Transport Planner

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A little more about your role…

We are looking to recruit a Transport Planner to join our Transport and Mobility Planning team. This role can be based from either our Newcastle or Leeds offices, with hybrid working allowing for a mix of in-office and home working.

As a Transport Planner you will support a wide range of transport projects across our business. You will work across modes to develop transport strategies, policies and business cases, and support the development of transport programmes and projects from inception through to completion. This is a varied role that will include some of the following responsibilities: 

• Contribute to a variety of projects and proposals (both technical and commercial inputs,) and delivering high quality outputs in line with client requirements.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working with our other WSP service lines to deliver large multi-disciplinary projects from concept to delivery.
• Play a supporting role in securing and delivering work for our diverse local client portfolio.
• Be responsible for the financial performance of your projects and contribute to the commercial performance of our team.
• Support the ongoing development of our Early Careers team members and other colleagues through mentoring.
• Make an active contribution to WSP's four key pillars (People; Clients & Growth; Operations; and Expertise).

You will have an opportunity to work collaboratively with our Net Zero, Future Mobility and Freight growth areas on a range of innovative strategies for our public sector clients, as well as our extensive range of expertise practice groups, including Public Transport, Active Travel and Transport Communications. 

Your Team

Our Transport Planning Teams in Northern England and Scotland bring together over 100 Transport and Mobility Planning professionals, and work closely with our wider UK transport planning and moiblity teams across the UK.  We also work closely with our colleagues in Net Zero, Future Mobility, Liveable Places and Development Planning. 

We deliver a wide range of transport planning projects for our clients, as well as an extensive portfolio of multi-disciplinary and cross-sector services, including (but not limited to): active travel solutions; public transport network planning; scheme development and appraisal; business case development and Government funding applications for all types of transport schemes; economic appraisal; carbon appraisal and management; consultation and engagement and transport strategy and policy development. 

The broad range of our services allows our staff to develop their own skills and experiences over a wide portfolio of project work, providing both versatility in workload, and career development opportunities. This provides our staff with the opportunity to work in a range of roles, across multiple disciplines, and realise their career aspirations, whatever they may be.

We have a strong local and regional pipeline of work and the successful applicant will help us to deliver challenging and exciting work for a range of national and regional clients, predominantly Combined and Local Authorities. 

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Prior experience in transport and mobility planning and design, and transport data analysis 
• Excellent report writing and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly to clients and colleagues
• Experience of working with Local Authority and Combined Authority clients.
• Experience of software packages such as TRICS, Junction 10 and LinSIG.
• Understanding of project management skills developed across a range of transport and multi-disciplinary projects.
• Creative, innovative mind-set, lateral thinker 

Don't quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. 

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.  

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