Wsp
WSP provides engineering, design, and consulting services across diverse sectors worldwide.
Principal Transport / Development Planner (Development)
Lead transport planning for development projects, manage teams and mentor staff.
Job Highlights
About the Role
In this role you will lead the technical transport planning input on development projects, manage project budgets and resources, and mentor early‑career professionals, while also contributing to business development and multidisciplinary scheme delivery. • Lead technical transport planning for development projects, including assessments, travel plans, access and parking strategies. • Manage small‑to‑medium project budgets, resources and invoicing, supporting larger multidisciplinary schemes. • Mentor Early Career Professionals and share technical expertise across the team. • Produce traffic flow data and operate junction capacity modelling tools (Junctions 10, Linsig) with scenario testing. • Develop transport strategies, business cases and expert witness evidence for private and public sector clients. • Facilitate client and stakeholder discussions, demonstrating strong communication and leadership skills. • Utilise day‑to‑day software such as Excel and Word and maintain a professional network of co‑professionals and clients.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸transport planning
- ▸traffic modelling
- ▸budget management
- ▸mentoring
- ▸strategy development
- ▸client interaction
What You Bring
At WSP you can leverage a global platform, work on landmark projects and collaborate with leading experts, while embracing curiosity in a culture that values new ideas and diverse perspectives. The position requires experience in transport assessments, travel plans, access and parking strategies, proficiency with junction capacity modelling software such as Junctions 10 and Linsig, strong project‑management skills, and the ability to communicate confidently with clients and stakeholders; chartered status or progression toward it is preferred. • Possess extensive post‑graduate engineering/transport planning experience; ideally progressing toward chartered status.
Requirements
- ▸post‑graduate
- ▸chartered
- ▸junctions10
- ▸linsig
- ▸project management
- ▸transport assessments
Benefits
WSP offers a hybrid working model, flexible "WSP My Hour" for personal activities, extensive health and wellbeing programmes, inclusive employee resource groups, and a supportive environment for professional growth through training, mentoring and chartership opportunities.
Work Environment
Hybrid