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