Principal Transport Planner - Exeter in Devon

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A Little More About Your Role… We are seeking to recruit a Principal Transport Planner to join our Transport Planning team in Exeter. You will be based from our city centre office, with our approach to hybrid working enabling a mix of in‑office and home working.

Responsibilities:

• Managing a range of transport planning projects, with responsibility for project team management and collaboration, budgeting, programming and technical excellence.
• Making an active contribution to our four pillars (People; Clients Operations; and Technical Excellence) and supporting our Leads in these roles.
• Identifying and developing further opportunities with existing clients.
• Supporting Project Managers and Directors in the preparation of bids, fee proposals and project programmes.
• Attending and presenting at internal and external technical knowledge sharing events.
• Supervising our early career professionals in undertaking technical tasks and coaching them in acquiring new skills.
• Working in a large multi-disciplinary office with access to a range of people at a similar career stage across a variety of fields.
• Working as part of a team, supporting the growth of our Transport and Mobility team in Exeter and more broadly across our network of offices.

Your Team: Our Exeter Transport and Mobility team includes transport planning, modelling, transport data collection, and design professionals who work on an extensive portfolio of multi-disciplinary and cross‑sector projects for a range of mainly public sector clients. Key project specialisms include active travel network development, bus, coach and mass transit, freight, policy development, studies and strategies, business case development and Government funding applications, and development management. These projects are generally located in the South West, but support is also provided to other schemes across the UK and internationally whilst working closely with our planning, infrastructure design, structures and environmental teams. Our local and regional pipeline of work is extensive, and the successful applicant will help us to deliver a challenging and exciting portfolio of work for a range of clients across the wider region including Local Authorities, Sub‑National Transport Bodies and Combined Authorities. You will be supported by senior members of the Transport and Mobility team and by our virtual UK‑wide specialist teams, including industry‑leading experts. We embrace a flexible approach to working that aligns with people’s lifestyles and wider commitments and the well being of our employees is of utmost importance to us. Our multi-disciplinary Exeter office has approximately 100 desks and is ideally located in the city centre, adjacent to Exeter Central railway station.

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate… Experience in delivering active travel planning projects, complemented by project experience in some or all the following areas of transport planning: public transport business case development, transport studies and strategies and transport policy development. Up‑to‑date knowledge on latest transport legislation and policy covering topics such as active travel, bus and local transport planning and a desire to work at both strategic and detailed levels. Strong numerical and analytical skills and excellent working knowledge of MS Office tools (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint), transport data analysis and presentation software including GIS. Ability to produce technical project reports and accessible non‑technical public reports and presentations for a range of clients and stakeholders to a high technical standard. Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate confidently with clients, stakeholders, team members and present at meetings, workshops and public forums. Project management experience, with the ability to review client briefs and tenders, develop and contribute to fee proposals and lead project delivery including supervising workloads, task delegation, supporting junior staff and managing client expectations. Have a sound commercial awareness including effective financial management.

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What’s in it for you? Work‑life balance At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community. Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.