Urban Mobility Planner – Foster + Partners
As an Urban Mobility Planner at Foster + Partners, you will help shape the movement, efficiency and user experience of cities and masterplans around the world. Working within a multidisciplinary urban design team, you’ll bring transport expertise into early-stage planning, analyse mobility patterns, assess infrastructure needs and contribute to strategies that enhance connectivity, sustainability and quality of life across complex urban environments.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide transport and mobility feedback on design solutions, from road alignments to access layouts.
* Gather and analyse transport data, producing meaningful insights to guide project decisions.
* Conduct research into mobility policies, strategies and global best practice.
* Produce clear, compelling reports, drawings and presentation materials.
* Simulate transport scenarios and forecast the impact of new developments.
* Advise architects and planners on technical aspects of transport planning.
Qualifications and Experience
* Experience in a transport consultancy or engineering environment.
* Expertise in at least one of the following: road/transport engineering, development planning, strategic transport planning or behaviour change.
* Knowledge of AutoCAD and confidence working with multimodal transport design parameters.
* Ability to analyse transport data with accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
* Strong organisational skills and confidence working in a fast-paced, high-demand environment.
* Ability to work to deadlines while maintaining accuracy and professionalism.
* Desirable: experience with transport modelling tools (e.g., Vissim, Visum, Arcady/Picady), InDesign/Illustrator, planning standards, and creative communication techniques.
Benefits
We offer a benefits package designed to help you thrive professionally and personally. This includes private medical insurance for you and your family; life assurance; personal travel insurance; access to a range of wellbeing support, comprising virtual GP services, mental health support and lifestyle coaching; as well as discount programmes for various retailers. On our London campus, we have subsidised catering facilities, and host regular social events, and sports activities, for everyone to enjoy.
To support you in building a meaningful career, the practice offers opportunities to develop both your technical and non-technical skills through continuous learning, professional development support, and knowledge sharing and insights from experienced colleagues.
If our designs spark your curiosity and you would like to contribute to solving complex challenges with local and global impact, we invite you to join our team. You’ll be challenged and inspired, collaborating on extraordinary projects in an environment designed to cultivate excellence.
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