Transport Planning Industrial Trainee

You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future. Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.

Our work includes delivering transport planning projects that help shape how people and goods move through towns, cities and regions. Transport planners assess the current and future travel demand, advise on transport strategies, prepare evidence for development planning applications, design active travel and sustainable mobility solutions, and support masterplans that create better outcomes for people and places. Projects can range from strategic transport studies, business cases and policy advice through to major development proposals, station and interchange planning, public transport schemes, walking and cycling improvements, traffic and movement analysis, and transport inputs to regeneration and infrastructure programmes.

You will work with a wide range of clients including local authorities, combined authorities, government bodies, private developers, landowners, transport operators and infrastructure delivery organisations. You will also collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across Arup, bringing together expertise from planning, design, engineering and sustainability to deliver integrated solutions for our clients.

On this 10–12-month internship you’ll:

• Deliver transport planning analysis and advice - assess existing and future movement patterns, travel demand, accessibility, and transport impacts to inform project decisions. Apply transport data, spatial analysis, dashboards, modelling outputs and emerging data science techniques.
• Support transport strategies, policies, and business cases - contribute evidence, analysis, and written inputs for transport strategies, policy work, investment cases and funding submissions.
• Prepare transport inputs for development and infrastructure projects - support planning applications, masterplans, regeneration schemes, and infrastructure programmes through analysis and written contributions to Transport Assessments, access and movement strategies and Travel Plans.
• Develop sustainable and inclusive transport solutions - help design and appraise walking, cycling, public transport, interchange, and mobility improvements that support better outcomes for people and places.
• Work with clients and multidisciplinary teams - collaborate with public and private sector clients, transport operators, and Arup colleagues across a range of projects.

For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

• A Levels, BTECs or equivalent qualifications in a relevant subject, such as Geography & Geospatial Science, Civil Engineering, Data Science or Mathematics.
• Technical skills required: MS Office suite; good level of maths proficiency; good standard of written English.
• Desirable technical skills: data analysis, spreadsheet modelling, data science and coding; technical report writing.

Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes:

• Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world is key.
• Innovative minds:
  We’re looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Growth seekers:
  You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
• Adaptable adventurers:
  You’re ready…