Senior ​/ Principal Transport Planner - Freight & Logistics

Overview

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

About Your Role:
We are seeking a Senior or Principal Consultant to join our Transport & Mobility division and support our growing focus on Freight and Logistics. The role could be based from any of our UK offices, with hybrid working allowing for a mix of in‑office and home working.

You will lead the day‑to‑day technical transport planning input across a wide range of freight and logistics projects, taking on project management and leadership responsibilities where appropriate, potentially spanning one or more of the following areas:

• Freight policy and strategy – supporting clients to develop robust evidence bases and providing advice aligned with national, regional and local policy frameworks.
• Freight infrastructure – assisting with studies and business cases to improve the freight system, including key freight routes, lorry parking and amenities, and rail freight terminals.
• Urban freight – helping clients enable efficient last‑mile operations while balancing placemaking, highway safety and public realm priorities.
• Logistics planning – supporting the design and implementation of optimised logistics operations in complex or specialist environments, such as healthcare facilities and major infrastructure projects.
• Freight decarbonisation – supporting policymakers, infrastructure investors and operators in the transition to zero‑emission freight and logistics fleets.

You will lead transport planning inputs for small‑ to medium‑scale projects and work closely with senior colleagues on larger, multi‑disciplinary schemes. We will support you to build your professional network, broaden your project experience, and continue to develop your technical and leadership capability. You will also have the opportunity to mentor our Early Career Professionals, supporting their development while ensuring high‑quality project delivery.

Your Team:
We are a small, friendly and progressive team, bringing together a broad mix of grades, disciplines and backgrounds, with a strong culture of collaboration and mentorship.

The Freight and Logistics team sits within WSP’s wider Transport & Mobility business, working across the UK to support public and private sector clients. Our work spans Local and Combined Authorities, national government (including DfT and National Highways), Network Rail, city regions, national frameworks, and freight operators and developers.

We focus on shaping the future of freight, developing policies, strategies and solutions that recognise freight as a vital user of the transport network and a critical enabler of businesses, communities and everyday life. Our work spans early concepts through to delivery—providing high‑level advice on freight planning, feasibility, policy development and investable business cases that support resilient, efficient and sustainable freight movement.

Our projects cover the full breadth of freight and logistics, including logistics infrastructure (freight corridors, lorry parking, terminals and ports), freight decarbonisation (vehicles and supporting infrastructure), urban logistics (kerbside management, last‑mile solutions, modal shift), and logistics planning (construction logistics, operational concepts, master planning and strategy).

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