Transport​/Senior Transport Planner

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Location/s: Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, Liverpool; UK

Recruiter contact: Emma Cantley

Mott Mac Donald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee‑owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued.

Whatever your ambition, Mott Mac Donald is where people come to be brilliant.

We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

Transport planning is a core service at Mott Mac Donald, forming a vital part of our extensive transport business. We specialise in business case development, policy, and strategy, and are proud to support some of the UK’s most high‑profile projects, including HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail, Manchester Piccadilly Station, Liverpool Central, West Yorkshire Mass Transit, and major schemes for National Highways. We’re also leading the way in active travel and alternative mode transport planning.

In the North, we work across West and South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Cumbria, and Wales, delivering both large‑scale and local transport strategies, business cases, and funding bids. Our team operates across major frameworks with Transport for Greater Manchester, Merseytravel, Cheshire and Cumbria, West and South Yorkshire Combined Authorities, and local authorities such as Sheffield and Bradford.

We’re at the forefront of future mobility, advising the Department for Transport on innovation, alternative fuels, and transport technology, while helping authorities develop strategies that support sustainable travel, decarbonisation, regeneration, and public health.

As a Transport / Senior Transport Planner, you’ll be based in one of our northern offices (Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, or Newcastle), leading the development of transport policy, strategy, and business cases. You’ll manage project work streams, mentor junior staff, and engage directly with clients and stakeholders. You’ll contribute to business development, shape regional transport agendas, and help deliver some of the UK’s most exciting and transformative transport projects.

We’re looking for someone who shares our passion for shaping the future of transport and who wants to grow their career in a collaborative, forward‑thinking environment.

We’re looking for a Transport / Senior Transport Planner with a strong track record in shaping transport policy, strategy, and business case development. You’ll bring technical expertise, and a collaborative mindset to a team delivering some of the UK’s most complex and high‑profile transport projects.

You’ll typically have 5–7+ years of post‑graduate experience in transport planning, with proven experience in leading work streams, managing client relationships, and contributing to business development. Your background may include transport economics, appraisal, sustainable transport,…