Principal Transport Planner
Location & Hours
Location: Fareham, Hampshire
Hours: Monday to Friday, flexible opportunity with core hours required.
Salary & Holiday
Salary: Competitive (illustrative only).
Holiday: 32 days including bank holidays, increasing with length of service.
Overview
Our client is a well‑established, multi‑disciplinary consultancy specialising in transport planning, travel planning, and civil and structural engineering services. With a growing presence across the UK, the company supports public and private sector clients on development and infrastructure projects, delivering practical, high‑quality solutions from early feasibility to detailed design and project delivery. Their focus is on collaboration, client‑focused outcomes, continuous improvement and core values of customer focus, openness, results, and excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage transport planning projects, ensuring delivery within agreed budgets and timelines.
- Prepare, review, and approve technical reports such as Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans, and Technical Notes.
- Oversee and support the production of technical drawings and transport‑related designs.
- Apply and review transport modelling techniques to assess trip and distribution.
- Manage and mentor team members, including training, delegation, and performance appraisals.
- Act as the main point of contact for clients, maintaining strong professional relationships.
- Project‑manage schemes, including resource planning and coordination.
- Prepare and review appeal documentation, including Statements of Case and Proofs of Evidence.
- Act as an expert witness at appeal hearings and public inquiries where required.
- Attend and lead meetings with clients, stakeholders, and project teams.
- Prepare, review, and issue proposals and tender submissions.
- Identify and pursue business development opportunities – networking and winning new work.
- Support and contribute to marketing initiatives and company promotion.
Qualifications
- Degree‑level qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant field.
- Membership of a relevant professional organisation.
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in transport planning.
- Extensive practical and theoretical knowledge of transport planning principles.
- Experience managing, training, and mentoring staff.
- Proven experience in project management, including budget and programme control.
- Experience preparing and reviewing key documents such as Transport Assessments, Statements, Travel Plans, Technical Notes.
- Experience with appeal documentation (Statements of Case, Common Ground, Proof of Evidence).
- Experience acting as an expert witness at hearings or public inquiries.
- Experience in business development, including winning work and networking.
Remuneration & Benefits
- 5‑hour workdays with flexible working hours and a core hour requirement for 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 support you in projects you care about.
- Salary sacrifice scheme with the option to purchase or sell annual leave days.
- Christmas shutdown.
- Quarterly and yearly bonus schemes, offering potential to earn more.
- Private healthcare upon completion of probation.
- Bike to work scheme.
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