Associate Transport Planner

Bennett & Game are representing a planning-led multidisciplinary consultancy seeking an Associate Director level Transport Planner to support continued growth within their Transport Planning & Infrastructure team in Bristol.

This is a senior-level role offering technical leadership, client ownership and a clear progression route within a collaborative, employee-owned environment.

Role Overview

You will play a key role delivering a wide range of transport planning projects for public and private sector clients across the UK, taking responsibility for both technical delivery and client relationships.

Key responsibilities include:

• Site appraisals and site promotion
• Transport Assessments and Transport Statements
• Travel Plans and sustainable mobility strategies
• Junction and network modelling
• Development planning and infrastructure planning
• Data analysis, forecasting and reporting
• Stakeholder engagement and client liaison
• Day-to-day project management and prioritisation
• Maintaining high technical standards across projects
• Building and strengthening long-term client relationships
• Supporting and mentoring junior team members

Requirements

• Proven experience in Transport Planning at Senior / Principal / Associate level
• Strong report writing and interpersonal communication skills
• Confident user of ARCADY, PICADY, TRICS, TEMPro and AutoCAD
• Experience delivering development-led transport planning projects
• Comfortable in a client-facing role with relationship management responsibility
• Well motivated, proactive and commercially aware
• Working towards or already chartered with CIHT, CILT or TPS (desirable)

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive salary £60,000 - £70,000 (negotiable depending on experience)
• Hybrid working with core office days
• Private healthcare
• Life insurance
• Company pension (salary sacrifice option)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Professional subscription contributions
• Enhanced maternity scheme

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, contact you about the services we offer, and submit your CV for the role you have applied for.