We have an opening for a Senior Transport Planner to join our clients expanding Oxfordshire office. This is an opportunity to join a multi-disciplinary consultancy offering engineering, design, and surveying expertise to the construction industry.
The current team is highly motivated and committed to the delivering of successful projects. Your day-to-day tasks will include carry out the preparation of site appraisals, feasibility studies and pre-application advice & preparing Transport Assessments, Transport Statements and Travel Plans. You will be part of a talented and enthusiastic team of Transport Planners and Engineers who enjoy working on a diverse range of challenging projects.
What’s on offer
- Hybrid / Remote working options
- Death in Service benefit
- Private Health Insurance
- The option to bank, buy or sell holiday after one year’s service
- Hybrid /Flexi-time working hours
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Paid professional membership
- Support with training development
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Interest free loan for annual travel season ticket
The role
- Carry out the preparation of site appraisals, feasibility studies and pre-application advice
- Prepare Transport Assessments, Transport Statements and Travel Plans
- Undertake traffic modelling and junction capacity assessments
- Liaise with clients, project team members and local authorities
- Attend meetings with clients, local authorities and/or other members of the project team
What you need to succeed
- To be degree qualified in Transport/Engineering or similar
- Ideally Chartered or working towards.
- Prior experience in client liaison and to have the ability to professionally represent your company
- Strong communication skills, both verbally and written
- 4+ years’ experience in preparing complex Transport Assessments
- 4+ years’ experience with undertaking and/or interpreting micro-simulation traffic modelling using Paramics or VISSIM or network modelling using SATURN
- Experience of promoting large scale residential development through the Local Plan process, with associated preparation of relevant evidence base
- Experience with highway design and Road Safety Audits