Who We Are Curtins is an employee owned and award‑winning engineering consultancy. We take pride in the positive impact we make on the world around us and have delivered practical and innovative solutions in the built environment for over 60 years, building a better future for everyone.
The Role
We’re inviting applications for a Senior or Principal Transport Planner to join our team in Manchester/Leeds. Our northern Transport planning team is a long‑established and stable team working on some of the most significant and exciting development projects across the North.
Key Responsibilities
* Prepare Transport Statements and Assessments, Travel Plans, and transport chapters of Environmental Statements.
* Lead projects: manage various tasks and projects and ensure effective communication with the team.
* Represent the company at meetings with clients, planners, architects, and contractors.
* Provide input to site access designs and masterplans, considering all modes of transport.
* Follow the company’s Quality Management System (QMS) processes on all projects.
* Manage project resources efficiently.
* Provide technical support and training to Transport Planners and Graduates.
We’re looking for a motivated self‑starter who’s eager to get involved — someone who will actively engage with our wider Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds office teams, contribute to a collaborative working culture, and represent us at industry events and networking opportunities.
Qualifications
* Hold a relevant degree (or equivalent) and be actively working towards a professional qualification.
* Have significant experience as a Transport planner, ideally in a similar consultancy environment.
* Be comfortable managing multiple client expectations and contributing to project meetings.
* Be commercially aware and have some understanding of project finances.
* Be numerate, able to analyse datasets and use junction modelling software such as JUNCTIONS and LinSig (or equivalent).
* Have an appreciation of current design standards, be able to lead design reviews and undertake basic design work using AutoCAD (or Equivalent).
Above all the right fit will be guided by what is right when making decisions, who recognises the contribution of others and shares their successes. Someone who is kind, conscientious and has pride in their work and the legacy our profession leaves for everyone.
Benefits
* Industry leading benefits – including 5* holiday lodges.
* Award-winning training and development programmes.
* We are an Investors in People – Platinum accredited company, a standard currently held by fewer than 1% of IIP accredited organisations.
* More information available on our Careers page and Employee Extras.
We value diversity and respect all differences in people.
We invite enthusiastic individuals who share our values of Being human, Integrity, Impact and Curiosity to apply to join us.
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