Consultant Transport Planning - South West​/Wales

Role Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Transport Planning team as a Senior or Consultant Level Transport Planner within our growing Wales and South West regional team. You will support a varied Local Authority portfolio, gaining strong exposure to project delivery, technical input, client engagement, pursuits, bid support and account management. The role spans transport strategy, active travel, business case development, public transport, movement and access, and place-based mobility projects that deliver sustainable and practical outcomes for communities.

Projects range from early strategy and feasibility through to appraisal, design development, consultation and delivery. In Wales, you will work closely with clients such as Swansea Council and Neath Port Talbot Council. In the South West, you may support commissions with Cornwall Council, Bristol City Council and a wider mix of Local Authorities, regional transport bodies and public sector partners.

The work is shaped by Welsh and UK Government policy, Regional Transport Plans, decarbonisation, active travel, public transport and placemaking priorities, with opportunities to support established accounts and develop new client relationships across the region.

You will work alongside colleagues across Arcadis services, including Highways, Project Management, Cost Management, Rail, Environment, Architecture and Landscape Design. Transport planning often helps unlock opportunities for other disciplines, allowing our advice to shape wider outcomes for regeneration, housing, climate resilience and community‑focused infrastructure.

• WelTAG and TAG business case preparation and advice
• Funding bid preparation and advice
• Multimodal modelling and scheme appraisal
• Sustainable design, concept development and feasibility
• Transport strategy and master planning input and advice
• Travel demand management and behavioural change strategies
• Sustainable transport, active travel and public transport inputs
• Development planning
• Future mobility
• Public consultation and stakeholder engagement

• Degree level qualification or above in transport planning, geography, planning, civil engineering or a related discipline.
• Membership of a relevant transport‑related professional institution, ideally chartered or actively working towards chartership.
• 2‑3+ years’ experience in transport planning, including Local Authority project delivery and project management.
• An interest in client engagement, work winning and supporting the growth of our Wales and South West Local Authority portfolio.
• Experience working in large multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to support the production of quality bids.
• Experience developing technical outputs.
• Excellent report writing and communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Work streams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.