Associate Transport Planner (Development)

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.

Role Overview

Our Development Planning team is seeking an Associate Transport Planner to join our growing integrated Development team in Edinburgh. The role will include working on a range of projects from commercial, retail and residential through to Local Development Framework Representations, developing transport strategies and providing Expert Witness evidence. We support private sector clients in taking development proposals through the planning process and public sector clients in developing transport and parking strategies, business cases and scheme development. The team works closely with our Highways, Services, Structures and Environmental teams as part of our remit to lead larger multi‑disciplinary development proposals.

You will lead the day‑to‑day technical transport planning input into Development planning projects, and perform a project‑management and leadership role on projects where appropriate. This includes mentoring Early Career Professionals to assist with project delivery.

Leading our transport planning input into small to medium scale projects and working with senior colleagues to assist in the delivery, management and leadership of complex multi‑disciplinary projects further develops your existing commercial skills and expands your professional network to support Business Development.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading the technical work on some or all of the following: Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, access strategy work, parking strategies, sustainable transport and active travel provision, and working with guidance such as NPPF, DfT Transport Assessment guidelines, Manual for Streets;
• Expertise in preparing traffic flow information for use in a Transport Assessment and/or Environmental Statement;
• Expertise in the set up and running of junction capacity modelling software such as Junctions 10 and Linsig, and an understanding of inputs, outputs and scenario testing;
• Experience of project management (e.g. budget planning, resource planning, invoicing) on small to medium scale projects;
• Capability of carrying out and/or supervising conceptual junction design (priority, roundabout, signals);
• Good communication skills and the confidence to lead discussions with clients, project team members, co‑professionals and other stakeholders;
• Ability to share knowledge and mentor Early Career Professionals in your areas of technical expertise;
• Expertise in day‑to‑day software packages such as Excel and Word;
• Having a growing professional network of co‑professionals and clients;
• Being an experienced Engineer/Transport Planner with significant knowledge and hands‑on post‑graduate experience;
• Ideally holding or pursuing chartered status in a transport‑related discipline.

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