Transport Planner​/Assistant Transport Planner

Job Description

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.

A little more about your role…

We are looking to recruit a Transport Planner or Assistant Transport Planner to join our Transport & Mobility Planning team. The role can be based from either our Edinburgh or Glasgow offices, with hybrid working allowing for a mix of home and in‑office working.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a variety of projects and proposals, delivering high‑quality outputs in line with client requirements.
• Work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, collaborating with other WSP service lines to deliver large multi‑disciplinary projects from concept to delivery.
• Play a supporting role in securing and delivering work for our diverse local client portfolio.
• Contribute to the financial performance of your projects and the commercial performance of our team.
• Make an active contribution to WSP's four key pillars (People; Clients & Growth; Operations; and Expertise).

You will have an opportunity to work collaboratively with our Net Zero, Future Mobility and Freight growth areas on a range of innovative strategies for our public sector clients, as well as our extensive range of expertise practice groups, including Public Transport, Active Travel and Transport Communications.

Your Team

We undertake a wide range of transport planning technical work for our clients, as well as having an extensive portfolio of multi‑disciplinary and cross‑sector services, including transport planning for major developments, active travel and public transport network planning, scheme development and appraisal, business case development and government funding applications for all types of transport schemes. Our clients include developers, local authorities and national government organisations, giving our staff the opportunity to work in a range of roles, across multiple disciplines, and realise their career aspirations.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Prior experience in transport and mobility planning and design, and transport data analysis.
• Excellent report writing and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly to clients and colleagues.
• Experience of working with the development planning sector.
• Experience of software packages such as TRICS and Junctions.
• Understanding of project management skills developed across a range of transport and multi‑disciplinary projects.
• Creative, innovative mind‑set, lateral thinker.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.