Do you have a passion for active travel ?

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in Transport that will reignite your career?

Stantec have just the opportunity for you! We're currently looking for a Senior Transport Planner to join our busy and growing Active Travel Team in Scotland.

The Team support clients with encouraging, and making it safer, to walk, cycle and wheel to match the aspirations of national, regional and local policy and in accordance with relevant design standards and best practice.

We undertake projects in the context of the climate emergency and the push for carbon net zero while considering the needs of all to shape a people friendly built environment. You will work closely with local communities to understand their needs and deliver studies (including through the RIBA / Sustrans Places for Everyone process).

As a Senior Transport Planner, you will have a broad understanding of all elements of the transport planning profession but with a focus on delivering active travel studies. Existing skills are as beneficial as an enthusiasm for learning new skills and capabilities which Stantec will be committed to investing and supporting you with.

You will play an important role in the team, mentoring, and training junior staff. You will support technical staff in respect of project delivery for cycle design and active travel projects. You will assist with technical bid submissions and / or fee proposals.

You will provide technical support to deliver projects, including:

• Active travel route / network audits

• Infrastructure design in accordance with RIBA / Places for Everyone

• Cycle audits

• Option identification and appraisal (including STAG based approach)

• Travel Planning and behaviour change

• Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) and Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA)

• Carbon net zero / neutrality

• Active travel funding applications

ABOUT YOU

You will have a Masters or Bachelor's degree in Transport, Engineering or a relevant discipline, chartership would be a plus. You will have a background in active travel, and ideally have some consultancy experience.

You will have an understanding of the framework in which active travel projects are delivered and funded. You will manage projects of all scales, including financial and resource management. You will have an understanding of the relevant technical standards for active travel.

An ability to produce CAD drawings for active travel schemes and utilise different software to deliver projects would be beneficial.

Why Join us?

The friendly and collaborative culture at Stantec is something we are proud of and we have many other reasons for you to be excited about joining us. We offer a competitive salary and package, a great pension scheme, a green car scheme, free private medical insurance, hybrid and flexible working arrangements, the opportunity to lead great projects and people and the autonomy and opportunity to play a key role in Stantec’s growth journey !

To take a look at what some of our existing workforce says about life at Stantec in our UK & Ireland business please click on My Stantec Stories: Stantec Careers

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About Stantec

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Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 28,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle. We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

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