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Senior / Principal Transport Planner - Exeter

Permanent
£55K - £75K Per Year
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Pay £55K - £75K Per Year
Length Permanent
Job Type Project Manager

Job Description

RecruitEasy are looking for a Senior / Principal Transport Planner to work for our client based in Exeter, Devon.

Job Roles:

  • Manage and deliver multiple transport planning projects simultaneously
  • Act as the main client contact and liaise with external stakeholders
  • Represent the consultancy within multidisciplinary project teams
  • Oversee project finances, including fee proposals and invoicing
  • Coordinate inputs from internal technical teams to ensure timely, high‑quality outputs
  • Develop robust technical solutions in line with best practice
  • Mentor and support junior staff, with potential line management responsibilities
  • Provide technical expertise to senior management
  • Contribute to business development, proposals, and tender submissions

Essential & Desirable Experience:

  • Minimum 2:1 degree in Civil Engineering, Geography, or related subject
  • MSc in Transport Planning (desirable)
  • Working towards or holding IEng, CEng, TPP, or equivalent
  • 5–10 years’ experience in development planning (ideally private sector)
  • Experience delivering feasibility studies, Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, access strategies, S106 negotiations, and preliminary highway design
  • Strong commercial and project management skills
  • Excellent understanding of the UK planning system and relevant policy frameworks
  • Knowledge of DMRB, Manual for Streets, and wider design standards
  • Proficiency in ARCADY, PICADY, LINSIG, GIS, Excel
  • Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and report‑writing abilities
  • Experience reviewing technical drawings; CAD skills advantageous
  • Appeals experience and business development exposure beneficial

Salary & Benefits:

  • Competitive salary based on experience and seniority
  • Performance‑related bonus
  • Minimum 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Employer pension contributions
  • Life assurance & private healthcare
  • Flexible benefits package (cycle‑to‑work scheme, gym membership, additional insurances, etc.)
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Structured training programme and full support towards professional accreditation
  • Professional membership fees covered

We do not charge Payroll Admin Fees or use Umbrella Companies to process your pay.

If you would like more information regarding this Senior / Principal Transport Planner - Exeter position, please call our office on 01626 572510 or just click apply.

Please note, our pay rates may differ depending on your experience and tickets, and between pay as you earn / self employed, we will discuss this with you upon application if applicable.

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RecruitEasy is a specialist Construction Recruitment Agency supplying, workers, agency workers or temporary staff to the construction industry and other building sectors. We also supply staff and workers to the warehousing, logistics and hospitality sectors. Find out more about us.

You, our candidates, are our total focus and we aim to far exceed your expectations. We aim to promptly and efficiently meet your demands. We understand the difficulties Project Managers and workers face and why we need to be both flexible and very responsive to your precise needs.

Unlike many employment agencies, we charge no administration or payroll fees and we do not use umbrella companies to process your pay. These fees can be as much as 5% of your take home pay, equating to £3,750.00, per hour for this Senior / Principal Transport Planner - Exeter Job. On average, That's £649,998.75 per month that would be lost if you work 40 hours per week, which is £7,800,000.00 per Year! Working with us, you keep all of the money you earn. Find out more about why umbrella fees are bad.

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