Transport Planner – Engineering and Highways

ICE Recruit; Redcar; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in the United Kingdom is seeking a Transport Planner to support transport planning efforts and improve the Borough's transport network. You will focus on creating sustainable transport strategies and work on agreements with land use developers. This role offers generous annual leave, hybrid working options, and a strong commitment to employee wellbeing. Join this team during an innovative time for an impactful role in local government.

Benefits

Generous annual leave of up to 34 days

Hybrid working options

Flexible working hours

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee health and wellbeing platform

Various salary sacrifice schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in transport planning and development delivery.
• Ability to contribute to sustainable transport network strategies.
• Strong communication skills for liaising with developers.

Responsibilities

• Support Highways Development Control and Transport Strategy functions.
• Develop strategies and plans for sustainable transport.
• Assist in developing agreements with land use developers.

Job description

Overview

We are excited to advertise an opportunity for a Transport Planner working in the Transport, Engineering and Highways section at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. This is an exciting time to join the service as we are currently expanding the team to strengthen our technical capacity to deliver the highways requirements created by land use development.

Responsibilities

You will support the Highways Development Control and Transport Strategy functions, working on discrete items in support of service delivery and leading on these as appropriate. Your workload will include the development and delivery of strategies, plans and interventions that create a more sustainable transport network in the Borough. It also includes assisting in developing agreements with land use developers to arrive at satisfactory solutions that bring benefit to the Borough’s transport network.

The postholder will support the Development Engineer in positively contributing to the achievement of the Council, its core values and strategies.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave of up to 34 days per year
• Hybrid Working (where appropriate)
• Flexible working hours (where appropriate)
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to numerous other salary sacrifice schemes
• Access to our employee health and wellbeing platform, which includes an exciting range of staff benefits, including, spreading the cost of home and electronics, bike shop, car scheme, gym membership, lifestyle savings
• A range of Staff Network groups

Click here for more details: https://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/benefits-and-rewards

We currently do not offer skilled worker Visa Sponsorship.

Interested? Please follow the link to apply for this post.

Contact

Please contact Michael Lawton on 07966 659107.

Closing date

7 January 2026.