Transport Planner in Manchester

Are you passionate about influencing the growth of a healthy and sustainable Greater Manchester?

Are you seeking a new challenge in using your technical skills to deliver high profile transport schemes and developments?

Role Overview

Your Role As Transport Planner in Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) you will play a pivotal role in delivering modelling and appraisal for major transport schemes, contributing to the development of detailed network management strategies and working to mitigate the impact of new development proposals.

You will also develop and contribute to corporate responses to planning applications affecting the Greater Manchester Key Route Network.

Current work includes supporting the delivery of the GM Clean Air Plan, City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) and Levelling up fund.

About the Team

In the Highways Forecasting and Analytical Services team, we are committed to support the delivery of a Greater Manchester transport system that operates safely, sustainably and efficiently.

We use our analytical expertise and data‑driven insights to aid delivery of high‑quality transport infrastructure schemes and developments, ultimately improving the experience of the travelling public and supporting healthier and more sustainable choices.

Key Skills & Experience

What you’ll bring: what you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact.

At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt. You should be a graduate and highly numerate with a keen interest in the analysis and interpretation of complex datasets.

You’ll have excellent and effective written and verbal communication skills and be keen to develop your understanding of the theory and application of transport planning methods and techniques for Highway model development, forecasting and appraisal.

Experience of general‑purpose programming languages, such as Python or VB would be advantageous.

Benefits and Salary

This is a permanent role with a salary of £36,093 – £41,161 per annum depending on skills and experience. At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.

Our benefits include:

• Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
• Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
• Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
• Enhanced family‑friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events.

Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.

Equal Opportunity

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here. For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK.

• if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist
• GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Supporting Documents

• Transport Planner Job Profile