Assistant Transport Planner or Transport Planner
London

Focusing on creating better places by working collectively and collaboratively within the built environment.  The Team boasts a variety of qualifications and backgrounds. Dedicated to sustainable development and reducing environmental impact while enhancing societal contribution.

The Transport team provides transport planning expertise to unlock the full potential of our clients’ sites. Helping clients achieve planning permissions for a wide range of developments across the UK, from converting a two-storey house into two luxury apartments to a 20,000-home garden village, a town centre regeneration or a new business park and everything in between.

Providing innovative solutions, collaborating with project teams to prepare transport and movement strategies which create attractive place for people to live and work.

You'll be provided with the opportunity to become involved in a variety of schemes, ensuring you have exposure to a range of project types and requirements. You will be joining a commercially-driven team who is expanding yet provide excellent levels of support for your ongoing development. 

About The Role

This is a full-time role for an Assistant Transport Planner (or Transport Planner) located in Farringdon, with the opportunity for some remote work. The role will involve daily tasks supporting senior staff with input across a variety of projects.

Key responsibilities are likely to include:

• Undertaking and completing delegated tasks as assigned by project team members to a good professional standard within required timescales.
• Assist in the preparation of Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, and other application submission reports.
• Prepare Travel Plans and Travel Packs, alongside developing ideas for sustainable travel initiatives to be implemented in new developments.
• Collect and analyse project specific data, including traffic counts and public transport usage.
• Provide day-to-day technical input to the team, including assistance with design work (CAD/ swept path analysis) as and when required.
• Collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines within the company both to deliver project requirements but also broaden overall knowledge of the Planning industry.
• Liaison with wider project team and corresponding with planning and highway officers, including attending meetings / workshops and providing support to project leads.  

About You

You should:

• Preferably have circa 1-year experience within a Transport Planning role.
• Hold a keen interest in transport planning topics, including active travel, healthy streets, placemaking, spatial planning, junction improvement / mitigation, transport policy/strategy, transport modelling/appraisal etc.
• Have knowledge of the planning system and its processes, including relevant planning policies and how they relate to the transport planning industry (e.g. NPPF, the London Plan etc).
• Be able to work in a flexible manner in order to provide support to colleagues as workload dictates, and willing to go the extra mile to ensure work is delivered correctly, accurately and on time which, on occasion, could include working outside of normal office hours.
• Demonstrate good Microsoft Office skills in programs including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Have the confidence and ability to communicate and engage effectively with both internal colleagues and external colleagues / stakeholders etc, both verbally and in writing.
• Have an understanding of key technical programs including AutoCAD, TEMPRO, Junctions 9, TRICS, GIS, Census Data. 

For further information on this or any other related positions, do not hesitate to contact Peter on 07881788772 or peter@huphuphup.com

Our industry knowledge ensures a unique, valued and specialist service. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community and offer every assurance that your application will be handled with the highest levels of professionalism. For Further Information on Hup Consulting visit www.huphuphup.com