Senior / Principal Transport Planner - Major Projects in Birmingham

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives.

A Little More About Your Role

We offer a Principal or Senior Transport Planner position in our Transport and Mobility Planning Team. The role offers flexibility in location and can be based at one of our WSP offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Southampton, or London. Under WSP’s hybrid working policy, you will have the option to combine in‑office work with remote working.

Responsibilities

• Undertake Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Environmental Statement Transport Chapters, Construction Traffic Management Plans and Travel Plans, including playing a hands‑on role in Client and Local Authority scoping discussions.
• Lead technical discussions around the accessibility of project / construction sites for a wide range of modes and articulate the impacts and mitigations required to support planning approvals.
• Work in a multi‑disciplinary environment and take a proactive approach with adjacent disciplines, such as noise, air quality, ecology, and highway teams.
• Take ownership of delegated tasks such as the preparation of fee estimates and proposals for review by Project Managers and Directors.
• Be flexible and upskill your knowledge to work across other transport workstreams such as communications and engagement, to support a sustainable and balanced workflow for the local team.
• Work in a collaborative client/consultant environment and represent our values when delivering the work for our clients.
• Keep up to date with relevant standards and policies; raise WSP’s profile by networking and occasionally attending conferences.
• Ensure projects are delivered to budget, programme, and required technical standards.

Qualifications

• Experience of Scoping Reports, Transport Assessments and Environmental Statement Transport Chapters.
• Experience of delivering transport planning projects and knowledge of relevant guidelines and standards.
• Familiarity with Local Authority Transport Plans and Strategies would be beneficial, as would experience in transport feasibility studies, option assessment reports and providing inputs into transport related business cases.
• Strong numerical, spatial, and analytical skills and excellent working knowledge of MS Office tools.
• Ability to produce project reports, including technical documents to a high technical standard.
• Ability to communicate technical arguments to technical and non-technical clients, and present outputs from studies to a range of audiences.
• Knowledge of current transport policy at sub‑regional, regional and national level.

EEO Statement

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.

Benefits

• Hybrid working policy offers flexibility to work from home two days a week.
• Virtual GP service provides access to an NHS or Irish GP.
• Gymflex scheme offers up to 40% off gym memberships.
• Flexible working arrangements, additional leave, and bank holiday entitlement.
• Professional development through training, mentoring, and Chartership.