Transport Planner (Integrated Degree) - Level 3 Apprenticeship - London

Arup

London, W1T 4BQ

Closes on Friday 21 February

Posted on 3 January 2025


Summary

We're looking for Transport Planning Technician Apprentices to join our Transport Consulting team in our London office. From your first day you'll join a community of experts, where everyone is supported in their career path and encouraged to work towards an accredited qualification.

Training course
Transport planning technician (level 3)
Hours
Shift to be confirmed.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Possible start date

Wednesday 3 September

Duration

3 years

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Our apprentices work across all aspects of our business, including but not limited to:  

  • Support planning applications through the decision-making and post-decision processes  
  • Preliminary access and operational design advice  
  • Large-scale data analysis using a range of industry standard software  
  • Strategic transport advice for commercial and public sector clients  
  • Strategic and local transport modelling, including pedestrian and traffic simulation modelling
  • Rail operations and planning
  • Stadium operations and event planning
  • National and regionally significant infrastructure projects

Where you’ll work

13 Fitzroy Street

London

W1T 4BQ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

ASTON UNIVERSITY

Your training course

Transport planning technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Apply principles and processes of transport planning including analytical, scientific and technical know-how to transport planning solutions.
  • Use national, regional and local policies, transport or planning regulations when contributing to, or appraising, transport planning solutions or improving transport systems and services.
  • Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data collection, analysis and evaluation to support the planning, design, implementation or assessment of transport planning solutions.
  • Plan and carry out data collection, analysis, evaluation, and report the outputs through appropriate means using relevant conventions and terminology.
  • Use models to forecast demand using appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis.
  • Apply techniques and processes for design, delivery and interpretation of stakeholder or community engagement or public consultation activities.
  • Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending transport planning or design documentation.
  • Support and contribute to the production of transport planning solutions with consideration for economic, security, cultural and societal, well-being, and the environment.
  • Plan, carry out and manage own work, recognising the wider implications to others, such as client, customer or end-user needs, and within cost and resource limitations.
  • Apply statutory health and safety policies and procedures in the transport planning environment, using risk assessment processes, procedures and documentation.
  • Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience incorporating relevant and appropriate terms, standards and data.
  • Apply sustainable and ethical principles to planning for transport and travel.
  • Plan, undertake, record and review their own professional competence, regularly updating their CPD to improve performance.
  • Apply principles and processes of transport planning including analytical, scientific and technical know-how to transport planning solutions.
  • Use national, regional and local policies, transport or planning regulations when contributing to, or appraising, transport planning solutions or improving transport systems and services.
  • Apply key principles, techniques and methods of data collection, analysis and evaluation to support the planning, design, implementation or assessment of transport planning solutions.
  • Plan and carry out data collection, analysis, evaluation, and report the outputs through appropriate means using relevant conventions and terminology.
  • Use models to forecast demand using appropriate software packages for data gathering and analysis.
  • Apply techniques and processes for design, delivery and interpretation of stakeholder or community engagement or public consultation activities.
  • Apply document control processes and procedures using the approved processes, maintaining quality compliance when creating or amending transport planning or design documentation.
  • Support and contribute to the production of transport planning solutions with consideration for economic, security, cultural and societal, well-being, and the environment.
  • Plan, carry out and manage own work, recognising the wider implications to others, such as client, customer or end-user needs, and within cost and resource limitations.
  • Apply statutory health and safety policies and procedures in the transport planning environment, using risk assessment processes, procedures and documentation.
  • Communicate using appropriate methods for the audience incorporating relevant and appropriate terms, standards and data.
  • Apply sustainable and ethical principles to planning for transport and travel.
  • Plan, undertake, record and review their own professional competence, regularly updating their CPD to improve performance.

Your training plan

  • Transport Planning Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4/5)
  • Maths (grade B/5/6)
  • Science (grade C/4/5)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

About this company

Arup is a global firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical experts. We use our skills to make a positive difference in the world. This is a brilliant opportunity to build a creative career designing and delivering exciting work in infrastructure, building design and specialist technical services.

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Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Our apprentices are employed on a permanent basis, so you'll continue to progress with Arup once you've completed your course

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ASTON UNIVERSITY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000293875.

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Closes on Friday 21 February

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