Senior Transport Planner

Location/s: Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester, Cambridge, Southampton, Croydon, Reading, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow
Relocation supported: Not supported
Recruiter contact: Madeleine Knight

Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

About the business unit
We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and​ advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

About the team
Our projects include transport assessment and modelling for major schemes such as HS2 and East West Rail, improving active travel and public transport links in South East Wales along the M4 corridor and making the case for investment and regeneration across key centres in the North of England.  

We support the development of smaller scale infrastructure and development planning projects across the country. For example, the development of innovative facilities for cyclists and pedestrians in Brighton.  We carry out a significant number of transport assessments and travel plans for development proposals and major transport infrastructure whilst we undertake scheme development and appraisal work.   

We have major frameworks in transport planning, travel demand management and modelling with organisations including Transport for London, Merseytravel,  The West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Midlands Connect.  

Overview of role
We are looking for a proactive, enthusiastic and passionate transport planning professional. The role is to support the transport assessment requirements of major infrastructure projects and other growth sectors of the economy.  

The successful candidate will be a key member of the Transport Planning team which is in the Transport Mobility Solutions Division.  

Key elements to successfully fulfil this role are: 
•    Working as part of our collaborative project teams.
•    Providing briefings and delivering technical work for senior staff and clients.
•    Overseeing budgets, tasks and projects that match your ability, expertise and interests.
•    Proposal and report writing.
•    Contributing to identifying new client opportunities and business development.
•    Working with the team to fulfil the needs of our clients across a wide range of opportunities, including developing new and innovative technical solutions.
•    Mentoring junior members of the team and contributing to their development.

Candidate Specification

You will have post-graduate experience within transport planning and have an interest in transportation, placemaking, sustainability and social development. 

Candidates should have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline (or equivalent).
• Membership (or working towards membership) of a relevant professional organisation (such as Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Transport Planning Society or Institution of Civil Engineers) or ideally looking to achieve chartered status (e.g. Transport Planning Professional).
• High standard of verbal and written communication and willingness to engage and communicate with clients and colleagues.
• Experience in bid and tendering processes.
• Demonstrable understanding of TAG and modelling techniques using Linsig, TRANSYT, ARCADY and PICADY.
• Demonstrable skills in some of the following: business cases, transport economics, scheme development and appraisal, transport policy and strategy, rail and bus planning, sustainable transport planning decarbonising transport, strategic transport connectivity and  transport studies (or a combination of) for projects with national and / or local government clients, agencies, and private sector.

Desirable qualifications and experience:

• MSc or post-graduate qualification in a transport/urban design related subject. 
• Experience in assessing the impact of major schemes.  
• Knowledge of regional transport planning markets.
• People management and/or project management experience.
• Good understanding of Net Zero, sustainability and carbon.

We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working 

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Pension matched up to 7%   
• Life insurance 
• An annual professional institution subscription   
• Continuous development opportunities – because we want you to thrive  
• Agile/flexible working – because life isn’t 9-5  
• Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies – for parents and care givers  
• Annual bonus scheme  
• Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans 
• Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources 
• Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities 
• The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our social outcomes

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.