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Senior Transport Planner at BWB Consulting

Senior Transport Planner

BWB Consulting · BIR, GB

6 days ago

Senior Transport Planner

BWB Consulting · BIR, GB

6 days ago
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About the Role

BWB Consulting has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer or Transport Planner to join our growing Transport & Accessibility Planning team. The successful candidate will be highly motivated, with a desire to contribute to a growing team and develop their professional career with BWB.

Responsibilities

  • Support the delivery of Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Travel Plans, Masterplans, Traffic Engineering schemes, and other technical reports.
  • Collaborate with team members, other BWB departments, clients, architects, and planners throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Apply appropriate technical standards such as Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Traffic Modelling Guidelines, Manual for Streets, and Local Authority Design Guides.
  • Assist in preparing fee proposals and ensure projects are delivered within budget and meet KPIs.
  • Support meetings, including negotiations with Local Authorities and other regulatory bodies.
  • Undertake project management, contribute to project finances, and mentor junior team members.
  • Engage in business development activities and contribute to the team's direction and growth.

Requirements

  • Demonstrate experience in traffic engineering and transport planning for development, including analysis and assessment.
  • Ability to assist senior colleagues with client and regulatory body interactions.
  • Knowledge of client briefs, fee proposals, and effective project delivery.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Good technical writing skills.
  • Sound working competence in MS Office products (Excel and Word).
  • Ability to prepare Transport Statements/Assessments, Junction or Network Improvement Studies, Impact Assessments, Travel Plans, ES Chapters, Access Studies, and other transport-related documents.
  • Experience preparing AADT/AAWT flows for air/noise assessments with wider experience in technical design and master planning.
  • Experience operating and interpreting industry-standard junction capacity assessment applications (e.g., Junctions 11, LinSig), preferably including network modelling.
  • Experience preparing and checking scheme design drawings and figures using packages such as AutoCAD and GIS.
  • Ability to work effectively in an unsupervised environment, leading work or working within a project team.
  • Demonstrate management techniques including project and resource management, and mentoring of junior staff.

Skills

  • Transport Assessments
  • Transport Statements
  • Travel Plans
  • Masterplans
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Active Travel
  • Sustainable Transport
  • Corridor Improvement Schemes
  • Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
  • Traffic Modelling Guidelines
  • Manual for Streets
  • Local Authority Design Guides
  • Fee Proposals
  • Project Management
  • MS Office
  • Excel
  • Word
  • Junction Capacity Assessment
  • Junctions 11
  • LinSig
  • Network Modelling
  • AutoCAD
  • GIS
  • Project Management
  • Resource Management

Location

  • Office-based (hybrid)

Work Type

  • Hybrid working (3 days office)
  • Flexible core hours

Experience Level

  • Senior level

Education Level

  • Degree in an analytical subject (e.g., engineering, geography, mathematics)
  • Ideally membership of a relevant professional institution (CIHT, CILT, IHE, TPS, ICE)

Benefits

  • Salary
  • 5% pension match
  • Life assurance
  • Long-service recognition
  • 25 days’ holiday (rising to 28)
  • Option to buy more holiday
  • Westfield Health
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Fully funded training
  • Chartership support
  • Paid professional subscriptions
  • Volunteering days
  • Social events
  • Discounts and savings

About the Company

  • BWB Consulting is recognized as ACE Best Large Consultancy of the Year 2022.
  • Proudly accredited with Investors in People and Investors in Wellbeing.
  • Award-winning culture built on excellence, collaboration, and sustainability.
  • We push boundaries to deliver exceptional results for clients and create meaningful impact for communities.

Equal Opportunity

  • We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.
  • We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.
  • We offer adjustments to our process for candidates with medical conditions or individual needs.