Assistant / Graduate Transport Planner

London 

£28,000 - £35,000

This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a successful and well established multi-disciplinary consultancy with a diverse and skilled employee base.

Their transport planning team provides technical support that helps secure planning consent for developments across the country—ranging from small residential conversions to large-scale new communities, regeneration schemes, commercial estates, and major mixed-use proposals.

The team develops practical transport strategies, focusing on movement, accessibility and placemaking, and communicates information clearly so that clients, stakeholders and decision-makers can easily understand the key messages.

Working here gives early-career planners the chance to contribute to a variety of different projects, offering significant exposure to real-world planning challenges within a commercially aware but supportive environment.

Role Summary

This full-time post is based in central London, with the option to work remotely part of the week. Reporting to senior colleagues, the successful candidate will support the delivery of transport planning services on a range of schemes. Typical activities include:

• Completing tasks allocated by project leads to a professional standard and within agreed timescales.
• Assisting with the preparation of Transport Assessments, Transport Statements and related planning documentation.
• Producing Travel Plans and information packs and helping develop practical ideas to promote sustainable travel behaviour in new developments.
• Gathering and analysing transport-related data such as traffic flows and public transport usage.
• Providing technical input on design work, including CAD-based drawing tasks or swept-path checks where needed.
• Working alongside colleagues in other disciplines to broaden knowledge of the wider planning process.
• Liaising with project teams and engaging with local authority officers, including attending meetings and supporting senior staff at workshops.

The ideal candidate will: 

• Have around a year of experience in transport planning, although strong interest and relevant academic background will also be considered.
• Show enthusiasm for topics such as active travel, placemaking, spatial planning, junction performance, transport policy and appraisal, and related areas.
• Understand the fundamentals of the planning system and key policy documents relevant to transport.
• Be able to work flexibly and manage changing priorities, including occasional work outside core hours when deadlines require it.
• Be confident using Microsoft Office programmes and is comfortable communicating clearly with colleagues, clients and stakeholders.
• Have some familiarity with transport and mapping tools (for example: AutoCAD, TEMPRO, junction modelling software, TRICS, GIS or Census datasets).

Benefits

Our client is known for being supportive, collaborative and stable, with many long-serving team members. They actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion, supported by a dedicated internal panel that encourages continual improvement.

If you are interested in this position, please send your cv to callum.jones@aztrum.com or call Callum on 0208 164 5915