Transport Planner

We are recruiting a Transport Planner to support our growing workload through 2025 and into 2026.

Job Description

AWP is an award-winning regional consultancy, providing specialist development planning and infrastructure services to the property industry. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic person to join our busy transport planning team, at a salary and grade reflective of capabilities, to support our growing workload through 2025 and into 2026.

AWP has a team of over 40 engineers, transport planners and technicians, and we believe this makes us the largest team specialising in our field of the industry operating in the region. We all have ties with Devon and the Exeter area, and we are very proud to be a part of the dynamic community in the city.

We are based at our office at Pynes Hill, which has easy access to local residential areas by foot, the Exeter wide cycle network, as well as bus and rail links into the city centre and out into East Devon. It is also very handy for the M5 and A30.

Our office has desk space for everybody, as well as numerous meeting rooms and break-out space for collaboration with colleagues. However, we embrace the opportunities of Agile Working and the advantages that can offer in terms of work-life balance, and we are fully set up for remote home working as well.

We have been awarded Investors in People Gold Standard three times in a row, with the staff survey score at our last review in 2025 being significantly ahead of the IIP average for all organisations and those operating within our industry. The IIP Examiner also commented that “People also presented examples demonstrating how they are made to feel valued and receive appreciation for the work they do, referencing your benefits package, employee awards and the support, feedback, and encouragement they receive from managers.

Skill and career development is something you continue to do well.”

To undertake a Transport Planner role within our busy Transport Team, assisting senior colleagues with delivering multiple private sector-based planning stage AWP projects for numerous different clients. This would include the following day-to-day tasks:

• Preparing Transport Assessments / Statements, Transport Feasibility Studies and Travel Plans
• Undertaking traffic generation and distribution analysis, junction capacity modelling, and assessment of associated datasets
• Undertaking site visits and accessibility/active travel audits
• Assisting with developing multi-modal site access strategies and / or off-site highway improvement
  schemes
• Utilising AutoCAD, GIS, TRICS, TEMPRO, JUNCTIONS software
• Cross-team working with colleagues in our Flood Risk & Drainage Team

There will be excellent opportunities to get involved in all aspects of our transport planning work with both internal and external training and mentoring provided.

The AWP Transport Planning Team Lead is a Chartered Transport Planner and an approved reviewer for the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transport. You will therefore be well placed to receive guidance and mentoring as you work towards achieving Chartered status in the future.

Transport Planner

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Geography or other relevant subject
• MSc Transport Planning advantageous, but not essential
• Ideally around 2-4 years’ experience working in development planning, ideally in the private sector, in order to demonstrate the experience in the type of workload that we would require
• Willingness to work towards securing professional qualification (i.e. IEng, CEng through ICE or CIHT, or TPP
• Experience in undertaking work associated with our core transport planning services; (i.e. feasibility studies, access strategy, Transport Assessment, Travel Planning, preliminary highway design etc)
• Proactive and enthusiastic with a keen willingness to learn and desire to progress their career in the field of transport planning, and be able to work as part of a busy and dynamic team
• Some knowledge and understanding of current highway design guidance and methodologies (MfS, DMRB etc)
• Good numeracy and analytical skills; good English and report writing
• Experience in using CAD / GIS advantageous, but not vital
• Working knowledge of key software, including ARCADY, PICADY, LINSIG, GIS, Excel etc

• Salary dependent on experience and grade
• Membership of AWP’s business and individual performance-related bonus scheme
• Minimum 25 days annual leave (plus the English Bank Holidays)
• AWP contributions to group pension scheme
• Life cover
• Membership of the AWP Group Health Scheme
• Enhanced parental leave provision
• Benefiz Flexipot scheme (to spend on various other company benefits such as the cycle purchase scheme, medical screening services, additional life/health insurance, Gym-flex membership etc.)
• ICE accredited training scheme, and support for professional qualifications through IEng, CEng or TPP
• Annual subscriptions of professional institutions