Transport Planner

The Company

An award-winning
development planning and infrastructure consultancy
is looking to strengthen its
Transport Planning team
as part of continued growth through 2025 and beyond.

This is a well-established, regionally respected practice with one of the
largest specialist transport planning teams in the South West
, delivering private-sector development projects across a wide range of sites and clients. With a multidisciplinary team of engineers, transport planners and technicians, the business offers genuine technical depth, collaboration and long-term career stability.

Rooted in the Exeter area, the consultancy takes real pride in its people-first culture. It has consistently achieved
Investors in People Gold
status, with staff feedback highlighting strong leadership, excellent support, clear career development and a workplace where individuals genuinely feel valued.

The business embraces
agile working
, offering flexibility between office and home, while also providing a modern, well-connected Exeter office designed to support collaboration, mentoring and team working.

This is an excellent opportunity for a
Transport Planner
to join a busy, growing team and work on a diverse portfolio of
planning-stage development projects
for private-sector clients.

You’ll support senior colleagues while gaining hands‑on experience across all aspects of transport planning, with structured mentoring and training provided throughout.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing
  Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, Feasibility Studies and Travel Plans
• Undertaking traffic generation, distribution and junction capacity analysis
• Carrying out site visits and accessibility / active travel audits
• Assisting with multi-modal access strategies and off-site highway improvement schemes
• Working with industry-standard software including
  AutoCAD, GIS, TRICS, TEMPRO and JUNCTIONS
• Collaborating closely with colleagues in related disciplines such as
  Flood Risk & Drainage

You’ll be encouraged to get involved across the full project lifecycle, building both technical capability and commercial awareness.

You’ll be joining a team led by a
Chartered Transport Planner
who is also an approved professional reviewer. This provides an excellent platform for mentoring and support as you work towards
Chartered or Incorporated status
.

The consultancy offers a structured, accredited training environment with both internal and external development opportunities.

We’re looking for a motivated and proactive Transport Planner who brings:

• A
  degree in Civil Engineering, Geography or a related discipline
• An
  MSc in Transport Planning
  (advantageous but not essential)
• Typically2–4 years’ experience
  in development-led transport planning (ideally private sector)
• Experience contributing to Transport Assessments, access strategies and feasibility work
• An interest in working toward a professional qualification (IEng, CEng or TPP)
• Good numeracy, analytical and report-writing skills
• A working knowledge of current guidance such as
  MfS, DMRB
• Familiarity with software such as
  ARCADY, PICADY, LINSIG, GIS and Excel
• CAD / GIS experience (beneficial, not essential)
• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm to learn and progress

• Salary
  dependent on experience and grade
• Business and individual
  performance-related bonus scheme
• Minimum
  25 days annual leave
  plus Bank Holidays
• Employer pension contributions
• Life assurance
• Membership of a
  group health scheme
• Enhanced parental leave
• Flexible benefits scheme (including cycle-to-work, gym membership, medical screening and insurance options)
• ICE-accredited training scheme
• Full support toward
  IEng, CEng or TPP
• Payment of professional subscriptions

If you’re a Transport Planner looking for
varied work
, excellent mentoring, flexible working and a genuinely supportive culture — this is a standout opportunity to build a long-term career with a consultancy that invests in its people.