Transport Planner
Brighton/London
Project Centre, part of Marston Holdings, is a leading design, engineering, and landscape architecture consultancy whose highly talented people are passionate about creating places that are attractive, innovative, sustainable, and safe. Our approach to integrated design produces award winning results that have won international recognition and named CIHT’s Employer of the Year in 2021. Led by a forward-thinking management team we work together in multi-disciplinary teams that provide services that are well thought-out and sustainable.
We are currently looking for a Transport Planner to join our team. You will join a vibrant team and work on projects across the UK, enabling you to advance your career, whilst giving you the freedom to achieve personal growth and development. We will provide you with the opportunities to enable you to succeed and support you to reach your potential. The role of a Transport Planner is to support senior colleagues and planners through providing project support for a wide range of clients and technical work streams. This position requires knowledge of planning and transport with the ability to provide support to technical solutions from inception through to completion
We recognise our greatest strength is the people we employ, and we are committed to developing talent and providing staff with the skills and knowledge they need to not only do their job well now, but to equip them for life as their careers progress. Our staff say our people and our diversity are our biggest strengths and our Equality and Inclusion Group and Women’s Network are ensuring that inclusion is at the heart of our policies, processes, and practices. As standard we offer flexible working to everyone and the ability to work remotely when needed. Project Centre is a people focused organisation. We care about our colleagues and part of that is to help every employee to achieve a healthy work-life balance.
If you aspire to really making a difference and want to work with great colleagues whilst advancing your career, then Project Centre could be the place for you.
The position itself will include, but not be limited to:
- Provide technical support on projects and advice on complex technical issues.
- Ensure all project files are up to date and comply with the QA system
- Draft project content based on clear instructions from project managers
- Manipulating data from a range of sources
- Be part of multi-discipline project teams
- Respond to client and customer requests and enquiries and ensuring that their needs are met
- To be flexible - carry out any duties as and when required for the good of the company
The ideal candidate will have but not be limited to:
- Previous experience in transport planning essential
- Knowledge of Transport Appraisal, Travel Planning, Transportation study techniques and software
- Familiarity with traffic and highway legislation
- Knowledge of relevant technical and policy standards
- Knowledge and practical experience of transport and development planning
- Excellent computer literacy (knowledge of using spreadsheets, Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and Outlook, some knowledge of technical software e.g. SATURN, VISUM, VISSIM, TRANSYT, LINSIG, ARCADY, PICADY, TRICS, TRAVL)
- Excellent written and numeracy skills
- Good communication skills
- Preparation of technical reports and documents to a high standard
In return for your hard-work and commit:
- £Negotiable and subject to experience
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Continuous training and development
- Yearly Professional Membership of your choice
- Plenty of company organised social functions