Associate Director Transport Planner

Associate Director Transport Planner x 2 Terms

Permanent roles

Location: Sheffield Office x 1 and Flexible Location x 1

£: Negotiable

Due to continuing sustained growth we are looking to expand our Transport Planning & Infrastructure team across the country and are seeking two enthusiastic, skilled and forward thinking Transport Planners at Associate Director level to join our thriving offices.

The Transport & Infrastructure (T&I) team provide a range of transport planning, traffic engineering and infrastructure design services to support development proposals all around the UK.

What do we expect from you?

You will play a key role in delivering a wide range of transport planning projects for public and private sector clients. You will lead tasks such as:

• Site appraisals and site promotion
• Transport assessments and statements
• Travel plans and sustainable mobility strategies
• Junction and network modelling
• Development planning and infrastructure planning
• Data analysis, forecasting and reporting
• Stakeholder engagement and client communication

You will have strong report writing and good interpersonal communication and relationship management skills, along with the ability to manage and prioritise projects on a day to day basis.

A confident user of ARCADY / PICADY, TRICS, Tempro and AutoCAD is required.

We are looking for candidates who are well motivated and ready to get involved in key projects, instilling high standards of work and building up good, strong client relationships.

What can you expect from DLP?

DLP is one of the UK's leading employee owned planning led practices, providing tailored multidisciplinary advice to our clients across the development sector.

Joining DLP brings with it the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside skilled professionals who will provide you with essential guidance and support to grow your career as a professional Transport Planner. You will also have the ability to work for a wide variety of clients and projects across both the private and public sectors and alongside colleagues in the wider DLP Group's core business sectors which include:

• Planning Research & Analysis
• Town Planning
• Sustainability Engineering

The range of benefits that we offer to our employees includes private healthcare with BUPA, life insurance, company pension with a salary sacrifice option, cycle to work scheme, contributions towards professional subscriptions and enhanced maternity scheme.

We support our staff with a very active training and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme which is intended to educate, inform and invite feedback.

Our CPD programme involves from both external speakers and internal staff members, with all staff encouraged to present on a relevant topic to develop their presentation skills.

Every staff member is formally reviewed at least annually. During this process, achievements and future targets are reflected upon and discussed - always with the aim of learning and moving forward.

We provide support in relation to working towards chartership with either CIHT, CILT or TPS, and you will be mentored throughout your career development with us.

As an Employee Ownership Trust, our staff, their wellbeing and their personal and professional development is of paramount importance to us.

We are committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and wellbeing throughout DLP and as an organisation we seek to:

• Actively contribute towards enhancing social value, including through our impacts on the environment, communities, local economies and innovation.
• Promote mental, physical and social wellbeing in the workplace.
• Actively promote, celebrate and enhance diversity across the organisation.
• Cultivate and promote an inclusive culture that maximises the talent, skills and diversity within our workforce.

You will find yourself extended technically but you will be rewarded with a variety of work and a level of responsibility not available in other larger organisations.

We offer hybrid working and therefore need a commitment from our staff to work collaboratively in a face to face environment on 'core' office days. Should you choose to work from home on 'non core' days, you will work independently but you will still have the support of colleagues who will be available via telephone and videocall.

How can you apply?

If you are interested in an Associate Director Transport Planner position at DLP then please send us your current CV to and our HR team will be in touch.

"I joined DLP as an Assistant Planner after graduating from the University of Sheffield. I have been with the company for 17 years now and during this time I have worked on a wide range of projects. Over the last 9 years or so I have specialised in heritage planning. This has enabled me to work on all kinds of projects relating to heritage assets and has not only developed my knowledge in this area of planning but allowed me to work on some fascinating and iconic historic buildings."

"The mentoring provided to support you through the APC process is second to none. You are allocated a mentor as soon as you join and they support and guide you through the process as much or as little as is required, making the whole process smooth and much easier to navigate. If you have a particular interest then people are always around to listen and provide the opportunities to develop your skills further, something that has been a personal experience of mine in my role as Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Ambassador, which was an opportunity provided due to my own interests in this topic."

"The experience I have gained at DLP since I first started as a graduate back in 2017 has been invaluable. I have been involved first hand in every type of planning application and planning appeal there is, and due to DLP being a multidisciplinary company I have also been able to learn from others in the office about various topics such as transport and urban design (alongside my role as town planner). My colleagues in all offices are always supportive, and I am grateful to work in such a friendly environment."

"I started in the Sheffield Office in September 2023. Having had to move to Sheffield for the job and being in a new situation, I was taken aback by how straightforward it was to settle into the office and wider company. DLP has provided me with excellent opportunities to develop new skills and progress my career. The office provides a great social working environment which allows everyone to excel in a team focused setting."