Senior Transport Planner

We have an opening for a Senior Transport Planner to join our clients expanding Oxfordshire office. This is an opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary consultancy offering engineering, design, and surveying expertise to the construction industry.

The current team is highly motivated and committed to the delivering of successful projects. Your day-to-day tasks will include carry out the preparation of site appraisals, feasibility studies and pre-application advice & preparing Transport Assessments, Transport Statements and Travel Plans. You will be part of a talented and enthusiastic team of Transport Planners and Engineers who enjoy working on a diverse range of challenging projects.

What’s on offer

  • Hybrid / Remote working options
  • Death in Service benefit
  • Private Health Insurance
  • The option to bank, buy or sell holiday after one year’s service
  • Hybrid /Flexi-time working hours
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
  • Paid professional membership
  • Support with training development
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Interest free loan for annual travel season ticket

The role

  • Carry out the preparation of site appraisals, feasibility studies and pre-application advice
  • Prepare Transport Assessments, Transport Statements and Travel Plans
  • Undertake traffic modelling and junction capacity assessments
  • Liaise with clients, project team members and local authorities
  • Attend meetings with clients, local authorities and/or other members of the project team

What you need to succeed

  • To be degree qualified in Transport/Engineering or similar
  • Ideally Chartered or working towards.
  • Prior experience in client liaison and to have the ability to professionally represent your company
  • Strong communication skills, both verbally and written
  • 4+ years’ experience in preparing complex Transport Assessments
  • 4+ years’ experience with undertaking and/or interpreting micro-simulation traffic modelling using Paramics or VISSIM or network modelling using SATURN
  • Experience of promoting large scale residential development through the Local Plan process, with associated preparation of relevant evidence base
  • Experience with highway design and Road Safety Audits