Senior Transport Planner

As a Senior Transport Planner, you’ll play a key role in our project teams delivering high-quality transport projects across development planning, active travel and transport strategies. You will support project teams, engaging in the tasks required for the running of projects. Your role will also include supporting more junior members of our team through knowledge sharing. Collaborating closely the colleagues, you will gain hands-on experience across all stages of the project lifecycle while building a solid foundation in technical and professional skills. You will be expected to engage with local authorities and stakeholders as projects require and be able to work independently where needed.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support in the preparation of technical reports and transport studies, and review and assess development transport impacts in line with planning policy.

  • Manage small sized projects and budgets.

  • Support junior members of the team by providing technical guidance and help them to deliver projects collaboratively.

  • Help develop multi-modal access strategies and designs for all kinds of developments.

  • Contribute to initial concept / feasibility studies for large masterplan sites.

  • Involvement in technical assessments and analysis across a wide range of transport related subjects.

  • Contribute to the delivery of technical notes and reports, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Delivery and Service Plans and other assessments leading to planning applications, post application queries and discharge of planning conditions.

  • Play an active role in the transport related aspects of building and development design.

  • Attend meetings with clients, architects and planning authorities.

  • Support business development initiatives including attending out of hours events.

  • Represent the Company and Clients at public consultation events.

Requirements

  • At least 4 years’ experience in development planning at a transport planning consultancy.

  • Bachelor or Master's Degree in Transport Planning, Civil Engineering, Geography, or a related field.

  • Thorough understanding of the planning system and transport-related matters, including Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans, and Environmental Statements.

  • Knowledge of relevant cycling/walking design standards, highway standards and building design guidelines.

  • Good understanding of pedestrian and highway capacity modelling, including proficient use of PICADY and ARCADY, as well as knowledge of other modelling tools such as LinSig, Vissim and Paramics and their outputs.

  • Proficiency in MS Office.

  • Strong analytical and numeracy skills.

  • Good written and verbal communication skills.

  • Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills with the ability to work within deadlines.

  • Interpersonal skills required to liaise effectively and professionally with the project team, stakeholders and contractors.

Desirable

  • Postgraduate degree in a relevant field and and working towards Chartership or demonstrably equivalent commercial experience and responsibility.

  • Working towards or recently achieved professional membership (CIHT, TPS, ICE).

If you would like more information on the role or wish to apply, please get in contact at info@rovia.co.uk.