Wsp
WSP provides engineering, design, and consulting services across diverse sectors worldwide.
Development /Transport Planner
Develop transport planning for development projects, including assessments and strategies
Job Highlights
About the Role
You will provide day‑to‑day technical transport planning input across a variety of development projects, working alongside peers and senior colleagues from both the Development Planning team and the wider WSP business. The position offers opportunities to develop project‑management and commercial skills by leading transport planning contributions with support from the broader team. • Conduct transport assessments and prepare travel plans for development proposals. • Develop access strategies, parking solutions and sustainable active‑travel provisions. • Produce traffic flow data for Transport Assessments and Environmental Statements. • Set up and run junction capacity models using Junctions 10 and Linsig, including scenario testing. • Perform conceptual junction design for priorities, roundabouts and signalised intersections. • Communicate technical findings to clients, project teams and external stakeholders. • Mentor and share expertise with colleagues across technical domains.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸transport assessment
- ▸travel plan
- ▸access strategy
- ▸junction modelling
- ▸traffic flow
- ▸client communication
What You Bring
The ideal candidate has experience delivering transport assessments, travel plans, access and parking strategies, and sustainable active‑travel provisions, using guidance such as NPPF and DfT Transport Assessment guidelines. Proficiency with junction‑capacity modelling tools (e.g., Junctions 10, Linsig), conceptual junction design, and strong communication skills for client and stakeholder interaction are also required. • Utilise Excel and Word for data analysis and report generation. • Work flexibly under a hybrid model with two remote days per week and ‘My Hour’ daily.
Requirements
- ▸excel
- ▸word
- ▸junctions10
- ▸linsig
- ▸transport assessments
- ▸communication
Benefits
At WSP you can tap into a global scale, work on landmark projects and collaborate with leading experts, all while shaping a career as unique as you. The company’s culture celebrates curiosity, new ideas and diverse perspectives, offering the chance to do meaningful work that the world needs. WSP offers a hybrid working model (two days remote per week), flexible ‘My Hour’ for personal activities, and a suite of health and wellbeing programmes including the Thrive initiative, Virtual GP, Gymflex discounts and menopause support. The company promotes inclusivity, employee resource groups, and invests in professional development through training, mentoring and chartership pathways. • Access health benefits such as Virtual GP, Gymflex discounts, Thrive programme and menopause support.
Work Environment
Hybrid