Senior/ Principal Transport Planner Bedford, MK44 3RZ Transport Planning

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We have an opportunity for a Senior/ Principal Transport Planner to join our growing, multidisciplinary consultancy based out of either our Bedford or Cambridge office or across both.

Why this role?

You will have opportunities to mentor and shape our expanding teams, and be responsible for driving projects forward through the planning process as part of our Transport East team.

We place great emphasis on living your best life and our team-centric culture and have received recent external recognition including as Gold Investors in People, a 'We Invest in Wellbeing' external accreditation and 'Best Place to Work' Winners.

Your day-to-day work with us will include:

• Preparing technical reports such as Access Appraisals, Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans and Active Travel Audits with support from colleagues.
• Undertaking junction capacity modelling.
• Reviewing CAD Design work by others, such as swept path analysis and simple access layouts.
• Project management of projects, with support from colleagues.
• Assisting with the financial management of projects, from drafting fee proposals to invoicing, with support from colleagues.
• Liaising with stakeholders, external project team members and clients.
• Representing the company at meetings, public consultations and exhibitions.
• Undertaking site visits.
• Accompanying other team members to local industry events and CPD where necessary.
• Managing your own workload with support from colleagues.

We are looking for:

• Experience of working on developments preferably within a range of sectors including residential and commercial.
• A working knowledge of traffic modelling software (junction & strategic).
• Understanding and experience of working on a range of scales of development, including strategic development sites.
• Knowledge and experience in liaising with stakeholders.
• Sound understanding of the plan-making process and impact on transport-related assessment work.
• The Right to Work in the UK (we are unable to provide visa sponsorship now or in the future).

Rewarding you

Our benefits include:

• Industry-leading annual leave: 25 days, plus your birthday, plus the period between Christmas and New Year, and an additional day for every three years' service up to an additional five days.
• 4% contribution towards your company pension.
• Life assurance.
• Access to the Company's wellbeing package, including a Cycle2work scheme, paid charity days, Employee Assistance Program (providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health or life matters) and social events throughout the year.