Bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Education in Transport Engineering, Geography or Transport Planning.
• Experience in development focused transport planning.
• Professional membership or seeking membership in CIHT or ICE.
• Excellent communication skills and strong work ethic.
• Accuracy, attention to detail, and proactive initiative.

Responsibilities

• Prepare Transport Notes, Statements, Assessments, and Travel Plans.
• Understand relevant local and national policy and guidance.
• Model junction capacity using Junctions software.
• Design traffic signals using LinSig.
• Design access and junction improvements using AutoCAD.
• Conduct Swept Path Analysis using AutoTrack.
• Prepare high-quality graphics using GIS or Corel Draw.
• Contribute to business targets.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Education

Formal education in Transport Engineering, Geography or Transport Planning

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)

AutoCAD

ARCADY

PICADY

LinSig

AutoTrack

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.