Senior / Principal Transport Planner - Major Projects in Cardiff

WSP is looking for a Senior / Principal Transport Planner to join our Transport and Mobility Planning Team. This 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

• Undertaking 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.
• Leading technical discussions around the accessibility of project / construction sites for a wide range of modes and articulating the impacts and mitigations required to support planning approvals.
• Working in a multi‑disciplinary environment and taking a proactive approach in working with adjacent disciplines, such as noise and air quality, ecology, and highway teams.
• Taking ownership of delegated tasks such as the preparation of fee estimates and proposals for review by Project Managers and Directors.
• Being flexible and upskilling your knowledge to enable you to work across other transport workstreams such as communications and engagement, to support a sustainable and balanced workflow for the local team.
• Working in a collaborative client/consultant environment and representing our values when delivering the work for our clients.
• Keeping up to date with relevant standards and policies; raising WSP’s profile by networking and occasionally attending conferences.
• Ensuring your 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 (beneficial).
• 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.

Benefits and Working Conditions

• Work‑life balance: hybrid working policy offers flexibility to work from home two days a week; modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusive culture and belonging: WSP welcomes applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences; employee resource groups promote inclusivity.
• Health and wellbeing: virtual GP service, gymflex scheme, menopause support package.
• Flexible arrangements and time‑off options.

Equal Opportunity

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.