Senior/Principal Transport Planner
Senior/Principal Transport Planning Consultant
Location: Surrey
Salary: £50,000/£60,000
Are you an experienced Transport Planner looking to take the next step in your career? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior or Principal Transport Planning Consultant to join a growing multidisciplinary consultancy with an expanding Transport Planning team based in Godalming.
This is an excellent opportunity to take a leading technical role, managing a diverse portfolio of development planning projects across the residential, commercial, education, healthcare, industrial and mixed-use sectors throughout the UK. You'll join a collaborative team where you'll have the opportunity to mentor junior colleagues, work closely with clients and contribute to the continued growth of the business.
The Role
As a Senior / Principal Transport Planning Consultant, you'll lead projects from initial feasibility through to planning approval, providing high-quality technical advice and delivering transport planning solutions for a wide range of developments.
Working alongside planners, engineers and other multidisciplinary professionals, you'll play a key role in project delivery while helping to maintain the consultancy's excellent technical standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a varied portfolio of development planning projects across the UK.
- Prepare, review and oversee Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans, Technical Notes and Access Appraisals.
- Undertake and review junction capacity assessments using Junctions 11 (PICADY and ARCADY) and LinSig.
- Provide technical advice to clients throughout the planning process.
- Liaise with Local Planning Authorities, Highway Authorities, statutory consultees and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Mentor and support Graduate and Consultant-level Transport Planners.
- Carry out technical reviews and ensure consistently high-quality project delivery.
- Maintain an up-to-date understanding of national and local transport planning policy and guidance.
- Contribute to fee proposals, project scoping and business development activities.
About You
To be considered, you'll ideally have:
- A minimum of five years' experience within a UK development planning transport consultancy.
- A degree in Transport Planning, Civil Engineering, Geography or a related discipline.
- Strong technical knowledge of UK transport planning policy, standards and guidance.
- Experience preparing Transport Assessments, Transport Statements and Travel Plans.
- Proficiency with Junctions 11 (PICADY and ARCADY) and LinSig.
- Excellent report writing, analytical and communication skills.
- Strong project management abilities with experience managing multiple projects.
- Confidence when liaising with clients, local authorities and multidisciplinary teams.
- A full UK driving licence.
- Be working towards professional Chartership with a recognised institution, ideally through the CIHT CTPP route.
Desirable Experience
- Experience using GIS software such as ArcGIS or QGIS.
- Familiarity with TRICS and TEMPro.
- Experience mentoring junior team members and reviewing technical reports.
- Previous involvement in business development and client relationship management.
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Hybrid working from the Godalming office.
- Company pension scheme.
- Payment of professional membership subscriptions.
- Structured support towards professional Chartership.
- Ongoing technical training and career development.
- Opportunity to work on a wide variety of prestigious development planning projects across the UK.
- Friendly, collaborative and supportive working environment.
- Genuine opportunities for long-term career progression within a growing consultancy.
If you're looking to join a consultancy where you can lead challenging projects, continue developing your technical expertise and play a key role in a growing team, we'd love to hear from you.
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