Our client is an award-winning regional consultancy, providing specialist development planning and infrastructure services to the property industry. They are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Transport Planner to join their busy transport planning team in Basingstoke.
Purpose of the Role:
To undertake a Transport Planner role within the busy Transport Team, assisting senior colleagues with delivering multiple private sector-based planning stage projects for numerous different clients. This would include the following day-to-day tasks:
Preparing Transport Assessments / Statements, Transport Feasibility Studies and Travel Plans
Undertaking traffic generation and distribution analysis, junction capacity modelling, and assessment of associated datasets
Undertaking site visits and accessibility/active travel audits
Assisting with developing multi-modal site access strategies and / or off-site highway improvement schemes
Cross-team working with colleagues in our Flood Risk & Drainage Team
Qualifications/Experience:
Degree in Civil Engineering, Geography or other relevant subject
MSc Transport Planning advantageous, but not essential
Ideally around 2-4 years’ experience working in development planning, ideally in the private sector, in order to demonstrate the experience in the type of workload that they would require
Willingness to work towards securing professional qualification (i.e. IEng, CEng through ICE or CIHT, or TPP
Experience in undertaking work associated with our core transport planning services; (i.e. feasibility studies, access strategy, Transport Assessment, Travel Planning, preliminary highway design etc)
Proactive and enthusiastic with a keen willingness to learn and desire to progress their career in the field of transport planning, and be able to work as part of a busy and dynamic team
Some knowledge and understanding of current highway design guidance and methodologies (MfS, DMRB etc)
Good numeracy and analytical skills; good English and report writing
Experience in using CAD / GIS advantageous, but not vital
Working knowledge of key software, including ARCADY, PICADY, LINSIG, GIS, Excel etc
Salary & Package:
Salary dependent on experience
Membership of the Company and individual performance-related bonus scheme
Minimum 25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays)
Contributions to group pension scheme
Life cover
Membership of the Group Health Scheme
Enhanced parental leave provision
ICE accredited training scheme, and support for professional qualifications through IEng, CEng or TPP
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