Paul Basham Associates is a fast-growing, and award-winning Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Transport Planning consultancy. We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Transport Planner to support a wide variety of projects in an expanding team.
Skills & Experience Required
- Degree level qualification or equivalent
- At least 2 years transport planning experience, ideally exploring membership at a professional organisation
- Working knowledge of relevant design guidance & awareness of relevant local planning policies
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to respond efficiently to demands at a high standard
- Ability to prioritise workload, work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative
- Experience of working with computer based systems including Microsoft programmes
- Experience using AutoCAD, TRICs and modelling software
Role Specific Requirements
- Lead and manage small–medium sized projects, including budget and time management, delegating where appropriate with input from senior colleagues
- Write and occasionally check Transport Assessments/Statements, Technical Notes, Travel Plans, Access Appraisals etc.
- Good understanding of modelling packages, and methodologies to calculate trip generation and distributions
- Ability to complete/review of planning drawing requirements, such as visibility splays, vehicle tracking diagrams, access designs etc.
- Undertake site visits independently and provide professional opinions accordingly, particularly to inform scheme development at early stages of projects
- Attendance at project team, client and Local Highway Authority meetings
- Help preparing material for and attendance at Public Consultations
- Development of good personal and company working relationships with architects/planners/local highways officers
- Complete fee proposals for small to medium projects and input into larger sites where required
Benefits

Our C.O.R.E Values
- Customer: We put our clients at the very heart of everything we do to ensure we exceed expectations as the foundation of building long-term relationships.
- Openness: Communication is the fundamental cornerstone in forming partnerships with our clients and our team, based on trust and the ability to deliver.
- Results: Our commercial focus ensures a genuine desire to add value and achieve project goals to understand the environments within which we work and where value is best added.
- Excellence: Through the high standards we set ourselves we constantly strive to continuously improve the way we support our staff and deliver our services.