Principal Transport Planner

Overview

In this Principal Transport Planner role, you will lead development-led transport projects in a collaborative London team, guiding client relationships and project delivery. You’ll work across a varied private-sector portfolio to shape planning outputs and drive growth of the team. You’ll tackle challenging tasks from Transport Assessments to junction modelling, delivering high-quality designs and plans. This is an opportunity to own projects, influence the practice, and contribute to a fast-growing division.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days’ annual leave
• Apple MacBook provided
• Flexible working arrangements
• Private medical insurance
• Health cash plan

Responsibilities

• Prepare Transport Notes, Transport Statements, Transport Assessments and Travel Plans
• Undertake site access and development appraisals
• Act as Travel Plan Coordinator when required
• Apply local and national transport planning policy and guidance
• Perform junction capacity modelling using ARCADY and PICADY
• Model and design traffic signals using LinSig
• Create preliminary designs for site accesses, junctions and highway schemes using AutoCAD
• Conduct swept path analysis with AutoTrack
• Produce high-quality plans/graphics using GIS and CorelDRAW
• Manage projects and maintain client/project team communication
• Prepare client briefs, scopes of work and fee proposals
• Support wider bids, tenders and framework submissions
• Contribute to achieving broader business and commercial targets

Key requirements

• Around 6-9 years’ transport planning experience, with development planning focus
• Degree in Civil Engineering, Geography, Transport Planning or related discipline
• Experience on development-led transport planning projects
• Membership of or progression toward CIHT or ICE
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience communicating with clients and project stakeholders
• Excellent attention to detail and consistency in output
• Ability to manage priorities, be proactive and use initiative
• Collaborative approach and interest in developing a growing team

• strong communication
• collaborative mindset
• proactive problem-solving
• Junctions software including ARCADY and PICADY
• LinSig for traffic signal modelling
• AutoCAD for preliminary design

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