Transport Planner​/Senior Transport Planner

Transport Planner / Senior Transport Planner

Due to continuing growth in the team we are looking for a Transport Planner / Senior Transport Planner to join our friendly and busy team in Bristol. The Transport & Infrastructure (T&I) team provide a range of transport planning, traffic engineering and infrastructure design services to support development proposals all around the UK.

You should have good interpersonal communication and relationship management skills and have the ability to manage and prioritise projects on a day-to-day basis. You will have a good understanding of Transport Planning and ideally a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role.

We are looking for candidates who are well motivated and ready to get involved in key projects, instilling high standards of work and building up good, strong client relationships.

What can you expect from DLP?

DLP is one of the UK’s leading employee-owned planning-led practices, providing tailored multidisciplinary advice to our clients across the development sector.

Joining DLP brings with it the opportunity to gain valuable experience working alongside skilled professionals who will provide you with essential guidance and support to grow your career as a professional planner. You will also have the ability to work for a wide variety of clients and projects across both the private and public sectors and alongside colleagues in the wider DLP Group’s core business sectors which include:

• Planning Research & Analysis
• Town Planning
• Sustainability Engineering

The range of benefits that we offer to our employees includes private healthcare with BUPA, life insurance, company pension with a salary sacrifice option, cycle to work scheme, contributions towards professional subscriptions and enhanced maternity scheme.

We support our staff with a very active training and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme which is intended to educate, inform and invite feedback.

Our CPD programme involves presentations from both external speakers and internal staff members, with all staff encouraged to present on a relevant topic to develop their presentation skills.

Every staff member is formally reviewed at least annually. During this process, achievements and future targets are reflected upon and discussed – always with the aim of learning and moving forward.

We provide support in relation to working towards chartership with either CIHT, CILT or TPS, and you will be mentored throughout your career development with us.

As an Employee Ownership Trust, our staff, their wellbeing and their personal and professional development is of paramount importance to us.

We are committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and wellbeing throughout DLP and as an organisation we seek to:

• Actively contribute towards enhancing social value, including through our impacts on the environment, communities, local economies and innovation.
• Promote mental, physical and social wellbeing in the workplace.
• Actively promote, celebrate and enhance diversity across the organisation.
• Cultivate and promote an inclusive culture that maximises the talent, skills and diversity within our workforce.

What do we expect from you?

As a Transport Planner or Senior Transport Planner you will work under the supervision of senior staff. You will:

• Have a working knowledge of ARCADY, PICADY, TRICS, AutoCAD, Excel
• Have excellent written skills, verbal and technical skills appropriate to your role
• Have experience of providing written reports such as Transport Assessments / Travel Plans
• Have team spirit and an ambition to make a very real contribution to a young and growing business on a day to day basis

You will find yourself extended technically but you will be rewarded with a variety of work and a level of responsibility not available in other larger organisations.

We offer hybrid working and therefore need a commitment from our staff to work collaboratively in a face-to-face environment on ‘core’ office days. Should you choose to work from home on ‘non-core’ days, you will be trusted to work independently but you will still have the support of senior colleagues who will be available via telephone and videocall.

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