Associate Transport Planner

Associate Transport Planner
Birmingham
The role
This is an Associate Transport Planner role based in Birmingham city centre with a respected independent engineering consultancy. It's a chance to step up from delivering projects to helping steer the business.
You'll run your own portfolio of development-led transport projects, lead project teams, and act as the go-to contact for some of the UK's leading developers and architects. As an Associate, you'll also have a real voice in how the business grows. You'll win new work, shape bids and frameworks, and help set the direction of the Birmingham office.
If you're a Senior or Principal Transport Planner who wants more ownership, more client responsibility and a clear step towards leadership, this is that move. And if you want to go home at the end of the day knowing you've achieved and delivered something, you'll fit right in.
Why this opportunity stands out
At this level, helping to shape the business is part of your everyday work, not a box to tick at appraisal time. You'll build and own your client relationships and see schemes through from first brief to planning consent. The work is varied and high-profile, covering residential, logistics, healthcare, education, leisure and commercial development across the UK. Everyone in the team has a personal development plan and a clear route to the next level. Rewards are linked to your individual contribution and backed by an end-of-year bonus, so the effort you put in is recognised.
The company
My client is an independent engineering consultancy specialising in transport planning, highways and infrastructure design, drainage and flood risk. They have offices in Birmingham, Manchester and London, and they work with major property developers, architects and local authorities nationwide.
They're a growing, agile practice that puts people first. Growth and development sit at the heart of the culture, and the team is guided by values of integrity, initiative, passion, growth and fun. It's a collaborative environment where good people get noticed and progress quickly.
What you'll be doing
·Managing and producing Transport Notes, Statements, Assessments, Travel Plans and Site Access Appraisals for new development
·Running several projects and project teams at once
·Being the main day-to-day contact for clients, developing key accounts and winning new business
·Preparing client briefs and fee proposals, and contributing to company-wide bids and frameworks
·Junction capacity modelling (Junctions: ARCADY/PICADY) and traffic signal design (LinSig)
·Preliminary design of access, junction improvements and highway schemes (AutoCAD), plus swept path analysis (AutoTrack)
·Producing high-quality graphics using GIS and/or CorelDraw
·Acting as Travel Plan Coordinator where needed
What you'll bring
·Experience in development-focused transport planning
·A degree in Transport Planning, Civil Engineering or Geography
·A strong understanding of local and national transport policy and guidance
·Technical competence across the software above and Microsoft Office
·Project management experience and confidence with clients
·Membership of CIHT, ICE or a similar body, or working towards it
·Excellent communication skills, accuracy, attention to detail and plenty of initiative
The package
·End-of-year bonus scheme
·25 days' annual leave, increasing with seniority
·Flexible working
·Private medical insurance and a health cash plan
·Two-tier pension
·Life insurance and death in service cover
·Apple MacBook
·Cycle hire scheme and travel loans (discretionary)
 
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