Principal Transport Planner

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? 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. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role…

The type of work we undertake is extremely varied but includes:

• Reporting to the Associate Directors in the Transport Planning team in either Newcastle or Edinburgh, providing day to day support in the delivery of Transport and Traffic related project tasks for Infrastructure Projects including Development Consent Orders in the Energy and Industrial sectors, across different parts of the UK.
• Undertake Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Environmental Statement Transport Chapters, and Travel Plans, including a hands-on role in Client and Local Authority scoping discussions.
• Lead technical discussions around 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 in working with adjacent disciplines, such as noise and air quality, ecology, and highway teams.
• Take ownership of delegated tasks such as the preparation of fee estimates and proposals for review by Project Directors.
• On a weekly basis, prioritise tasks based on the immediacy of the project demands, and support others in the team who need to balance their workload.
• Be flexible and upskill your knowledge to enable you to work across other transport workstreams such as comms and engagement, to support a sustainable and balanced workflow for the local team.
• Work in a collaborative client/consultant environment and representing our values when delivering the work for our clients.
• Keep up-to-date with relevant standards and policies; raise WSP profile by networking, and attending conferences.
• Responsible, or actively engaged depending on experience, for ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, and required technical standards.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Experience as lead author of Scoping Reports, Transport Assessments and Environmental Statement Transport Chapters.
• Experience of delivering a wide range of transport planning projects across a number of specialist areas such as development planning, the energy and industrial sectors, highway schemes, sustainable transport, active travel, junction design (priority, roundabout, signals) and knowledge of relevant standards.
• Experience in the preparation of Local Authority Transport Plans and Strategies would be beneficial, as would experience in undertaking 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.
• Strong technical and task leadership across a portfolio of projects and clients.
• Knowledge of current transport policy at sub-regional, regional and national level.
• Ability to develop staff co-located in the local Newcastle Office, and across the UK and overseas to upskill the pool of available resources to deliver technical work.
• Good working knowledge of the financial and contractual aspects of planning, bidding, and delivering both large and small projects.

If not already achieved, the candidate will be expected to work towards professional accreditation.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

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About Us

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

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.
• Inclusivity & Diversity: We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.
• Health & Wellbeing: We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme. Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
• Flex your time: To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day. We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
• Your development: We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.

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.

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