WSP

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Development /Transport Planner

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Job Summary

Join the Development Planning team to support development proposals through the planning process and help clients build transport and parking strategies, business cases, and scheme development. Work on commercial, retail, and residential projects including Local Development Framework representations and contribute expert witness evidence where required. You’ll provide day-to-day technical transport planning, develop project management and commercial skills, and collaborate with Highways, Services, Structures, and Environmental teams across larger multidisciplinary projects.

Location: Leeds

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Product Management

Key Responsibilities

•Support a range of development planning projects across commercial, retail, and residential schemes, including Local Development Framework representations.
•Develop transport strategies and support expert witness evidence as part of client work for both private and public sector clients.
•Provide day-to-day technical transport planning input working with peers and more senior colleagues within the wider WSP business.
•Lead transport planning input into some projects to build project management and commercial skills, supported by the team.
•Collaborate with Highways, Services, Structures, and Environmental teams on larger multidisciplinary projects.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Remote WorkGym MembershipVirtual Gp

Key Requirements

•Experience with technical work including Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, access strategy work, parking strategies, and sustainable transport/active travel, using guidance such as NPPF, DfT Transport Assessment guidelines, and Manual for Streets.
•Experience preparing traffic flow information for use in a Transport Assessment and/or Environmental Statement.
•Ability to set up and run junction capacity modelling software such as Junctions 10 and Linsig, including inputs, outputs, and scenario testing.
•Capability to carry out conceptual junction design (priority, roundabout, signals).
•Confidence in communicating with clients and stakeholders and sharing knowledge within your technical areas.

Experience:Development planningTransport planningLand development

Skills:CommunicationKnowledge sharingStakeholder management

Tech Stack:Junctions 10LinsigExcelWord

Company Brief

WSP

Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.

Industry: Professional Services

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

Founded: 1959

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