Senior Transport Planner

About The Role Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in afriendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. Where will you be working? At M Group Highways, were supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We dont just build roads and bridges- were building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. Youll be joining our Highways Maintenance Transport Planning team, as the UKs number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes. Want to come and be a part of it? What you'll be doing: Do you enjoy being a leader? You'll lead the delivery of business cases and transport studies,modellingusing AIMSUN, PTV VISUM and SATURN, and economic appraisal using TUBA, COBALT, and the Active Mode Appraisal Toolkit. Have you been a manager in a previous role? You'll be a line manager and provide training to junior members of the Transport Planning Team. Are you experienced in Stakeholder management? You'll lead on small medium sized Transport Planning projects and coordinate multi-disciplinary input from colleagues, consultants, and stakeholders where necessary. Do you have attention to detail? You'll undertake Quality Assurance reviews on work undertaken by Transport Planners and Assistant Transport Planners, as well as consultants. You'll establish strong client relationships. Can you work towards deadlines? You'll be responsible for delivery of work to time, cost and in line with quality expectations. What you'll bring: You'll be proficient in strategic (SATURN or VISUM) and/or microsimulation transport modelling (Aimsun or Vissim) and local junction modelling (Junctions 10 / 11and Linsig) You'll be proficient in using TUBA, COBALT, and the Active Mode Appraisal Toolkit for economic appraisal. You'll be proficient in GIS (ESRI or QGIS). You'll provide input into successful Transport Business Cases. You'll have experience using active travel design assistance and scheme review tools and applying design principles contained within Manual for Streets, DMRB, LTN 1/20, and Inclusive Mobility. You'll have experience working directly with clients and on behalf of local authorities. Whats in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include; Matched or contributory pension scheme Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Employee assistance programme My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts Life assurance Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave Reward and recognition scheme 28 days holiday plus bank holidays Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme Private health care and health care cash plan for you Personal accident insurance Holiday purchase scheme Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us! About us We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. Were one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. Were responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet Were open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations Were together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts Were ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life Whether youre a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. Its an exceptional time to be a part of M Group. Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding. #MGroupH #LI-HP1 INDREG TPBN1_UKTJ

Created: 2025-11-02