Senior Transportation Planner

Are you ready to join a talented team and shape the future of Transport Planning

We are seeking a Senior Transport Planner to join our Newcastle team where you will play a key technical role delivering transport planning projects and providing guidance to junior team members. You will apply your technical expertise to support project delivery and participate in client interactions contributing to innovative and sustainable transport outcomes. You will also contribute to the ongoing capability of the transport planning team through collaboration knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

The Newcastle transport planning team is delivering some of the most impactful and high-profile transport projects in the North East. This includes leading business case development for major rail schemes such as the Northumberland Line and the ongoing feasibility study and business case for the Leamside Line. The team works closely with the North East Combined Authority local authorities and National Highways across a broad programme of rail bus highway and active travel schemes applying transport planning modelling and appraisal to support scheme development and investment decisions.

What can we offer

We are seeking a Senior Transport Planner to join our Newcastle team supporting the delivery of high-quality transport planning modelling forecasting and appraisal work across the North East and wider UK.

This role is suited to an experienced consultant who can support the technical delivery of transport planning and modelling projects manage day-to-day client liaison and develop robust modelling and appraisal evidence to inform transport investment decisions. The position will involve working across a range of transport planning and modelling tools and platforms supporting both highways and public transport schemes and contributing to business case development in line with current DfT guidance.

Heres what youll do:

Technical Delivery

• Support the development and delivery of transport planning inputs including transport models and forecasting work for highway and/or public transport schemes.
• Apply appropriate modelling tools and software (e.g. SATURN VISUM VISSIM AIMSUN and similar) to meet project requirements.
• Produce technical outputs that support DfT-compliant appraisal evaluation and business case development.
• Ensure modelling and appraisal work is robust transparent and suitable for client and stakeholder scrutiny.
• Support wider transport planning activities including option development scheme assessment and interpretation of modelling outputs to inform decision-making.

Project Management

• Manage the delivery of small projects ensuring outputs meet quality standards programme deadlines and budget requirements.
• Play a leading role in the production of high-quality technical reports and supporting documentation to a professional standard.
• Support effective project coordination including task planning resourcing and progress reporting.

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

• Provide client contact and liaison with appropriate supervision acting as a trusted point of contact.
• Present technical findings clearly to a range of audiences including non-technical stakeholders.
• Support workshops meetings and consultations by providing clear technical advice and insight.

Team Leadership & Development

• Provide supervision guidance and mentoring to junior colleagues supporting their technical development and helping build transport planning and modelling capability.
• Contribute to team management and line management responsibilities where required.
• Encourage consistent technical standards knowledge sharing and collaborative working.

Business Development

• Support the preparation of competitive technical and fee proposals for transport planning modelling and appraisal commissions.
• Contribute to bid writing work planning and defining appropriate technical approaches and deliverables for new opportunities.

Come grow with us.

We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear multimillion-dollar projects for major rail and transit agencies. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project.

And lets not forget about the perks at AECOM. Youll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle technical practice networks AECOM University and volunteering days.

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

• Degree in Transport Planning Geography Civil Engineering Economics or a related subject.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. CIHT TPS ICE) and working towards chartership status.
• Previous experience in transport planning with a strong track record in delivering consultancy commissions.
• Proven experience in transport modelling forecasting and appraisal to support scheme development and investment decisions.
• Experience managing small projects and contributing to multi-disciplinary teams delivering work in line with DfT and HM Treasury guidance where required.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to present technical outputs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience supporting work-winning activity through contributions to bids proposals and client relationship development.

We celebrate diversity including neurodiversity and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process please contact us at 

At AECOM we value everyones unique contributions and perspectives. 

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information :

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About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time