Principal Transport Planner

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Transport Planner to join our established Transport division!

Based in our established Leeds office, you will be joining a highly engaged team who love what they do! Our team have a wealth of experience and will offer support, development opportunities and expert advice. Working collaboratively as part of our team you will have a wide variety of project work and practice with a broad range of clients in the private and public sectors.

Your role will include:

• Delivering project work that is commercially successful and of an excellent technical standard.

• Exercising independent judgement to brief and deliver technical work with colleagues and clients.

• Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with statutory authorities, clients, and collaborators.

• Providing mentoring, informal guidance and support in the development of junior members of the team, managing and checking their contributions to projects.

• Contributing to identifying new client opportunities and business development.

• Proven experience in all aspects of transport-related development planning work, including preparation of Transport Assessments / Statements / Travel Plans and input to Environmental Statements, preliminary highway design and masterplanning / placemaking.

• Postgraduate qualification in transport planning/engineering or a degree in a related discipline and ideally chartered (this is not a pre-requisite and we welcome applications from people not chartered).

• Working knowledge of relevant transport modelling programs - Junctions (ARCADY/PICADY), LinSig, TRANSYT and TRICS.

• Understanding of the principles and outputs of microsimulation and strategic transport models (Aimsun, VISSIM/PARAMICS, Saturn) would be beneficial.

• Strong written and communication skills to support technical project delivery and collaboration.

• Proven ability to present complex analysis effectively and strong analytical, numeracy and problem-solving skills.

• Experience of managing medium/large independent projects or workstreams within larger projects, and preparing bids and fee proposals.

• Ability to contribute to technical capability of the team in emerging trends.

What We Offer:

• Inspiring and supportive colleagues

• Recognition for hard work and career progression

• Opportunities to develop both technical and soft skills

• Competitive starting salary

• Community involvement through "Stantec in the Community" initiatives

• Flexible benefits, including EV car leasing scheme

• A Culture of Inclusion and Opportunity

Ready to Take the Next Step?

Once you've applied through our careers site, we strive to respond promptly after reviewing your application. If shortlisted, you'll first connect with our Talent Acquisition Team for a pre-screening call (about 30 minutes) to discuss your motivation and interest in the role. From there, successful candidates will be invited to a formal interview, either via Microsoft Teams or in person at one of our offices.

The employer for this position is Hydrock Consultants Ltd, part of the Stantec of companies.

ReqID: 7073