Senior Transport Planner | Flexible Hours & Share Scheme (NZ)

Mekano Talent; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee share scheme

Flexible hours

Career development and learning

Job summary

Mekano Talent is seeking an experienced transport planner/engineer to lead a growing portfolio of transport planning projects across New Zealand. The role offers ownership of key workstreams, mentoring opportunities and close collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.

You will deliver ITAs and TIAs, contribute to feasibility studies and business cases, and build strong client relationships with councils, developers and mana whenua.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in transport planning or transport engineering.
• Tertiary qualification in planning-related field.
• Experience delivering transport assessments for land development and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead transport planning projects end-to-end and manage scope, programme and budget.
• Prepare and review ITAs, TIAs and other technical reports.
• Provide transport planning input into feasibility, masterplanning, concept design, consenting and business cases.
• Turn transport analysis into clear, practical recommendations.
• Mentor less experienced staff and build technical capability across the team.
• Support business development through proposals and client engagement.

Skills

Transport planning

ITA/TIA expertise

Consenting knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary qualification in transport planning/engineering/planning/geography

Job description

Mekano Talent is seeking an experienced transport planner/engineer to lead a growing portfolio of transport planning projects across New Zealand. The role offers ownership of key workstreams, mentoring opportunities and close collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.

You will deliver ITAs and TIAs, contribute to feasibility studies and business cases, and build strong client relationships with councils, developers and mana whenua.