Senior Transport Planner

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Senior Transport Planner

Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire
Type: Full-Time | Permanent

Senior Transport Planner - Didcot, Oxfordshire

Are you an experienced Transport Planner looking to take the next step in your career with a growing and well-established multi-disciplinary consultancy?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Transport Planner to join a highly regarded consultancy in their Didcot office, working as part of a talented and collaborative team delivering a wide range of challenging and high-quality transport planning projects.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate with a strong consultancy background in Transport Planning who is looking to further develop their technical and commercial skills, work closely with senior leadership, and play a key role in the continued growth of a successful and expanding business.

The Company

This is a well-established multi-disciplinary consultancy providing engineering, design, and surveying expertise to the construction industry.
With a strong reputation for delivering professional advice at every stage of the project lifecycle, the business works across a wide variety of sectors and has built an impressive track record in solving complex transport planning challenges.
The company has a number of established regional offices and continues to grow its presence within the industry, supported by a highly motivated and experienced team committed to delivering successful outcomes for clients.

The Opportunity

You'll be joining a talented and enthusiastic team of Transport Planners and Engineers who work on a diverse range of development-led and infrastructure-related projects.
This role is ideal for someone who is ready to take on greater responsibility, build on their existing consultancy experience, and contribute to both project delivery and wider business growth.
You'll have the opportunity to work closely with senior management, support clients across a broad range of sectors, and develop your expertise in both technical delivery and client-facing work.

The Role

As a Senior Transport Planner, you'll play a key role in delivering transport planning services across a variety of schemes, with responsibilities including:

Preparing site appraisals, feasibility studies, and pre-application advice
Producing Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, and Travel Plans
Undertaking traffic modelling and junction capacity assessments
Liaising with clients, project team members, and local authorities
Attending meetings with clients, local authorities, and wider project teams
Supporting the delivery of high-quality technical outputs across multiple projects
Contributing positively to the growth, reputation, and success of the wider transport planning team

What We're Looking For

To be considered for this role, you should have:

A degree-level qualification in an appropriate subject
A solid consultancy background in Transport Planning
Experience preparing complex Transport Assessments
Experience undertaking and/or interpreting micro-simulation traffic modelling using:
VISSIM
or network modelling using:
SATURN
Experience promoting large-scale residential development through the Local Plan process, including preparation of associated evidence base
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
The ability to deal confidently and professionally with clients, local authorities, and other professionals
A self-motivated, enthusiastic, and proactive approach
The ability to represent the business professionally and build strong working relationships

What's On Offer

The successful candidate will benefit from a highly competitive and well-rounded package, including:

Competitive salary
Pension scheme
Salary Sacrifice scheme
Death in Service benefit
25 days annual leave initially (with 3 days reserved for the Christmas period)
Additional annual leave based on length of service, increasing up to 28 days
Option to bank, buy or sell holiday after one year's service
Long service awards, including additional days off and cash awards
Flexi-time working
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Paid professional membership
Ongoing support with training and development
Study leave
Cycle to Work scheme
Cinema Voucher Scheme
Interest-free loan for annual travel season tickets
Yearly flu vaccination
Eye tests paid, plus contribution towards glasses where required for VDU work
Charity days
Regular company-funded social events throughout the year
Free refreshments including tea, coffee, juice, and fresh fruit
Free on-site parking

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly, supportive and well-respected consultancy with a strong team culture, low staff turnover, and a genuine commitment to employee development.
If you're looking for a role where you can work on interesting and technically challenging transport planning projects, develop your career within a collaborative environment, and have real exposure to senior management and business growth, apply direct of contact Michael from Aldwych Consulting (phone number removed)

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business
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Location:
Oxford
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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