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Senior Transport Planner

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Leicester or Nottingham

Senior Transport Planner

Location: Leicester or Nottingham

Salary: Competitive (experience dependent)


Overview

An established multidisciplinary consultancy has an immediate requirement for a Senior Transport Planner to join its Transport Planning and Engineering team, based in either Leicester or Nottingham. The role focuses on delivering high-quality transport planning inputs to support development projects and planning applications.


Key Responsibilities

  • Preparation of Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, and Travel Plans in support of planning applications for private sector developments

  • Providing advice on highway and transport-related planning issues, including access strategies and feasibility studies, in line with current policy and guidance

  • Preparing preliminary horizontal designs for site access junctions and highway improvement schemes for highway authority approval

  • Ensuring work is delivered to a high technical standard within agreed timescales

  • Working both independently and in collaboration with other team members

  • Developing strong working relationships with clients, design teams (internal and external), and highway authorities

Skills & Experience Essential:

  • Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. Transport, Civil Engineering, Geography, Planning)

  • Proven experience in Transport Planning, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

  • Knowledge and understanding of local and national transport policy, guidance, and best practice

  • Experience in data collection and analysis, including commissioning surveys

  • Experience using relevant software, including MS Excel, TRICS, and GIS

  • Experience using junction modelling software, including Junctions (PICADY & ARCADY), with the ability to interpret and challenge results

  • Excellent report writing skills, including preparation of Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, and Travel Plans

  • Knowledge and understanding of highway design standards, including sustainable and active travel innovations

  • Excellent organisational, communication, and presentation skills

  • Strong problem-solving and numeracy skills

  • Ability to work efficiently within agreed timescales

  • Strong personal work ethic, working both independently and as part of a team

  • Experience in developing strong working relationships

  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality and diversity

Desirable

  • 5+ years' industry experience with a commitment to continued professional development

  • Membership of a professional institution (e.g. TPS, CIHT, IHE, ILT), preferably working towards chartership

  • Experience acting as lead client contact and developing strong working relationships

  • Experience in developing distribution models

  • Experience using LinSig, with the ability to interpret and challenge results

  • Knowledge of DfT Transport Analysis Guidance (TAG), including strategic and microsimulation modelling such as VISSIM or PARAMICS

  • Experience using AutoCAD, AutoTrack, PDS Sign & Line

  • Experience in preliminary highway design, including junction design and active travel schemes

  • Experience negotiating planning conditions and Section 106 contributions for highways and transport mitigation

Additional Experience

  • Strong experience in Transport Planning is essential

  • Experience using TRICS and Junctions is required

  • Experience with LinSig, GIS, AutoCAD, AutoTrack, PDS Sign/Line, and other relevant software is advantageous

  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently

Education

  • Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject, such as Transport, Civil Engineering, Geography, or Planning

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