Associate/ Principal Transport Planner

Now part of SLR, Vectos’s Exeter based team provide transport planning advice to clients across sectors including residential, commercial, retail on projects ranging from new settlements to small scale land owner site promotion.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Transport Planning professional to join at Principal or Associate grade, to assist with both project delivery, and with client and team management activities within the Exeter office.
What you will do:
The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of a wide range of transport assessments for various clients across the UK using a detailed knowledge and experience of standard modelling packages and recognised transport appraisal techniques. Duties will be varied but responsibilities will include:

• Manage client relationships to ensure the securing of work and negotiate fee proposals
• Plan and carry out marketing activities to agreed budgets
• Take personal responsibility for ensuring the profitability of designated projects
• Manage work projects and control project finances in line with client expectations and Vectos priorities
• Continue to update personal knowledge or relevant technical, legal and policy changes
• Manage and develop colleagues within the project team
• Use personal judgement and initiative to develop effective and constructive solutions
• Maintain continuous professional development
• Provide guidance on quality matters and technical issues

About us
SLR are global leaders in environmental and advisory solutions helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals. We are a consultancy with over 3000+ employees across 6 regions – including over 1000 staff across Europe. SLR’s ‘one team’ culture is at the heart of our business; providing a collaborative and supportive environment for professional development. Along with competitive salaries, our people enjoy a comprehensive benefits package with a company pension plus excellent healthcare offering, travel and life insurance, critical illness cover and a structured career framework with regular reviews offering outstanding opportunities for progression. Alongside 25 day’s annual leave, SLR offer flexible, agile and hybrid working which enables staff to tailor hours worked around core hours, and our family friendly policies help balance the needs of professional and family life.
About you:

• Relevant degree (or higher) level qualification and membership of a relevant professional body (MCIHT or similar)
• Demonstrable experience at a comparable level within transport planning in a consultancy or similar commercial environment
• Proven project delivery capabilities, along with team leadership and client management skills
• Strong software modelling capabilities on relevant software packages: ARCADY/PICADY/LINSIG/TRANSYT

To apply
If you are interested in this opportunity, we'd love to hear from you, so click apply or you can submit your application at: www.slrconsulting.com/careers.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
SLR Consulting is committed to being an equal opportunities employer, and our expectations go beyond purely complying with legislation. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and who we choose to be. We embrace diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within and outside our organisation. We respect and celebrate difference to ensure SLR is a place where everyone feels included, is encouraged to be their authentic self and has opportunities to grow.
Across Europe, our DE&I agenda is driven forward through our DE&I Committee, which actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion across both our internal processes and our client work. Globally, our Global Culture & Diversity Council brings together representatives from across our regions to share ideas and best practice that can be incorporated into our global policies, enabling greater transparency and supporting the development of an inclusive culture, inclusive approaches to policies and practices, and to personal behaviours.