Senior Transport Planner

Our client has been a leading medium sized design consultancy making a fantastic impact on the Transport Planning industry for over 30 years. With over 6 offices around the UK they have a requirement for their Bristol office as a Senior Transport Planner.

From pre-acquisition feasibility advice on access options, through Transport Assessment and Travel Plan reporting to support planning applications, to assessment and design of all forms of junction for viability, our client has the capability and state of the art software to help guide Clients, liaise with the necessary regulating bodies and work closely with other disciplines to inform development master planning.

What’s on offer

• Flexible holiday allowance
• Hybrid working
• Interesting and challenging projects
• Chartership support
• Opportunity to further your career with regular reviews
• Autonomy to lead your own projects
• Excellent career progression potential

What you need to succeed

• Good organisation, communication, and presentation skills, with high standard of attention to detail and personal work ethic
• Exposure to project management, experience liaising with clients and other key stakeholders
• Be willing and able to mentor junior staff in their training and development
• Be a member of a professional institution such as the CIHT, IHE, TPS (and/or seeking chartership via TPP or CILT)
• 5 + years’ experience in the industry and have an aspiration to start a new and exciting chapter in your career
• Experience producing Transport Notes, Statements and Assessments, Travel Plans.
• Understanding of relevant local and national transport policy and guidance
• To be a competent user of junction capacity modelling software such as Junctions 10 and LinSig/Quickgreen, and other key industry software programs such as TRICS and TEMPro.
• To be a competent user of GIS software packages such as QGIS, ArcGIS, MapInfo, Basemap TRACC.
• To be proficient in preliminary highway design through competent use of AutoCAD and application of relevant design guidance