Principal Transport Planner

**What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?**

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

**A little more about your role**

We are seeking a Principal Transport Planner to be based out of our Manchester office to:

- To provide specific support to the work winning and delivery of work for our local client portfolio, notably the Transport for Greater Manchester, Warrington and Lincolnshire Frameworks.
- Lead the delivery of our portfolio of projects with a focus on active travel, public transport, strategy development and business case support
- Leading and managing tasks as part of a multi-disciplinary team and producing high-quality outputs in line with client requirements.
- Make a positive contribution to the commercial performance of the team, with the ability to recognise key metrics and understand how individual and project team performance contributes to them.
- Make an active contribution to our four key pillars (People; Clients & Growth; Operations; and Technical Excellence).

**Your Team**

Our Manchester Transport Planning Team sits within a wider team of over 100 transport planning professionals across the North, Midlands and Scotland.

Our local and regional pipeline of work is extensive, and the successful applicant will help us to deliver a challenging and exciting pipeline of work for a range of regional clients, predominantly Combined and Local Authorities but also developers and operators.

**What we will be looking for you to demonstrate**
- Experience in active travel, public transport, scheme development and/or business case development.
- Experience of developing transport focused strategies, plans and policies.
- Experience of working with Local Authority and Combined Authority clients.
- A strong interest in the decarbonisation agenda.
- Strong project management skills, ideally developed across a broad range of multi-disciplinary projects.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to successfully deliver presentations to a variety of audiences.
- Commercial acumen and the ability to manage tasks and support wider team management in leading more junior members of the team.
- Microsimulation modelling.

We are keen to hear from people who hold or who are currently working towards a professional qualification / chartership

**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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We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

**WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?**

**Work-life balance**

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.

Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

**Inclusivity & Diversity**

We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.

**Health & Wellbeing**

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support pac