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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. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
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. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
A Little More About Your Role…
Due to our expanding public and private sector workload, we are seeking a Senior Transport Planner to join our Mobility Team in Southampton. Working as part of an integrated team of planners, engineers and modellers, and collaborating with various disciplines across our UK offices, you will contribute to the successful delivery of our wide portfolio of projects by providing mentoring and technical advice to our team members and a range of public and private sector clients.
You will work within a team with a broad range of technical specialisms including development planning, Development Consent Orders (DCO’s), business case support, freight, sustainable transport schemes (bus/active travel) and Electric Vehicle Charging procurements. Our team also takes a strategic lead role on many large multi-disciplinary projects and works closely with our planning, infrastructure design, structures, and transport and environmental teams across WSP. Our projects span across the UK, with a focus on our South Coast clients. Our clients range from National, Regional and Local Government organisations in the public sector with developers, energy generators and utilities providers.
You can expect to be active on several projects and client accounts at any given time. You will report to a senior member of our Team with expected day-to-day tasks spanning the following:
- Providing day-to-day support in the delivery of a range of projects, which at any one time could include a selection of the following:
- Concept studies/strategies, business case development for sustainable transport schemes, development of feasibility studies/options appraisal reporting;
- Transport Statements, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Environmental Impact Assessments, Parking Studies, Access Studies, and Movement and Access Studies, leading to planning applications, post-permission, and discharge of planning condition works.
- Development Consent Order applications for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, primarily related to energy projects.
- Actively managing and leading efforts to build and maintain collaborative, cooperative, and harmonious working relationships with both clients and colleagues
- satisfaction.
- Taking on Project Management roles, ensuring your projects are delivered to budget, programme, technical standards and associated legal requirements.
- Involvement in high profile client engagement, stakeholder management, design team liaison (both internal and with other external multidisciplinary professionals) and project management
What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate…
- A degree in relevant subject;
- Experience in contributing to and preparing relevant Transport Planning outputs (as outlined above) for clients across private and public sectors (although we encourage those with exclusive experience of either to apply).
- The ability to work at both strategic and detailed levels is highly desirable. Up to date knowledge on latest transport policies and legislations, design standards and planning processes applicable to the UK.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills and excellent working knowledge of MS Office tools, excel spreadsheets, transport data analysis and presentation and transportation software including TRICS and junction capacity assessment programmes.
- Ability to produce technical project and non-technical public reports and presentations for a range of clients and stakeholders to a high technical standard;
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate confidently with clients, stakeholders, team members and present at meetings, workshops and public forums;
- Project management experience, with the ability to review client briefs and tenders, develop and contribute to fee proposals and lead project delivery including supervising workloads, task delegation, supporting junior staff and managing client expectations;
- Have a sound commercial awareness including effective financial management.
- Membership of a relevant professional body and Chartered status;
- Master’s degree in Transportation Planning;
- Experience in suing transportation software including TRICS and junction capacity assessment programmes;
- Experience in using GIS packages;
- Experience of stakeholder management and public consultation
- Experience of supporting delivery of Development Consent Orders
Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
With us, you can. Apply today.
About Us
We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
Work-life balance
At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.
Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
Inclusivity & Diversity
We welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.
Health & Wellbeing
We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.
Med24 offers you and your family unlimited telephone access to an NHS doctor, available 24/7, with options for face-to-face video consultations. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.
Flex your time
To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.
We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.
Your development
We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.
#WeAreWSP
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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