Senior Transport Planner
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Hours: Monday to Friday, Flexible Opportunity with Core Hours Required
Salary: Competitive - The above is illustrative only
Holiday: 32 days including bank holidays, Increasing with length of service.
Sector: Civil Engineering
Our client is a well-established, multi-disciplinary consultancy specialising in transport planning, travel planning, and civil and structural engineering services. The business has grown steadily in recent years and now operates across the UK, supporting both public and private sector clients on a wide range of development and infrastructure projects. They are known for delivering practical, high-quality solutions from early feasibility through to detailed design and project delivery, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and client-focused outcomes.
With an experienced and technically strong team, the company provides end-to-end support, combining commercial awareness with in-depth knowledge of current legislation and industry standards. Our client places a strong emphasis on communication, long-term relationships, and continuous improvement, underpinned by their core values of customer focus, openness, results, and excellence. They have built a solid reputation for delivering reliable and innovative engineering solutions that enable successful development across a diverse portfolio of projects nationwide.
Position Duties
- Manage and deliver transport planning projects, ensuring they meet programme and budget requirements
- Prepare, review, and occasionally approve technical reports such as Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans, and Technical Notes
- Undertake and review transport analysis, including trip generation, distribution, and junction modelling
- Design and assess access arrangements, including visibility splays, vehicle tracking, and site access options
- Identify and develop mitigation measures to address capacity, safety, and active travel constraints
- Prepare appeal documentation, including Statements of Case and Statements of Common Ground
- Liaise with clients, local authorities, and stakeholders, maintaining strong professional relationships
- Attend and contribute to meetings, public consultations, and highway authority discussions
- Project manage schemes, including coordinating resources, managing timelines, and monitoring budgets
- Provide high-level advice and support across multiple projects, including those not directly assigned
- Support and mentor junior staff, assisting with their training and development
- Prepare fee proposals and tender submissions for projects of varying scale
- Assist with business development activities, including networking and marketing initiatives
- Contribute to S106 discussions and planning negotiations
- Ensure compliance with company procedures, quality standards, and professional best practice
Position Requirements
- Degree-level qualification (or equivalent experience) in a relevant discipline
- Membership of a relevant professional organisation
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in transport planning
- Experience applying national, regional, and local transport policy and design guidance
- Experience preparing and reviewing technical documents (Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans, Technical Notes)
- Experience preparing appeal documentation (Statements of Case, Statements of Common Ground)
- Proven experience in project management, including budget control and programme delivery
- Experience in client and stakeholder liaison, including local authorities and project teams
- Experience attending and contributing to public consultations, meetings, and stakeholder discussions
- Experience in business development activities, including networking and marketing support
- Experience contributing to S106 obligation discussions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to provide high-level advice and initial project feedback without detailed technical input
- Proficiency in junction modelling software and methodologies for trip generation and distribution (including "Decide and Provide")
- Ability to design and assess mitigation measures for capacity, safety, and active travel issues
- Capability to undertake access appraisals and develop access design solutions
- Commercial awareness, including preparing fee proposals and tenders
- Problem‑solving skills with a proactive and adaptable approach
- Ability to work under pressure in a calm and efficient manner
- Competence in Microsoft Office and other computer‑based systems
Position Remuneration
- 5-hour workdays with flexible working hours, with a core hour requirement allowing for lifestyle and work life balance
- 24 days annual leave, increasing with length of service plus 8 bank holidays
- Day off on your birthday if it falls on a working day
- One community or charity day a year to allow you to support the projects you love
- Salary sacrifice scheme with the opportunity to purchase or sell annual leave days.
- Christmas shut down
- Quarterly and yearly bonus schemes, offering the potential to earn more
- Private healthcare upon completion of probation period
- Bike to work scheme
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