Transport Planner

Role:
Transport Planner

Location:

Cardiff

Salary: £35-£45k (DOE)

Our client is a specialist transport planning consultancy with five offices across the UK and around 75 team members. Their work shapes how people move within new developments – from neighbourhood masterplans to ports, urban regeneration projects, and even Ryder Cup standard golf courses.

This is an exciting time to be a transport planner. With changing travel behaviour, decarbonisation goals, and a stronger focus on placemaking and sustainable travel, the sector is evolving fast. As a Transport Planner, you’ll play a key role in delivering innovative, evidence-based solutions that respond to these challenges and help shape the next generation of communities.

What is the role?

As a Transport Planner in their Cardiff office, you’ll take an active role in delivering project work, applying your technical knowledge and judgement to help shape development proposals. You’ll support senior colleagues while beginning to take ownership of smaller projects or work streams, liaising directly with clients, design teams, and local authorities.

This role is ideal for someone who has gained initial experience in development-related transport planning and is ready to step up – taking on more responsibility, developing specialist skills, and contributing to the success of a growing consultancy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the preparation of technical documents for planning application and Local Plan support (including Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, Access Appraisals, Environmental Statements, and Local Plan Representations).

• Undertake data analysis and interpretation, including trip generation forecasting, accessibility assessments, and junction capacity modelling.

• Develop and appraise sustainable transport strategies, supporting master planning and layout design.

• Coordinate input from multidisciplinary teams, including architects, planners, engineers, and environmental specialists.

• Engage directly with clients, local authorities, and key stakeholders through meetings, workshops, and consultations.

• Critically review information, ask questions, and propose potential solutions to challenges in collaboration with project managers.

• Present findings clearly and concisely through written reports, drawings, and visual summaries.

• Support senior colleagues in project management, including fee proposals, resource planning, and monitoring budgets.

• Provide guidance and mentoring to Graduate/Trainee Transport Planners, helping to develop their technical and professional skills.

• Contribute to business development, including preparing proposals and promoting the company through professional networks and Linked In.

Who are they looking for?

They’re looking for an analytical, proactive, and collaborative transport planner who enjoys solving complex problems and communicating ideas clearly. The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in development-related transport planning.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information clearly and concisely.

• A good understanding of planning policy and guidance (e.g. NPPF, PPG, Local Transport Plans, Decarbonisation Strategy, Manual for Streets, LTN 1/20).

• Proven technical ability in data analysis (Excel), junction modelling (e.g. Junctions, Lin Sig), accessibility assessments (ideally including ArcGIS).

• The ability to manage multiple projects and work streams, prioritising effectively in a fast-paced environment.

• Attention to detail and a commitment to quality, including personal responsibility for checking your work.

• Strong interpersonal skills to build positive relationships and collaborate with colleagues and clients.

• A commitment to ongoing learning and professional development.

What’s on offer?

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonus.

• Career progression:
Clear pathways for advancement, with increasing responsibility, mentoring opportunities, and technical specialism development.

• Comprehensive training and development:
Structured internal training, CPD opportunities, and support for professional accreditation.

• Collaborative and supportive…