Principal/Associate/Associate Director Transport Planner

Looking for a Principal/Associate/Associate Director Transport Planner role?

Are you keen to join a company where you will have a clear path of progression?

My client is seeking a Principal/Associate/Associate Director Transport Planner to be based in their office in Didcot, Oxfordshire. Your role will be to work closely with the current management team to deliver on current workloads and help expand the business.

The Transport team works with a variety of public and private sector clients, delivering transport planning and highways design services. The company has projects in a variety of sectors, including residential, commercial and education. The team are involved in:

• Preparing Transport Assessments, Transport Statements and Travel Plans to accompany planning applications
• Traffic modelling and junction capacity assessments
• Preparing evidence to support strategic site promotion
• Preparing evidence to support Local Plan Inquiries and Planning Appeals
• Highway design work for a wide variety of schemes, including S278, S184 and S38 works

The ideal candidate:

• Qualified to a minimum of degree level in an appropriate subject
• A proven ability to lead/manage projects, including their finances
• An ability to deal with clients and other professionals
• An ability to professionally represent the company
• Strong communication skills, both verbally and written
• Self–motivated and enthusiastic
• An ability to lead a team of professional transport planners and engineers
• Experience in preparing complex Transport Assessments
• Experience with undertaking and/or interpreting micro–simulation traffic modelling using Paramics or VISSIM or network modelling using SATURN
• Experience of promoting large scale residential developments through the Local Plan process, with associated preparation of relevant evidence base
• Experience of appearing at and preparing evidence to support Planning Appeals and Public Enquiries as an expert witness
• An ability to prepare firm and robust rebuttals to statutory consultees through the planning process including negotiating S106 requests to secure positive results for our clients

In addition to a competitive salary, you will receive:

• Pension scheme
• Private health care
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Death in Service benefit
• Initial 25 days holiday (3 held for the Christmas period)
• Additional holiday can be accrued in accordance with the number of years services, up to a total of 28 days
• The option to bank, buy or sell holiday each year after one years' service
• Long service awards including additional days off and 500 cash award
• Flexible working including the opportunity to work from home
• Paid professional membership
• Interest free loan for annual travel season ticket
• Yearly flu vaccine
• Eye tests paid and contribution towards glasses, if required solely for VDU work
• Regular CPD seminars
• Regular social events organised and funded by the company throughout the year
  
  If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please get in touch.
  
  Will Herman
  (phone number removed)